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Learjet 25 · N39CK · Kalitta Air

Learjet 25 illustration in Kalitta Air livery Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Learjet 25

XLEARJET-25005Active
RegistrationUSN39CK
OperatorKalitta Air
12operators
0incidents
0accidents
0logbook years
1photos

Learjet 25. Operates for Kalitta Air. Previously flew for Gates Aviation Corporation, Ren-Aire Aviation and Michigan Air Freight LLC.

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Technical data

EnginesN/A
PropulsionTurbofan
Country of registrationEstados Unidos
OwnerKalitta Air
MSN25-005
Hex / ICAO 24-bitA480AC
VerificationPending check against the official civil register

Airports

Airports of the airlines that have operated it

2002–2026Kalitta Air airline base
Base
EWRNewark

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

Apr 0, 1968
Delivered to Gates Aviation Corporation
Delivered to Gates Aviation Corporation as N646GA.
Sep 0, 1968
Re-registered
Changed from N646GA to N1969W (still with Gates Aviation Corporation).
Jun 0, 1969
Transferred to Ren-Aire Aviation
Transferred to Ren-Aire Aviation.
Dec 0, 1971
Re-registered
Changed from N1969W to N777RA (still with Ren-Aire Aviation).
Oct 26, 1977
Transferred to General Developments
Transferred to General Developments.
0, 1979
Transferred to West Texas Marketing Corporation
Transferred to West Texas Marketing Corporation.
Mar 0, 1983
Transferred to Corporate Air
Transferred to Corporate Air.
Oct 0, 1987
Transferred to Flight International of Florida
Transferred to Flight International of Florida.
Aug 0, 1988
Re-registered
Changed from N707TR to N28FN (still with Flight International of Florida).
Nov 0, 1989
Transferred to Corporate Aviation Services
Transferred to Corporate Aviation Services.
Jan 0, 1992
Transferred to Quantum Air
Transferred to Quantum Air.
Mar 0, 1992
Re-registered
Changed from N28FN to N711SQ (still with Quantum Air).
Jul 0, 1992
Transferred to Aerotaxis del Golfo SA
Transferred to Aerotaxis del Golfo SA.
Sep 0, 1994
Transferred to Kalitta Air
Transferred to Kalitta Air.
May 6, 1999
Transferred to Kitty Hawk Charters
Transferred to Kitty Hawk Charters.
Sep 11, 2001
Grounded after 9/11
On September 11, 2001, the Learjet 25- aircraft (registration N39CK), operated by Kitty Hawk Charters, was in the news. Source: the FAA (United States).
What happened
On 11 September 2001, after the attacks with hijacked aircraft on the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon, the FAA ordered — for the first time in history — the complete closure of United States airspace (the SCATANA plan): all civil aviation was told to land immediately, and by midday the American sky was clear. Around 240 international flights bound for the United States were diverted to Canada — Operation Yellow Ribbon, with more than 30,000 passengers. Airspace reopened gradually from 13 September, by then under new security measures. Source: the FAA (United States).
Source: FAA
Dec 28, 2001
Transferred to Michigan Air Freight LLC
Transferred to Michigan Air Freight LLC.
Mar 4, 2002
Transferred to Kalitta Air
Transferred to Kalitta Air.

Operators

1968-04-00
Gates Aviation Corporation
Registration N646GA
1968-09-00
Gates Aviation Corporation
Registration N1969W
1969-06-00
Ren-Aire Aviation
Registration N1969W
1971-12-00
Ren-Aire Aviation
Registration N777RA
1977-10-26
General Developments
Registration N777RA
1979-00-00
1983-03-00
Corporate Air
Registration N707TR
1987-10-00
1988-08-00
1989-11-00
Corporate Aviation Services
Registration N28FN
1992-01-00
Quantum Air
Registration N28FN
1992-03-00
Quantum Air
Registration N711SQ
1992-07-00
Aerotaxis del Golfo SA
Registration XA-SDQ
1994-09-00
Kalitta Air
Registration N39CK
1999-05-06
Kitty Hawk Charters
Registration N39CK
2001-12-28
Michigan Air Freight LLC
Registration N39CK
2002-03-04
Kalitta Air
Registration N39CK

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This page was last updated on October 13, 2026

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Vuelopedia. (2026, October 13). Learjet 25 · N39CK · Kalitta Air. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/XLEARJET-25005

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Harvard

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BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_aircraft_xlearjet_25005,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Learjet 25 · N39CK · Kalitta Air}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-13},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/XLEARJET-25005},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/XLEARJET-25005}},
  urldate      = {2026-11-02},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-11-02}
}

Wikipedia

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