Embraer Legacy 450

2 × Turbofan Pressurized Low Wing • Retractable

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Payload vs. Range

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Cargo

Range

Cargo is additional payload after occupants and baggage.

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Available Range / nm

Mission capable. This load flies with full fuel.

Fuel reduced by . left aboard for nm range.

Over max payload by . At this load it cannot lift a single occupant.

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Mission Profile

Used market

462

KTAS

Cruise Speed

2,900

Max Range

45,000

Service Ceiling

Occupants

3,216

lbs

Wet Payload

Endorsements & ratings:

High-Altitude
Pressurization
Multi-Engine
Instrument

Embraer Legacy 450 (N429FX, Flexjet) at Frederick Municipal Airport, Maryland, April 2022. Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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About the Embraer Legacy 450

Type certificated 2015 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet

Overview

The Embraer Legacy 450 (EMB-545) is the mid-size business jet Embraer built as the shorter-fuselage sibling of the Legacy 500, certified in 2015. It carries the same six-foot stand-up, flat-floor cabin, fly-by-wire flight controls, and Honeywell HTF7500E engines as the Legacy 500 on a slightly shorter airframe, trading about 225 nm of range for a lower price. Embraer built 57 before production ended around 2021, when the upgraded, longer-range Praetor 500 replaced it.

On the used market, the Legacy 450 is the least-expensive way into a fly-by-wire, stand-up-cabin midsize, and it makes most sense for an owner who flies shorter midsize legs and values cabin comfort over outright range. Its commercial weakness was always the 2,900 nm range against the Legacy 500’s 3,125 nm, the gap that nudged many buyers up a step; that same gap now makes a used 450 the value play for someone who does not need the extra leg. Cross-shopped against the Cessna Citation Latitude on cabin-for-money it answers with fly-by-wire and a flatter floor, and for owners who later want the range, Embraer’s Praetor 500 conversion keeps an upgrade path open.

Key Features for GA Buyers

Fly-by-wire with sidesticks. Carries the Legacy 500’s full digital flight controls and active turbulence reduction in a shorter, lighter airframe, for light, precise handling and a smooth ride.
Stand-up flat-floor cabin. A six-foot-high, flat-floor cabin uncommon in the midsize class, sharing the Legacy 500’s interior cross-section.
Common type rating with the Legacy 500. Operationally convenient for a flight department running both types, with short-field manners that open smaller airports.

Trade-offs

Range was the catch. 2,900 nm (4 pax, NBAA IFR) trailed the Legacy 500’s 3,125 nm, the gap that pushed many buyers upmarket and softened resale.
Small fleet, crewed economics. Only 57 were built, so parts and resale liquidity are thinner than higher-volume rivals; like its siblings it is a two-pilot airplane enrolled on the Honeywell MSP engine program.

Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Height: 21 ft
Length: 64 ft
Parking area (ft²²): 5,244 ft²

Max Takeoff Weight: Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 35,758 lbs
Max Landing Weight: 32,518 lbs
Useful Load: 14,934 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 1,749 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed: Source: third-party reference 462 KTAS
Never-Exceed (V_NE): Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 320 KIAS
Max Structural Cruise (V_NO): Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 320 KIAS
Approach Speed: 111 KIAS
Stall, Clean (V_S₁): 85 KIAS
Range: Source: third-party reference 2900 NM
Service Ceiling: Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 45,000 ft
Rate of Climb: 3783 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle: 3,907 ft
Landing over 50 ft obstacle: 2,090 ft

Engines

Sources

Where the figures on this page come from. Embraer Legacy 450 specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.

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Similar Turbofans

Embraer Praetor 500

Cruise

466 kts

Range

3340 nm

Seats

2 × Turbofan Low Wing In production