Gulfstream Aerospace GV
The GV was the first purpose-built ultra-long-range business jet, winning the Collier Trophy in 1997 and opening non-stop routes such as New York to Tokyo. Just 191 were built before the G550 succeeded it, yet many remain in service thanks to a robust airframe and a 6,500 nm range that still competes with far newer designs.
In short: The Gulfstream Aerospace GV is a Ultra-Long-Range with a range of 6,500 nm, a cruise speed of 488 knots and room for 13 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $5M–$11M and costs roughly $5,000 an hour to operate (estimate).
6,500 nm
Range
488 kts
Max cruise
13–19
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- First purpose-built ultra-long-range business jet
- 1997 Collier Trophy winner
- Entry-level pricing for 6,500 nm capability
Performance
- Range
- 6,500 nm
- Max cruise
- 488 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.885
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,990 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,770 ft
- MTOW
- 90,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Rolls-Royce BR710 A1-10
- Thrust per engine
- 14,750 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 460 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus SPZ-8500
Cabin
- Passengers
- 13 / 19
- Cabin length
- 43.9 ft
- Cabin width
- 7.3 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.2 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,669 cu ft
- Baggage
- 226 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 6,000 ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $5,000
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,350,000
- First delivery
- 1997
- Out of production
- 2002
- Units built
- 193
- Pre-owned range
- $5M – $11M
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
- 96.4 ft
- Wingspan
- 93.5 ft
- Height
- 25.8 ft
- Max fuel
- 41,300 lb
Programme milestones
- 1995-11-28First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 1997-04-11Certification · FAA type certificate en.wikipedia.org
- 1997-06First delivery · Entry into service en.wikipedia.org
- 2002Production ended · Production ends (succeeded by the G550) en.wikipedia.org
Sources (7)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$5M – $11M
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% ≈ $6.1M
Compare with similar private jets
Sources and credits
- Gulfstream Aerospace GV · MarcelX42 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons