Bombardier Global 5500
The Global 5500 is the shorter companion to the Global 6500, offering the same Pearl 15 engines and Vision flight deck with a 5,900 nm range. It gives operators a three-zone Global cabin at a lower price point and serves as Bombardier's answer to the Gulfstream G500 and Falcon 6X.
In short: The Bombardier Global 5500 is a Large Jet with a range of 5,900 nm, a cruise speed of 516 knots and room for 12 passengers. It lists at about $49M new and costs roughly $4,900 an hour to operate (estimate).
5,900 nm
Range
516 kts
Max cruise
12–16
Passengers
$49M
New price
Highlights
- 5,900 nm range at Mach 0.85
- Same engines and cockpit as the Global 6500
- Best-in-class short-field performance for the segment
Performance
- Range
- 5,900 nm
- Max cruise
- 516 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.9
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,490 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,207 ft
- MTOW
- 92,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Rolls-Royce Pearl 15
- Fuel burn
- 410 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 12 / 16
- Cabin length
- 40.8 ft
- Cabin width
- 7.9 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,884 cu ft
- Baggage
- 195 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $49M
- Variable cost / hr
- $4,900
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,400,000
- First delivery
- 2019
- Units built
- 45
- Pre-owned range
- $35M – $45M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-11. Sources & methodology.
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$35M – $45M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Export CSVResidual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 50% ≈ $24.5M
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