Textron Aviation Premier I
The Premier I was Raytheon's clean-sheet light jet and the first business jet with a composite fuselage to gain FAA certification, pairing it with a swept metal wing and Williams FJ44-2A engines. Deliveries began in 2001, and it was succeeded by the improved Premier IA in the mid-2000s.
In short: The Textron Aviation Premier I is a Light Jet with a range of 1,360 nm, a cruise speed of 451 knots and room for 6 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $1.2M–$1.8M and costs roughly $1,500 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,360 nm
Range
451 kts
Max cruise
6–7
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Composite fuselage with a swept metal wing
- 451-knot maximum cruise
- Single-pilot certified
Performance
- Range
- 1,360 nm
- Max cruise
- 451 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.8
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,792 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,170 ft
- MTOW
- 12,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Williams FJ44-2A
- Thrust per engine
- 2,300 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 140 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Collins Pro Line 21
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 7
- Cabin length
- 13.5 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.5 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.4 ft
- Cabin volume
- 315 cu ft
- Baggage
- 77 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,500
- Fixed cost / yr
- $460,000
- First delivery
- 2001
- Out of production
- 2005
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- $1.2M – $1.8M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 46 ft
- Wingspan
- 44.5 ft
- Height
- 15.3 ft
- Max fuel
- 3,670 lb
Programme milestones
- 1995-09Announced · Launched at NBAA convention en.wikipedia.org
- 1998-12-22First flight · Prototype first flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2001-03-23Certification · FAA type certificate en.wikipedia.org
- 2001First delivery · Entered service en.wikipedia.org
Sources (4)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$1.2M – $1.8M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 47% ≈ $0.8M
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