Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X
The Falcon 7X was the first business jet with digital fly-by-wire controls when it entered service in 2007, and its three engines and highly efficient wing deliver a 5,950 nm range with short-field agility. Roughly 300 have been built, and the type continues in low-rate production alongside the 8X.
In short: The Dassault Aviation Falcon 7X is a Ultra-Long-Range with a range of 5,950 nm, a cruise speed of 488 knots and room for 12 passengers. It lists at about $54M new and costs roughly $4,800 an hour to operate (estimate).
5,950 nm
Range
488 kts
Max cruise
12–16
Passengers
$54M
New price
Highlights
- First fly-by-wire business jet
- 5,950 nm range with three-engine redundancy
- Excellent short-field and steep-approach capability
Performance
- Range
- 5,950 nm
- Max cruise
- 488 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.9
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,710 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,070 ft
- MTOW
- 70,000 lb
- Engines
- 3 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307A
- Fuel burn
- 340 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 12 / 16
- Cabin length
- 39.1 ft
- Cabin width
- 7.7 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,552 cu ft
- Baggage
- 140 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $54M
- Variable cost / hr
- $4,800
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,450,000
- First delivery
- 2007
- Units built
- 300
- Pre-owned range
- $18M – $42M
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
$18M – $42M
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: 55% ≈ $29.7M
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