Honda Aircraft Company HondaJet Echelon
The HondaJet Echelon (HA-480) is Honda Aircraft's move into the light-jet segment, designed as the first single-pilot jet able to cross the United States non-stop with a 2,625 nm range. It pairs Williams FJ44-4C engines and a 47,000 ft ceiling with an enhanced Garmin G3000 suite, and Honda is targeting first flight in 2026 and certification in 2028 with close to 500 letters of intent in hand.
In short: The Honda Aircraft Company HondaJet Echelon is a Light Jet with a range of 2,625 nm, a cruise speed of 450 knots and room for 7 passengers. It lists at about $14.5M new and costs roughly $1,800 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,625 nm
Range
450 kts
Max cruise
7–11
Passengers
$14.5M
New price
Highlights
- Transcontinental range for a single-pilot jet
- Over-the-wing engines and 47,000 ft ceiling
- Nearly 500 letters of intent
Performance
- Range
- 2,625 nm
- Max cruise
- 450 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.77
- Max altitude
- 47,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,300 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,500 ft
- MTOW
- 17,000 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Williams FJ44-4C
- Thrust per engine
- 3,450 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 155 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G3000 (enhanced)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 7 / 11
- Cabin length
- 17.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.4 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.9 ft
- Cabin volume
- 350 cu ft
- Baggage
- 100 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $14.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,800
- Fixed cost / yr
- $600,000
- First delivery
- 2028
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- Not published
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
- 57.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 56.7 ft
- Height
- 15.9 ft
Programme milestones
- 2021-10-12Announced · Unveiled as the HondaJet 2600 Concept mockup en.wikipedia.org
- 2023-06Milestone · Honda commits to commercialise the 2600 Concept flightplan.forecastinternational.com
- 2023-10Milestone · Programme named HondaJet Echelon at NBAA-BACE flightplan.forecastinternational.com
Sources (2)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
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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% ≈ $6.8M
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