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Challenger 650 vs Falcon 900LX

The Falcon 900LX costs about $300 an hour more. What that buys, and what it closes off: the Falcon 900LX can use KMVY and the other cannot.

At a glance
ClassHeavy · Heavy
Seats12 · 12
Range4,000 · 4,750 nm
Hourly$8,700 · $9,000
Falcon 900LX 64.3 ft 68.4 ft long
Challenger 650 · 68.4 ft long · 64.3 ft span Dashed: Falcon 900LX, same scale

Specification against specification

Published figures. The better of the two on each measure is marked.

Challenger 650 compared with Falcon 900LX
Measure Challenger 650 Falcon 900LX
Passengers 12 12
Range 4,000 nm 4,750 nm
Cruise 470 kt 470 kt
Cabin heightThe specification that most changes how a four-hour flight feels. 6.1 ft 6.2 ft
Cabin length 28.3 ft 33.2 ft
Runway neededShorter is better: it decides which fields are open to you. 5,640 ft 5,215 ft
WingspanSpan-limited fields refuse on this number alone. 64.3 ft 70.2 ft
Hourly rate $8,700–10,600 $9,000–11,000

On Teterboro to West Palm Beach — 902 nm, a route both can fly — the Challenger 650 prices at about $23,500 and the Falcon 900LX at $24,500: a difference of $800 for the same trip. Estimates, not offers.

Where only one of them can go

Busy fields where one is excluded outright by published runway length or a wingspan limit. This decides more trips than any range figure.

Fields open to one aircraft only
FieldOpen toWhy the other cannot
KMVY Martha's Vineyard, MA Falcon 900LX needs 5,640 ft at sea level; KMVY has 5,504 ft

Which one for your trip

A specification comparison answers which aircraft is better. It cannot answer which is available on your date, near your departure field, at a price worth paying — and that is usually what decides it. Ask, and a broker checks both with contracted operators.

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