N48CT - 1973 Gates Lear Jet 24D Aircraft Registration

N48CT is a 1973 Gates Lear Jet 24D, a twin-engine turbo-jet aircraft registered to Bank of Utah Trustee in Salt Lake City, UT. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on September 16, 1980. The registration certificate was issued on November 13, 2012. The registration is set to expire on November 30, 2028. Powered by a Ge CJ610-5&6 engine producing 2780 pounds of thrust, N48CT is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A5E684 (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. N48CT was last tracked by AviatorDB at coordinates 14.5829, -90.5275 on July 25, 2025. The FAA registry record for N48CT was last updated on June 23, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.

The Learjet 24, a pioneering business jet that established the executive aviation market, became the first business aircraft certified under FAR-25 transport category standards. First flown on January 24, 1966, it was a low-wing twin-engine turbojet that could seat six to eight occupants in executive configuration. Spanning a production run from 1966 to 1977, this 13,500-pound aircraft achieved remarkable performance including a celebrated around-the-world flight in under 51 hours. The aircraft was manufactured by Learjet Corporation, later Gates Learjet Corporation. AviatorDB tracks 67 Gates Lear Jet aircraft currently registered in the FAA database. The ICAO type designator for this aircraft model is LJ24.

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