Honda Aircraft Company HondaJet HA-420
The original HondaJet received its FAA type certificate in December 2015, with the first delivery that month. Its over-the-wing engine mounts, natural-laminar-flow wing and composite fuselage gave a 422-knot maximum cruise from two GE Honda HF120 turbofans, and the flight deck used Garmin G3000 touchscreens. It was priced at $4.5 million and was succeeded by the HondaJet Elite in 2018.
In short: The Honda Aircraft Company HondaJet HA-420 is a Very Light Jet with a range of 1,223 nm, a cruise speed of 422 knots and room for 5 passengers. It lists at about $4.5M new and costs roughly $1,100 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,223 nm
Range
422 kts
Max cruise
5–6
Passengers
$4.5M
New price
Highlights
- Over-the-wing engine mount design
- 422 kt maximum cruise at FL300
- GE Honda HF120 turbofans of 2,050 lbf each
Performance
- Range
- 1,223 nm
- Max cruise
- 422 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.72
- Max altitude
- 43,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,934 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,047 ft
- MTOW
- 10,600 lb
- Engines
- 2 × GE Honda HF120
- Thrust per engine
- 2,050 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 100 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G3000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 5 / 6
- Cabin length
- 12.1 ft
- Cabin width
- 5 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- Not published
- Baggage
- 66 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 8,000 ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $4.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,100
- Fixed cost / yr
- $400,000
- First delivery
- 2015
- Out of production
- 2018
- 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
- 42.6 ft
- Wingspan
- 39.8 ft
- Height
- 14.9 ft
- Max fuel
- 2,845 lb
Programme milestones
- 2003-12-03First flight · First flight of proof-of-concept prototype en.wikipedia.org
- 2006-07-25Announced · Commercialisation announced at EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh global.honda
- 2010-12-20Milestone · First flight of production-conforming aircraft en.wikipedia.org
- 2015-12-08Certification · FAA type certificate hondajet.com
- 2015-12-23First delivery · First customer delivery, Greensboro en.wikipedia.org
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: 42% ≈ $1.9M
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