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About the Gulfstream IV-SP
Type certificated 1987 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet
Overview
The Gulfstream IV-SP is a large-cabin intercontinental jet, and for buyers it is the entry point into Gulfstream heavy iron. The ‘SP’ (Special Performance) is the increased-weight configuration of the Model G-IV, raising takeoff and landing weights over the base GIV and produced from 1992 to 2002. It carries a three-zone stand-up cabin and roughly 4,200 nm of range behind two Rolls-Royce Tay 611-8 turbofans. Type-certificated in 1987 on the multi-model Gulfstream family sheet, the GIV-SP earned a strong reliability record that keeps it flying decades on.
What the GIV-SP offers is a true intercontinental Gulfstream at an acquisition cost far below a used Gulfstream G550, its own longer-legged successor. The hourly math is harder: fuel burn is heavy at around 500 gph, and the single biggest pre-purchase discriminator is compliance, since a GIV-SP must carry current FANS 1/A datalink and ADS-B Out to fly the North Atlantic tracks and post-2020 airspace it was built for. Against a modern large-cabin twin like the Dassault Falcon 2000 it trades efficiency and field access for the big Gulfstream cabin: three stand-up zones and the signature oval windows.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Reliable power: two Rolls-Royce Tay 611-8 turbofans, known for exceptional durability and long on-condition intervals (roughly an 8,000-hour overhaul basis).
- Signature cabin: a three-zone stand-up cabin about 6.2 ft high with the large oval windows, seating most executive layouts.
- Intercontinental range: roughly 4,200 nm, enough for nonstop transatlantic legs or US coast-to-coast with payload.
Trade-offs
- Operating cost: fuel burn around 500 gph and the maintenance of an older large jet require a dedicated management budget; variable costs run near $6,000 per hour.
- Modernisation gate: the used-market discriminator is avionics compliance, and an aircraft must carry FANS 1/A and ADS-B Out for seamless international operations.
- Older systems: a 1990s flight deck and systems sit a generation behind the G550, a factor in both mission capability and residual value.
See Also
- Gulfstream G550 – the ultra-long-range successor in the same Gulfstream line; the step up in range and cabin technology. Compare
- Dassault Falcon 2000 – a modern large-cabin twin that trades range for efficiency and shorter-field access. Compare
- Dassault Falcon/Mystère 50 – a three-engine large-cabin contemporary; a used-market cross-shop. Compare
- Bombardier Challenger 300 – a super-midsize step down for buyers trading intercontinental range for lower running cost. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 24 ft
- Length
- 88 ft
- Parking area (ft²2)
- 8,192 ft²
- Max Takeoff Weight
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 74,600 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 66,000 lbs
- Useful Load
- Source: manufacturer figure 31,800 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 4,370 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 476 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 340 KIAS
- Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 340 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 125 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- 108 KIAS
- Range
- Source: manufacturer figure 4166 NM
- Service Ceiling
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 45,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 3640 fpm
- Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
- 5,450 ft
- Landing over 50 ft obstacle
- 2,680 ft
Engines
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Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Gulfstream IV-SP specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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