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VT-APL: how this Bombardier Challenger 600 is flown

A Challenger 600 on short legs: more landings for its hours than three quarters of its type.

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Figures are for the twelve months to 31 Jul 2026; named aircraft are shown a week behind. Grades compare its record since 1 Jan 2025 with every tracked Challenger 600.

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How VT-APL compares.

70 tracked flights in the twelve months to 31 Jul 2026.

Tracked flights

70

in the twelve months, about 6 a month

Days flown a month

6.1

in the months it flew

Estimated hours

≈50

in the twelve months, from time in the air

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Month by month.

Its busiest month was March 2026, with 17 flights.

Tracked flights

Its busiest month was March 2026, with 17 flights. It did not fly in August 2025. The record has 58 tracking gaps, so about one flight in 1 may be missing and every count is a minimum.

Source: The Aircraft Ledger, flight data for VT-APL, the twelve months to 31 Jul 2026. Flight counts only: airports and exact dates are left out of this page.

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The free chapter.

Each measure against all 763 tracked Challenger 600s. Every dot is one aircraft; the gold one is VT-APL.

Chapter 1

Fatigue

Harsher than its type

How short were its legs?

Utilization isn’t graded for VT-APL: too few of its flights were tracked to count its use fairly, in the full report too. So its free chapter here is Fatigue, which doesn’t depend on catching every flight.

Short legs put more pressurization cycles on the structure for the same time in the air. Worth checking its cycle-based inspection limits before a pre-buy.

  • Hours per landingLead measure. 1st percentile

    0.8 : 1middle Challenger 600 1.8 : 1

  • Short hops95th percentile

    64%middle Challenger 600 34%

  • Leg length5th percentile

    196 nmmiddle Challenger 600 494 nm

How its legs split

Share of VT-APL’s legs by length, nm, in the twelve months

Harsher means harder on the aircraft than three quarters of Challenger 600s; typical is the middle half. Percentiles compare this aircraft with every tracked Challenger 600, over its record since 1 Jan 2025.

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What only the report shows.

The fleet is shown, and whether VT-APL sits inside its middle half. Its grades and values are in the full report.

Chapter 2

Corrosion

Salt air, middle Challenger 600: 2%

Also graded: damp air, freeze–thaw, near the coast and moisture in the air.

Not graded: not enough data.

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Chapter 3

Engines and brakes

Short runways, middle Challenger 600: 27%

Also graded: hot, high takeoffs; density altitude; dust and dry climate.

VT-APL 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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Chapter 4

Utilization

Flights a month, middle Challenger 600: 6.1

Also graded: days flown a month and estimated hours a year.

Not graded: too few of its flights were tracked.

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The full report on VT-APL.

All four chapters, every flight since January 2025 leg by leg, and the one thing to ask the seller.

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VT-APL, Bombardier Challenger 600

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Questions about VT-APL.

Cite this data

The Aircraft Ledger. “VT-APL: how this Bombardier Challenger 600 is flown.” Data through 31 Jul 2026. theaircraftledger.com/aircraft/vt-apl

How many hours does VT-APL fly a year?

About 50 estimated hours in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, across 70 tracked flights. Hours are estimated from time in the air, so the logbook has the exact figure.

How often is VT-APL flown?

VT-APL made 70 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, about 6 a month, and flew on about 6 days in each month it flew.

Does VT-APL fly internationally?

21 of its 70 tracked flights in the 12 months to 31 Jul 2026, 42%, crossed a border.

When did VT-APL last fly?

It was last tracked in July 2026. We publish an aircraft’s flights seven days after they happen, and show them by month only.

Why don’t you show which airports VT-APL uses?

We leave out airports, bases and exact dates on purpose. We show how an aircraft has been used, not where it goes.

What’s in the full TailCheck report for VT-APL?

All four graded chapters (Fatigue, Corrosion, Engines and brakes, and Utilization), each against the tracked Challenger 600s, plus the operational summary and operating rhythm, as a PDF, CSV and share link. It costs $395, or $995 a month for unlimited reports and Spotlight.

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