Tail record, Cessna CitationJet, United States register
Flown about as much as most CitationJets: inside the middle half of its type.
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Busier than 74% of CitationJets, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
122
in the twelve months, about 10 a month
Busiest CitationJets
68th
of 257 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈129
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked CitationJet
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N898GT flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 8 of 12 months. Its busiest month was March 2026, with 22 flights.
Its busiest month was March 2026, with 22 flights. It did not fly in December 2025. The record has 55 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 2 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 257 tracked CitationJets. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N898GT.
Chapter 4
Typical for its type
How hard has it been used?
Used at about the rate of most of the fleet, so its maintenance intervals have been used up at a normal pace.
Flights a monthLead measure. 74th percentile
8.1middle CitationJet 4.8
Days flown a month78th percentile
5.7 dmiddle CitationJet 3.6 d
Estimated hours a year70th percentile
≈98 hrmiddle CitationJet ≈68 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of CitationJets; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked CitationJet, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N898GT sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle CitationJet: 1.1 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N898GT sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle CitationJet: 1%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N898GT: how this Cessna CitationJet is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n898gt
About 129 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 122 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N898GT made 122 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 10 a month, and flew on about 7 days in each month it flew.
1 of its 122 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 1%, crossed a border.
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