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Default: 30 lbs

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Mission Profile

In production Aircraft available new or used
466
KTAS
Cruise Speed
3,340
nm
Max Range
45,000
ft
Service Ceiling
11
Occupants
1471
lbs
Wet Payload
Endorsements & ratings:
  • High-Altitude
  • Pressurization
  • Multi-Engine
  • Instrument

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About the Embraer Praetor 500

Type certificated 2019 Source: manufacturer figure

Overview

The Praetor 500 is Embraer’s midsize business jet and the upgraded successor to the Embraer Legacy 450, certified in 2019. Its type certificate records it as the EMB-545 MOD: the Legacy 450 fitted with new winglets, additional wing fuel, and Pro Line Fusion avionics with synthetic vision. Those changes lift range to about 3,340 nm (four passengers, NBAA IFR) while keeping the six-foot stand-up, flat-floor cabin, the full fly-by-wire flight controls with active turbulence reduction, and the same Honeywell HTF7500E engines. The result is a midsize that flies farther than the class usually does, at a high-speed cruise of 466 ktas (Mmo 0.83) and a 45,000 ft ceiling.

For the buyer, the Praetor 500 poses an upgrade question more than a category one: it is the Legacy 450 with winglets, more fuel, and Pro Line Fusion, so the decision is whether that package earns its premium over a used 450. It usually does for an owner who flies near the 450’s range limit, because the extra 440 nm turns a tech-stop mission into a nonstop one and the synthetic-vision avionics earn their keep in the weather that grounds older midsizes. The cross-shops run both ways: against the Cessna Citation Latitude the Praetor brings more range and fly-by-wire ride quality for a comparable cabin, while a buyer who needs intercontinental legs or a wider cabin should step up to Embraer’s own Praetor 600 rather than stretch the 500 past its midsize envelope. Where it stops making sense is for the budget-first buyer: a used Legacy 450 gives the same cabin and fly-by-wire for less, when the range and avionics gains are not the point.

Key Features for GA Buyers

  • Midsize range that runs long. About 3,340 nm with four passengers lets a true midsize fly transcontinental legs and city pairs that strand shorter-legged rivals, the headline gain over the Legacy 450.
  • Fly-by-wire in the midsize class. Sidestick fly-by-wire with active turbulence reduction is rare in the midsize segment; the Praetor 500 carries it over from the Legacy 450 airframe, trimming pilot workload and smoothing rough air where rivals fly conventional controls.
  • Pro Line Fusion with synthetic vision. The Praetor avionics add synthetic-vision guidance approved to lower the Cat I approach minimum to 150 ft, plus predictive windshear and vertical weather, modern capability the Legacy 450 lacked.

Trade-offs

  • A midsize cabin, not a super-mid. The 500 adds range, not cabin volume; a buyer who wants the larger cross-section steps up to the Praetor 600 and its higher price.
  • Crewed economics, thin used fleet. Like its siblings it is a two-pilot airplane on the Honeywell MSP engine program, not owner-flown; as a lower-volume 2019-on model, used examples and parts liquidity are thinner than higher-volume rivals.

See Also

Base model

Embraer Legacy 450

Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Wingspan 70.5 ft
Height
21.1 ft
Length
64.6 ft
Parking area (ft2)
5602.8 ft2
Max Takeoff Weight
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 37,567 lbs
Max Landing Weight
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 34,172 lbs
Useful Load
Source: third-party reference 14,529 lbs
Fuel Capacity
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 1949 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed
Source: third-party reference 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
Source: third-party reference 109 KIAS
Range
Source: third-party reference 3340 NM
Service Ceiling
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 45,000 ft
Rate of Climb
4239 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
4,222 ft
Landing ground roll
2,086 ft

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Sources

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