Eclipse 500/550 fleet

Fatigue

The middle Eclipse 500/550 flies 1.2 hours for every landing. One in twenty lands every 0.8 hours or sooner, the most cycles for its time.

Hours per landing
1.2 : 1

Middle half 1.0–1.5 : 1Harder end: 5% at 0.8 : 1 or lessEasier end: 5% at 1.7 : 1 or more

Short hops
54%

Middle half 42–64%Harder end: 5% at 77% or moreEasier end: 5% at 20% or less

Leg length
281 nm

Middle half 190–347 nmLowest 5%: 126 nm or lessHighest 5%: 500 nm or more

Context, not graded: the tint marks the harder and easier end of the fleet.

Spread of trip lengths

All 75 Eclipse 500/550s
31%
24%
17%
12%
12%
3%
1%
0%
<150
150–300
300–450
450–600
600–900
900–1,200
1,200–1,800
1,800+
Share of legs by length in nautical miles, 3,258 legs with a known distance from 1 Aug 2025 to 31 Jul 2026. The fleet's trips bunch at <150 nm; 55% were under 300 nm and 4% over 900 nm.

Source: The Aircraft Ledger