Dassault Aviation Falcon 900B
The Falcon 900B was the 1991 update of Dassault's original Falcon 900 trijet, adding TFE731-5BR engines with 250 lb more thrust each and extending range to about 4,000 nm. It kept the 900's 7 ft 8 in wide cabin and 51,000 ft ceiling, and earlier Falcon 900s could be brought to B standard by service bulletin. Production ran until 1999, when the Primus 2000-equipped 900C took its place.
In short: The Dassault Aviation Falcon 900B is a Large Jet with a range of 4,000 nm, a cruise speed of 500 knots and room for 12 passengers. It lists at about $26M new and costs roughly $4,200 an hour to operate (estimate).
4,000 nm
Range
500 kts
Max cruise
12–19
Passengers
$26M
New price
Highlights
- Three TFE731-5BR engines of 4,750 lbf each
- About 4,000 nm range with a 51,000 ft ceiling
- Early Falcon 900s upgradable to 900B standard
Performance
- Range
- 4,000 nm
- Max cruise
- 500 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.87
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,144 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,633 ft
- MTOW
- 45,500 lb
- Engines
- 3 × Honeywell TFE731-5BR-1C
- Thrust per engine
- 4,750 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 328 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 12 / 19
- Cabin length
- 33.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 7.7 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,270 cu ft
- Baggage
- 127 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $26M
- Variable cost / hr
- $4,200
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,000,000
- First delivery
- 1991
- Out of production
- 1999
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- $5.7M – $6.5M
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
- 66.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 63.4 ft
- Height
- 24.8 ft
- Max payload
- 2,945 lb
- Max fuel
- 19,165 lb
Programme milestones
- 1984-09-21First flight · Falcon 900 first flight en.wikipedia.org
- 1986Certification · Falcon 900 French and US certification en.wikipedia.org
- 1991First delivery · 900B introduced en.wikipedia.org
Sources (8)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$5.7M – $6.5M
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: 50% ≈ $13M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Falcon 900B vs Challenger 650 vs Challenger 605 vs Challenger 604 →
Sources and credits
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 900B · Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons