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Mission Profile

Used market Only available used
466
KTAS
Cruise Speed
3,125
nm
Max Range
45,000
ft
Service Ceiling
14
Occupants
935
lbs
Wet Payload
Endorsements & ratings:
  • High-Altitude
  • Pressurization
  • Multi-Engine
  • Instrument

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About the Embraer Legacy 500

Type certificated 2014 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet

Overview

The Embraer Legacy 500 is the mid-size business jet that brought full digital fly-by-wire to its class, and the airframe Embraer later stretched into the longer-range Praetor 600. Certified in 2014 under the EMB-550 type certificate (FAA TC00062IB), it pairs a six-foot stand-up, flat-floor cabin with transcontinental range of about 3,125 nm and a high-speed cruise near Mach 0.82 (Vmo 320 KIAS, Mmo 0.83). Its Honeywell HTF7500E engines, sidestick flight controls, and active-turbulence-reduction flight laws reset what the midsize segment offered when it entered service.

For most buyers the Legacy 500 is the affordable route into fly-by-wire and a genuine stand-up cabin. It fits an owner whose flying is mostly transcontinental and who wants ride quality and cabin room a conventional midsize can’t give, without paying to carry ocean-crossing fuel. When the mission grows to intercontinental legs, the Praetor 600 is the same airframe with the range added; the Legacy 500 is the airplane for everyone whose flying stays inside North America, and on the used market it now trades well under its replacement cost.

Key Features for GA Buyers

  • Fly-by-wire, midsize-first. The Legacy 500 was the first midsize jet with full fly-by-wire and sidestick controls, and its active turbulence reduction smooths the ride and trims pilot workload.
  • Stand-up flat-floor cabin. A true six-foot flat-floor cabin with a 6,000 ft cabin altitude at FL450 puts it ahead of many larger jets for comfort on longer legs.
  • Transcontinental reach. About 3,125 nm covers coast-to-coast US missions with a full club of passengers, and the airframe keeps the short-field manners the Praetor later inherited.

Trade-offs

  • Range stops at transcontinental. Buyers who routinely cross oceans step up to the Praetor 600, which adds belly fuel and full-rated thrust on the identical airframe.
  • Crewed, program-billed economics. It is a two-pilot airplane enrolled on the Honeywell MSP engine program; budget hourly for crew and program billing rather than building a piston-style overhaul fund.

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Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Wingspan 66.4 ft
Height
21.1 ft
Length
67.3 ft
Parking area (ft2)
5523.72 ft2
Max Takeoff Weight
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 38,360 lbs
Max Landing Weight
34,524 lbs
Useful Load
14,000 lbs
Fuel Capacity
1950 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed
466 KTAS
Never-Exceed (VNE)
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 320 KIAS
Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 320 KIAS
Approach Speed
109 KIAS
Stall, Clean (VS1)
92 KIAS
Range
Source: third-party reference 3125 NM
Service Ceiling
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 45,000 ft
Rate of Climb
3866 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
4,084 ft
Landing ground roll
2,122 ft

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Sources

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