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40. North America: Average Monthly Flight Hours Top 10 Aircraft Models by Per-Aircraft Flight Hours | May 2026 129.87h Highest Hours Praetor 500 80.69h Top 10 Average Monthly Hours 2.50x Gap Ratio #1 vs #10 Bombardier Top Brand

4 Models in Top 10 Rank Aircraft Model Flight Hours Hours #1 Praetor 500 129.87h #2 Challenger 800 113.69h #3 Citation Longitude 112.32h #4 Citation Latitude 85.4h #5 Phenom 300 82.77h #6 Legacy 500 Series 63.05h #7 CRJ-200 VIP

57.87h #8 Challenger 300 Series(300/350/3500) 57.48h #9 Challenger 850 52.5h #10 Falcon 100 51.95h Praetor 500 Leads: The Praetor 500 leads North America in May with 129.87 hours/month, followed by the Challenger 800 at 113.69h and Citation Longitude at 112.32h. This reflects intensive deployment and concentrated utilization on the most-active aircraft in the regional Top 10 as May volumes surged.

Top 10 Composition: The North America ranking spans 129.87h (#1) to 51.95h (#10), a 2.50x gap ratio — a wider spread than the global list, as a handful of super-midsize standouts pull well clear of the field. Bombardier Dominance: Bombardier places 4 models in the Top 10 — Challenger 800, CRJ-200 VIP, Challenger 300 Series, and Challenger 850 — underscoring its strong presence in North American fleet utilization. The Top 10 average of 80.69h reflects the regional intensity of deployment for high-utilization aircraft.

Mission Profile: The Top 10 spans diverse categories — super-midsize jets (Praetor 500, Citation Longitude/Latitude), VIP and regional conversions (Challenger 800, CRJ-200 VIP), light jets (Phenom 300), and legacy types (Falcon 100). May's broad rebound lifted deployment intensity across the most actively flown aircraft.

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