Tail record, Gulfstream GV, Brazil register
A lightly flown GV: flown less than three quarters of its type.
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Flown less often than 80% of GVs, by flights a month.
Tracked flights
32
in the twelve months, about 3 a month
Busiest GVs
511th
of 638 tracked, by flights a month
Estimated hours
≈136
in the twelve months, from time in the air
Flights a month, every tracked GV
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PS-BDJ stayed within or below the middle half of the fleet in every month. Its busiest month was January 2026, with 5 flights.
Its busiest month was January 2026, with 5 flights. It did not fly in December 2025. The record has 18 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 638 tracked GVs. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is PS-BDJ.
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. 20th percentile
3.2middle GV 5.0
Days flown a month17th percentile
2.4 dmiddle GV 3.9 d
Estimated hours a year68th percentile
≈192 hrmiddle GV ≈149 hr
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of GVs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked GV, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.
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The fleet is shown, and whether PS-BDJ sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
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Hours per landing, middle GV: 2.4 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
PS-BDJ 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 GV: 3%
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 GV: 32%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
PS-BDJ 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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The Aircraft Ledger. “PS-BDJ: how this Gulfstream GV is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/ps-bdj
About 136 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 32 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
PS-BDJ made 32 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 3 a month, and flew on about 2 days in each month it flew.
13 of its 32 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 48%, crossed a border.
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