

Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X
The Falcon 6X entered service in late 2023 as Dassault's first large twin, with the widest and tallest cabin of any purpose-built business jet until the 10X arrives. Its 5,500 nm range, PW812D engines and third-generation digital flight controls make it a direct competitor to the G500 and Global 5500, and deliveries reached about 25 by the end of 2025.
In short: The Dassault Aviation Falcon 6X is a Large Jet with a range of 5,500 nm, a cruise speed of 488 knots and room for 12 passengers. It lists at about $54M new and costs roughly $4,700 an hour to operate (estimate).
Highlights
- 8.5 ft wide, 6.5 ft tall cabin
- 5,500 nm range at Mach 0.80
- Third-generation Dassault fly-by-wire
Performance
- Range
- 5,500 nm
- Max cruise
- 488 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.9
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,480 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,480 ft
- MTOW
- 77,460 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW812D
- Fuel burn
- 380 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 12 / 16
- Cabin length
- 40.3 ft
- Cabin width
- 8.5 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.5 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,843 cu ft
- Baggage
- 155 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $54M
- Variable cost / hr
- $4,700
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,400,000
- First delivery
- 2023
- Units built
- 40
- Pre-owned range
- $44M – $52M
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
$44M – $52M
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% ≈ $27M
Compare with similar aircraft
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