Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-9 (MAX 9)
The BBJ 737-9 is the largest member of the BBJ MAX family, with the same 1,120 sq ft cabin area as the earlier BBJ3 and a range of 6,320 nm with eight passengers. The first green aircraft was delivered in August 2021, and it shares the LEAP-1B engines and 6,500 ft maximum cabin altitude of the smaller BBJ MAX models.
In short: The Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-9 (MAX 9) is a Bizliner with a range of 6,320 nm, a cruise speed of 470 knots and room for 25 passengers. It lists at about $118.5M new and costs roughly $12,000 an hour to operate (estimate).
6,320 nm
Range
470 kts
Max cruise
25–50
Passengers
$118.5M
New price
Highlights
- 1,120 sq ft cabin, the largest in the BBJ MAX line
- 6,320 nm range with eight passengers
- 6,500 ft maximum cabin altitude
Performance
- Range
- 6,320 nm
- Max cruise
- 470 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.82
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 8,500 ft
- Landing distance
- Not published
- MTOW
- 194,700 lb
- Engines
- 2 × CFM International LEAP-1B
- Thrust per engine
- 29,317 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 900 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Boeing 737 MAX flight deck with four 15.1-inch Collins displays
Cabin
- Passengers
- 25 / 50
- Cabin length
- 107.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 11.6 ft
- Cabin height
- 7.1 ft
- Cabin volume
- Not published
- Baggage
- 1,797 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 6,500 ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $118.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $12,000
- Fixed cost / yr
- $3,500,000
- First delivery
- 2021
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- Not published
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
- 138.2 ft
- Wingspan
- 117.8 ft
- Height
- 40.3 ft
- Max payload
- 38,800 lb
- Max fuel
- 73,100 lb
Programme milestones
- 2014-04-02Announced · BBJ MAX family launched en.wikipedia.org
- 2017-04-13First flight · 737-9 airliner first flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2018-02Certification · 737-9 FAA certification en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
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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: 45% ≈ $53.3M
Compare with similar private jets
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