Tail record, Cessna Citation SII, United States register
780 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, on about 23 days a month and an estimated 815 hours in the air.
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780 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Oct 2026.
Tracked flights
780
in the twelve months, about 65 a month
Days flown a month
23.0
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈815
in the twelve months, from time in the air
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Its busiest month was October 2026, with 87 flights.
Its busiest month was October 2026, with 87 flights, and its quietest June 2026, with 47. The record has 84 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 9 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 353 tracked Citation SIIs. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is N897SC.
Chapter 4
Not graded
How hard has it been used?
Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
Flights a monthLead measure. Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
51.1Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
20.3 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈681 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation SIIs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation SII, over its record since 4 Nov 2024.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N897SC sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Citation SII: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Salt air, middle Citation SII: 0%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Short runways, middle Citation SII: 2%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N897SC: how this Cessna Citation SII is flown.” Data through 31 Oct 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n897sc
About 815 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, across 780 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N897SC made 780 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, about 65 a month, and flew on about 23 days in each month it flew.
None of its 780 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026 crossed a border.
It was last tracked in October 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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