Tail record, Bombardier Global 5000/5500, United States register
Flown about as much as most Global 5000/5500s: inside the middle half of its type.
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Flown less often than 73% of Global 5000/5500s, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
59
in the twelve months, about 5 a month
Busiest Global 5000/5500s
156th
of 213 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈163
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Global 5000/5500
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N898WS flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 2 of 12 months. Its busiest month was September 2025, with 12 flights.
Its busiest month was September 2025, with 12 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 30 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 213 tracked Global 5000/5500s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N898WS.
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. 27th percentile
4.1middle Global 5000/5500 5.8
Days flown a month31st percentile
3.3 dmiddle Global 5000/5500 4.3 d
Estimated hours a year52nd percentile
≈149 hrmiddle Global 5000/5500 ≈147 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Global 5000/5500s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Global 5000/5500, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N898WS sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Global 5000/5500: 2.2 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N898WS sits outside the middle half, on one side or the other. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Global 5000/5500: 6%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N898WS sits outside the middle half, on one side or the other. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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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. “N898WS: how this Bombardier Global 5000/5500 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n898ws
About 163 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 59 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N898WS made 59 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 5 a month, and flew on about 4 days in each month it flew.
33 of its 59 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 62%, crossed a border.
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