# Legacy 500

Source: https://jetatlas.ai/en/aircraft/embraer-legacy-500
Publisher: JetAtlas
Retrieved: 2026-10-28T10:11:46.820Z (not the data verification date)
Record updated: 2026-09-13T15:20:16.606Z
Verified: unknown
Published: not recorded
Requested language: en
Field languages: {"description":"en"}
Terms: CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

- Published specifications depend on configuration. Prices and operating costs are editorial estimates, not quotations.
- Range and runway figures do not establish operational suitability.

The Legacy 500 was the first midsize jet with full fly-by-wire controls and introduced a six-foot flat-floor cabin that reset expectations for the class in 2014. About 80 were delivered before it evolved into the Praetor 600, and many have since been upgraded to Praetor standard through Embraer's conversion program.

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  "kind": "aircraft",
  "slug": "embraer-legacy-500",
  "name": "Legacy 500",
  "manufacturer_slug": "embraer",
  "manufacturer_name": "Embraer Executive Jets",
  "category": "midsize",
  "status": "out-of-production",
  "first_delivery_year": 2014,
  "production_end_year": 2019,
  "price_new_usd_m": null,
  "preowned_low_usd_m": 10,
  "preowned_high_usd_m": 15,
  "range_nm": 3125,
  "max_cruise_kts": 466,
  "max_mach": 0.83,
  "max_altitude_ft": 45000,
  "passengers_typical": 8,
  "passengers_max": 12,
  "cabin_length_ft": 27.5,
  "cabin_width_ft": 6.8,
  "cabin_height_ft": 6,
  "cabin_volume_cuft": 800,
  "baggage_cuft": 155,
  "mtow_lb": 38360,
  "takeoff_distance_ft": 4084,
  "landing_distance_ft": 2122,
  "engines": "2 × Honeywell HTF7500E",
  "engine_count": 2,
  "fuel_burn_gph": 255,
  "hourly_variable_cost_usd": 3100,
  "annual_fixed_cost_usd": 900000,
  "crew": 2,
  "length_ft": 68,
  "wingspan_ft": 63.2,
  "height_ft": 21.1,
  "max_payload_lb": 2866,
  "max_fuel_lb": 13051,
  "engine_thrust_lbf": 7036,
  "engine_shp": null,
  "cabin_altitude_ft": 6000,
  "avionics": "Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion",
  "description": "The Legacy 500 was the first midsize jet with full fly-by-wire controls and introduced a six-foot flat-floor cabin that reset expectations for the class in 2014. About 80 were delivered before it evolved into the Praetor 600, and many have since been upgraded to Praetor standard through Embraer's conversion program."
}
```

## References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_Legacy_450/500_and_Praetor_500/600

Methodology: https://jetatlas.ai/en/methodology
Cite: JetAtlas, https://jetatlas.ai/en/aircraft/embraer-legacy-500