North America: Average Monthly Flight Hours

40. North America: Average Monthly Flight Hours Top 10 Aircraft Models by Per-Aircraft Flight Hours | March 2026 154.90h Highest Hours Challenger 800 81.55h Top 10 Average Monthly Hours 2.97x Gap Ratio #1 vs #10 Bombardier

Top Brand 3 Models in Top 10 Rank Aircraft Model Flight Hours Hours #1 Challenger 800 154.90h #2 Praetor 500 106.97h #3 CRJ-200 VIP 86.85h #4 80.08h #5 Citation Longitude 78.51h #6 Citation Latitude 76.27h #7 Phenom 300 70.78h

#8 Legacy 500 Series 55.07h #9 Citation X 53.87h #10 Falcon 20 52.24h Challenger 800 Leads: The Challenger 800 leads North America in March with 154.90 hours/month (5.0 hours/day), followed by Praetor 500 at 106.97 hours/month. This reflects strong deployment patterns in the region during the March seasonal rebound.

Mid-Size Jets Perform Strongly: Citation Longitude ranks #5 with 78.51h, while Citation Latitude sits at #6 with 76.27h. These super-midsize jets maintain strong utilization in the March recovery phase with broad charter and fractional demand.

Embraer Dominance: Embraer leads with three models in Top 10—Praetor 500 (#2 at 106.97h), Phenom 300 (#7 at 70.78h), and Legacy 500 Series (#8 at 55.07h)—spanning VIP conversions and midsize segments across the US market.

Competitive Spread: North America shows a 2.97x gap ratio between #1 and #10, indicating high variability across aircraft types reflecting diverse mission profiles and utilization levels.