Tail record, Gulfstream GIV, United States register
A lightly flown GIV: flown less than three quarters of its type.
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Flown less often than 76% of GIVs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
49
in the twelve months, about 4 a month
Busiest GIVs
471st
of 620 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈92
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked GIV
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N956JM flew more than the middle half of the fleet in 1 of 12 months. Its busiest month was September 2025, with 12 flights.
Its busiest month was September 2025, with 12 flights, and its quietest August 2025, with 1. The record has 15 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 3 may be missing and every count is a minimum.
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Each measure against all 620 tracked GIVs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is N956JM.
Chapter 4
Gentler than its type
How hard has it been used?
Light use spends maintenance intervals slowly, but long spells parked bring their own wear: seals, corrosion and preservation. Worth asking how it was stored.
Flights a monthLead measure. 24th percentile
3.6middle GIV 5.6
Days flown a month31st percentile
3.2 dmiddle GIV 4.2 d
Estimated hours a year16th percentile
≈74 hrmiddle GIV ≈134 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of GIVs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked GIV, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether N956JM sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle GIV: 2.0 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
N956JM sits inside the middle half. Its grade and exact place are in the full report.
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Salt air, middle GIV: 3%
Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.
N956JM 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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Short runways, middle GIV: 35%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
N956JM 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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Every chapter has this table, with a note on any assumption behind it.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “N956JM: how this Gulfstream GIV is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/n956jm
About 92 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.
N956JM 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.
2 of its 49 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 4%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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