Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 600
The Legacy 600 is the business-jet derivative of Embraer's ERJ 135 regional airliner, launched as the Legacy 2000 at Farnborough in 2000 and delivered from 2002. Added fuel tanks give a 3,400 nm range, and the airliner fuselage provides a three-zone cabin for up to 14 passengers with 286 cu ft of baggage space. About 177 were built before production ended in 2015, and used examples were listed at roughly $3.5 million to $9.4 million in 2025.
In short: The Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 600 is a Large Jet with a range of 3,400 nm, a cruise speed of 455 knots and room for 13 passengers. It lists at about $27.5M new and costs roughly $3,800 an hour to operate (estimate).
3,400 nm
Range
455 kts
Max cruise
13–14
Passengers
$27.5M
New price
Highlights
- Derived from the ERJ 135 regional jet
- Three-zone cabin seating up to 14
- 286 cu ft of baggage space
Performance
- Range
- 3,400 nm
- Max cruise
- 455 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.8
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,614 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,685 ft
- MTOW
- 49,604 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Rolls-Royce AE 3007A1E
- Thrust per engine
- 7,953 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 290 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus Elite
Cabin
- Passengers
- 13 / 14
- Cabin length
- 49.8 ft
- Cabin width
- 6.9 ft
- Cabin height
- 6 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,656 cu ft
- Baggage
- 286 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $27.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,800
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,100,000
- First delivery
- 2002
- Out of production
- 2015
- Units built
- 177
- Pre-owned range
- $3.5M – $9.4M
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
- 86.4 ft
- Wingspan
- 69.5 ft
- Height
- 21.8 ft
- Max payload
- 5,193 lb
- Max fuel
- 18,170 lb
Programme milestones
- 2000Announced · Launched at the Farnborough Airshow en.wikipedia.org
- 2001-03-31First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2002-02First delivery · Introduced into service en.wikipedia.org
- 2020Production ended · Production ends en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$3.5M – $9.4M
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% ≈ $13.7M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Legacy 600 vs Challenger 601-3A/3R vs Falcon 2000EX vs Falcon 2000 →
Sources and credits
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 600 · My another account · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons