Eclipse Aerospace Eclipse 550
The Eclipse 550 was the production revival of the Eclipse 500, the aircraft that launched the very-light-jet category, adding anti-skid brakes, synthetic vision and auto-throttles. Only about 35 were built by Eclipse Aerospace and One Aviation before production stopped in 2017, but the type's twin-engine safety and 65 gph fuel burn keep it popular with owner-pilots.
In short: The Eclipse Aerospace Eclipse 550 is a Very Light Jet with a range of 1,125 nm, a cruise speed of 375 knots and room for 4 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $1.4M–$2.2M and costs roughly $900 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,125 nm
Range
375 kts
Max cruise
4–5
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Lowest fuel burn of any twin jet
- Twin-engine safety at piston-twin costs
- Synthetic vision and autothrottle
Performance
- Range
- 1,125 nm
- Max cruise
- 375 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.64
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 2,433 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,790 ft
- MTOW
- 6,000 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F
- Thrust per engine
- 900 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 65 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Avio IFMS 2.7 (Innovative Solutions & Support)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 4 / 5
- Cabin length
- 12.3 ft
- Cabin width
- 4.7 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 145 cu ft
- Baggage
- 16 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $900
- Fixed cost / yr
- $320,000
- First delivery
- 2013
- Out of production
- 2017
- Units built
- 35
- Pre-owned range
- $1.4M – $2.2M
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
- 33.5 ft
- Wingspan
- 37.9 ft
- Height
- 11 ft
- Max fuel
- 1,698 lb
Programme milestones
- 2011-10Announced · Eclipse 550 announced at NBAA, Las Vegas en.wikipedia.org
- 2013-10First delivery · First aircraft ceremonially delivered at NBAA 2013 ainonline.com
- 2017-03Production ended · One Aviation announces end of production to focus on EA700 en.wikipedia.org
- 2023-05Milestone · Production resumed under AML Global / Eclipse Aerospace en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$1.4M – $2.2M
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: 42% ≈ $0.9M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Eclipse 550 vs Eclipse 500 vs Citation Mustang vs Vision Jet SF50 G1 →
Sources and credits
- Eclipse Aerospace Eclipse 550 · TheSkunk · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons