Embraer Executive Jets Phenom 300E
The Phenom 300E is the current version of the world's best-selling light jet, a title the Phenom 300 family has held for more than a decade with over 800 delivered. Since 2020 it has offered Mach 0.80 speed, a 2,010 nm range, a Bossa Nova interior and a runway overrun awareness system, while remaining single-pilot certified.
In short: The Embraer Executive Jets Phenom 300E is a Light Jet with a range of 2,010 nm, a cruise speed of 464 knots and room for 6 passengers. It lists at about $11.2M new and costs roughly $1,800 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,010 nm
Range
464 kts
Max cruise
6–10
Passengers
$11.2M
New price
Highlights
- Best-selling light jet for over a decade
- Mach 0.80 speed, single-pilot certified
- Largest baggage compartment in class
Performance
- Range
- 2,010 nm
- Max cruise
- 464 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.8
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,209 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,212 ft
- MTOW
- 18,551 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E1
- Thrust per engine
- 3,478 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 170 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G3000 (Prodigy Touch)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 10
- Cabin length
- 17.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.9 ft
- Cabin volume
- 324 cu ft
- Baggage
- 84 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 6,600 ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $11.2M
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,800
- Fixed cost / yr
- $600,000
- First delivery
- 2018
- Units built
- 420
- Pre-owned range
- $8M – $10.5M
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
- 51.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 52.2 ft
- Height
- 16.7 ft
- Max payload
- 2,637 lb
- Max fuel
- 5,353 lb
Programme milestones
- 2018Announced · Launched with new interior and Prodigy Touch avionics en.wikipedia.org
- 2020-03Certification · ANAC, FAA and EASA certification of upgraded 300E en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$8M – $10.5M
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: 47% ≈ $5.3M
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Ask for the passenger layout and the usable shape of each baggage compartment. Published total stowage volume is not a count of large suitcases.
Annual cash operating budget
| Hours per year | Total operating budget | Average per hour | Fixed | Variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | $780,000 | $7,800 | $600,000 | $180,000 |
| 200 | $960,000 | $4,800 | $600,000 | $360,000 |
| 400 | $1,320,000 | $3,300 | $600,000 | $720,000 |
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Editorial estimates, converted to the page currency. Operating budget = fixed + variable × hours. These are not charter quotes.
Three different prices
An acquisition estimate buys the asset. Variable hourly cost pays for flying it. A charter proposal buys a particular journey and may include positioning and other charges. Compare each against the same type of cost, not against one another.
What the annual budget includes
These figures use this aircraft record’s fixed and variable editorial estimates. They show cash operating costs at three utilisation levels, excluding acquisition, depreciation, financing or capital charges, taxes and extraordinary work. Missing inputs stay unavailable.
Guide updated 2026-10-23 · Manufacturer reference · JetAtlas methodology
Sources and credits
- Embraer Executive Jets Phenom 300E · André Gerwing · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons