Dassault Aviation Falcon 50EX
The Falcon 50EX was the final iteration of Dassault's pioneering trijet, adding TFE731-40 engines and Pro Line 4 avionics for a 3,025 nm range and improved hot-and-high performance. Around 100 were built between 1997 and 2008, and its three-engine redundancy still appeals to operators flying long overwater or remote-airport missions.
In short: The Dassault Aviation Falcon 50EX is a Super-Midsize Jet with a range of 3,075 nm, a cruise speed of 480 knots and room for 8 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $2.5M–$5M and costs roughly $3,400 an hour to operate (estimate).
3,075 nm
Range
480 kts
Max cruise
8–9
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Three-engine redundancy for overwater flights
- Outstanding short-field and hot-and-high performance
- Low acquisition cost
Performance
- Range
- 3,075 nm
- Max cruise
- 480 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.86
- Max altitude
- 49,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 4,890 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,340 ft
- MTOW
- 39,700 lb
- Engines
- 3 × Honeywell TFE731-40
- Thrust per engine
- 3,704 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 270 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Collins Pro Line 4
Cabin
- Passengers
- 8 / 9
- Cabin length
- 23.5 ft
- Cabin width
- 6.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- 700 cu ft
- Baggage
- 115 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,400
- Fixed cost / yr
- $900,000
- First delivery
- 1997
- Out of production
- 2008
- Units built
- 100
- Pre-owned range
- $2.5M – $5M
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
- 60.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 61.9 ft
- Height
- 22.9 ft
- Max fuel
- 15,520 lb
Programme milestones
- 1996First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2008Production ended · Last aircraft delivered en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$2.5M – $5M
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: 46% ≈ $2.3M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Falcon 50EX vs Falcon 50 vs Challenger 300 vs Challenger 350 →
Sources and credits
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 50EX · Markus Eigenheer from Genève · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons