Which is cheaper to charter, the Global 6000 or the Gulfstream G650ER?

The Global 6000 is the cheaper of the two, at $11,800–14,400 an hour against $14,200–17,300 for the Gulfstream G650ER.

Which has the longer range, the Global 6000 or the Gulfstream G650ER?

The Gulfstream G650ER, at 7,500 nm against 6,000 nm.

Compare · a heavy against a ultra-long at overlapping rates

Global 6000 vs Gulfstream G650ER

The Gulfstream G650ER costs about $2,400 an hour more. What that buys, and what it closes off: the Global 6000 can use KASE and the other cannot.

At a glance
Class	Heavy · Ultra-long
Seats	13 · 16
Range	6,000 · 7,500 nm
Hourly	$12,000 · $14,000

Global 6000 · 99.4 ft long · 94 ft span Dashed: Gulfstream G650ER, same scale

Specification against specification

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

Global 6000 compared with Gulfstream G650ER
Measure	Global 6000	Gulfstream G650ER
Passengers	13	16
Range	6,000 nm	7,500 nm
Cruise	488 kt	516 kt
Cabin heightThe specification that most changes how a four-hour flight feels.	6.3 ft	6.4 ft
Cabin length	43.3 ft	46.8 ft
Runway neededShorter is better: it decides which fields are open to you.	6,476 ft	6,299 ft
WingspanSpan-limited fields refuse on this number alone.	94 ft	99.6 ft
Hourly rate	$11,800–14,400	$14,200–17,300

On Teterboro to West Palm Beach — 902 nm, a route both can fly — the Global 6000 prices at about $31,000 and the Gulfstream G650ER at $35,500: a difference of $4,500 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
Field	Open to	Why the other cannot
KASE Aspen, CO	Global 6000	wingspan 99.6 ft exceeds the 95 ft limit at KASE
KJAC Jackson, WY	Gulfstream G650ER	needs 6,476 ft at sea level; KJAC has 6,300 ft
KACK Nantucket, MA	Gulfstream G650ER	needs 6,476 ft at sea level; KACK has 6,303 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.

Both aircraft in full

Global 6000 specification, range and rate
Gulfstream G650ER specification, range and rate

Global 6000 vs Gulfstream G650ER

Specification against specification

Where only one of them can go

Which one for your trip

Both aircraft in full

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