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Tail record, Dassault Falcon 8X, Australia register
44 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, on about 3 days a month and an estimated 123 hours in the air.
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44 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Oct 2026.
Tracked flights
44
in the twelve months, about 4 a month
Days flown a month
3.2
in the months it flew
Estimated hours
≈123
in the twelve months, from time in the air
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Its busiest month was September 2026, with 9 flights.
Its busiest month was September 2026, with 9 flights. It did not fly in February 2026. The record has 24 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 68 tracked Falcon 8Xs. The shaded band is the middle half; the gold dot is VN-A979.
Chapter 4
Not graded
How hard has it been used?
Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
Flights a monthLead measure. Not compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
1.9Not compared
Days flown a monthNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
1.9 dNot compared
Estimated hours a yearNot compared: no percentile for this aircraft yet.
≈103 hrNot compared
Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Falcon 8Xs; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Falcon 8X, over its record since 4 Nov 2024.
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The fleet is shown, and whether VN-A979 sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.
Chapter 1
Hours per landing, middle Falcon 8X: 2.3 : 1
Also graded: short hops. Leg length is shown as context.
Not graded: not enough data.
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Salt air, middle Falcon 8X: 4%
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 Falcon 8X: 17%
Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.
Not graded: not enough data.
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The Aircraft Ledger. “VN-A979: how this Dassault Falcon 8X is flown.” Data through 31 Oct 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/vn-a979
About 123 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, across 44 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.
VN-A979 made 44 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, about 4 a month, and flew on about 3 days in each month it flew.
11 of its 44 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Oct 2026, 100%, crossed a border.
It was last tracked in October 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.
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