ELMENDORF AFB· ICAO24 a9ac8b· last seen 6d ago

N722SA is a Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by ELMENDORF AFB. SkyMeter has tracked 624 flights totalling 648 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 3 callsigns. The most frequent segment is PAED to PAED. Service window in our records spans 443 days. Of those flights, 98 (15.7%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG has a 36 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 2,450 lb.

About the Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG

The Cessna 172R Skyhawk is the most recent production variant of the world's most successful aircraft design, with over 44,000 Skyhawks built since 1956. Introduced in 1996, the 172R brought fuel injection to the venerable trainer, replacing the carbureted O-360 with a 180-horsepower Lycoming IO-360-L2A that eliminated carburetor icing concerns and improved hot-weather performance. This four-seat high-wing single remains the backbone of flight training worldwide, equally at home teaching student pilots the basics of coordinated flight or carrying a family on weekend cross-country trips at a comfortable 122-knot cruise.

The R model's docile handling characteristics (a stall speed of just 47 knots clean and 40 knots with full flaps) make it forgiving for novice pilots, while its 696-nautical-mile range and 13,500-foot service ceiling provide genuine utility for private owners. The type's ubiquity means parts and maintenance expertise are available at virtually any airport with a maintenance shop, and its resale value remains remarkably stable. Cessna continues to produce the 172 today as the 172S variant with a Garmin glass cockpit, but thousands of 172R models from the late 1990s and early 2000s remain in active service.

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

FLIGHTS
624
all time
FLOWN HOURS
648
tracked time
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AIRPORTS VISITED
39
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
3
69 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
05/28/2025 → 08/15/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
15.7%
98 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

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115
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4

Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

3

Aircraft specifications

Cessna 172RG Cutlass RG

Engines
Single Piston
Vref (approach)
62 kt
MTOW
2,450 lb
Wingspan
36 ft
Length
27 ft
Wake category
Light

Recent flights

Newest 50 operations of N722SA

50
08/13/2026
1h 45m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/10/2026
55m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/05/2026
1h 23m
△ Low approach-stability score
08/02/2026
1h 0m
△ Low approach-stability score
07/31/2026
17m
△ Low approach-stability score
07/16/2026
1h 10m
△ Low approach-stability score
07/07/2026
1h 33m
△ Low approach-stability score
07/02/2026
1h 16m
△ Low approach-stability score
07/02/2026
1h 42m
△ Low approach-stability score
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