Tail record, Cessna Citation III/VI/VII, United States register
Flown about as much as most Citation IIIs: inside the middle half of its type.
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Flown less often than 54% of Citation IIIs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
49
in the twelve months, about 4 a month
Busiest Citation IIIs
91st
of 167 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈52
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked Citation III
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N949SA flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 3 of 12 months. Its busiest month was April 2026, with 16 flights.
Its busiest month was April 2026, with 16 flights. It did not fly in October 2025. The record has 27 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 167 tracked Citation IIIs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N949SA.
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. 46th percentile
4.5middle Citation III 4.8
Days flown a month34th percentile
2.8 dmiddle Citation III 3.4 d
Estimated hours a year42nd percentile
≈71 hrmiddle Citation III ≈80 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Citation IIIs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Citation III, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N949SA sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle Citation III: 1.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N949SA sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle Citation III: 0%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N949SA sits inside the middle half. 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. “N949SA: how this Cessna Citation III/VI/VII is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n949sa
About 52 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 49 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
N949SA made 49 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 4 a month, and flew on about 4 days in each month it flew.
None of its 49 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026 crossed a border.
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