· ICAO24 4b1e69· last seen 7d ago

HB-LNL is a Piper Cheyenne 2, a twin-engine piston aircraft. SkyMeter has tracked 172 flights totalling 186 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is LSZG to LFMD. Service window in our records spans 401 days. Of those flights, 2 (1.2%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Piper Cheyenne 2 has a 43 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 9,474 lb.

About the Piper Cheyenne 2

The Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III represents the pinnacle of Piper's pressurized turboprop twin line, introduced in 1979 as a step-up from the earlier Cheyenne II. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-41 engines producing 720 shaft horsepower each, the Cheyenne III offered owner-pilots and small charter operators a genuine cabin-class experience with stand-up headroom, club seating for six to eight passengers, and a private aft lavatory, capabilities previously reserved for much larger aircraft. The IIIA variant, which appeared in 1983, added a distinctive T-tail and stretched fuselage, improving stability and cabin volume while maintaining the type's reputation for solid high-altitude performance with a service ceiling of 29,000 feet and cruise speeds around 300 knots.

What distinguished the Cheyenne III in its era was its positioning as a serious business tool that could be flown single-pilot under Part 91, yet offered near-turbofan comfort and range (roughly 1,400 nautical miles with reserves). The aircraft found favor with corporate flight departments, air ambulance operators, and cargo feeders who needed pressurization, known-icing capability, and the ability to operate from shorter runways than competing jets. Production ended in 1993 after approximately 180 Cheyenne IIIs and IIIAs were built, but the type remains active in charter, medevac, and owner-flown roles across the Americas and beyond.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.

FLIGHTS
172
all time
FLOWN HOURS
186
tracked time
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AIRPORTS VISITED
16
unique
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CALLSIGNS
1
31 routes
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SERVICE PERIOD
05/27/2025 → 07/02/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
1.2%
2 flagged

Top routes

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Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

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Aircraft specifications

Piper Cheyenne 2

Engines
Twin Piston
Vref (approach)
100 kt
MTOW
9,474 lb
Wingspan
43 ft
Length
35 ft
Wake category
Light

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of HB-LNL

50
07/02/2026
3h 47m
No alerts
04/20/2026
1h 24m
△ Unstable approach
10/12/2025
2h 13m
No alerts
10/09/2025
1h 54m
No alerts
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