Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X
The Falcon 8X stretches the 7X trijet and adds a redesigned wing and uprated PW307D engines for a 6,450 nm range, enough for Hong Kong to London non-stop. Its three-engine layout and digital flight controls allow steep approaches into airports like London City, and it burns notably less fuel than twin-engine rivals of similar range.
In short: The Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X is a Ultra-Long-Range with a range of 6,450 nm, a cruise speed of 488 knots and room for 12 passengers. It lists at about $64M new and costs roughly $5,000 an hour to operate (estimate).
6,450 nm
Range
488 kts
Max cruise
12–16
Passengers
$64M
New price
Highlights
- 6,450 nm range with trijet flexibility
- Certified for London City steep approach
- Lower fuel burn than comparable twins
Performance
- Range
- 6,450 nm
- Max cruise
- 488 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.9
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,880 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,220 ft
- MTOW
- 73,000 lb
- Engines
- 3 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307D
- Thrust per engine
- 6,722 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 350 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Dassault EASy IV (Honeywell Primus Epic)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 12 / 16
- Cabin length
- 42.7 ft
- Cabin width
- 7.7 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,695 cu ft
- Baggage
- 140 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $64M
- Variable cost / hr
- $5,000
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,500,000
- First delivery
- 2016
- Units built
- 105
- Pre-owned range
- $36M – $56M
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
- 80.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 86.3 ft
- Height
- 26.1 ft
- Max fuel
- 35,141 lb
Programme milestones
- 2014-05Announced · Announced at EBACE en.wikipedia.org
- 2015-02-06First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2016-06-24Certification · EASA certification en.wikipedia.org
- 2016-10-05First delivery en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$36M – $56M
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: 55% ≈ $35.2M
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Sources and credits
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 8X · Falcon® Photography · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons