Beechcraft BAE 125 Series 800A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The BAe 125-800 is the direct ancestor of the Hawker 800XP and the mid-point of a design lineage that began with the de Havilland DH.125 in 1962 and ended with Hawker Beechcraft's bankruptcy in 2012. It carries eight to eleven passengers 2,900 nautical miles in a cabin wider and quieter than most of its contemporaries.
These are solid, heavily built aeroplanes with a good safety record and a comfortable cabin, available now for less than the price of a new turboprop single. The catch is the support position. Hawker Beechcraft's collapse removed the type's manufacturer; Textron continues parts support, but the fleet is ageing, some components have long lead times, and residual values have fallen a long way and kept falling. Two TFE731 overhauls and 220 gallons an hour do not scale down with the purchase price.
Variants of the Hawker 800 / 800XP / 900XP
- BAE 125 Series 800A · 1984 · 61 active · this page
- Hawker 800 · 1984 · 0 active
- Hawker 800XP · 1995 · 252 active
- Hawker 900XP · 2007 · 129 active
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What it is
| Seats | 13 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Honeywell TFE731-5R |
| Horsepower | — |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | FAR25 |
| Production start | 1984 |
| Production end | 1993 |
| Endorsements required | multi-engine |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 430 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 2,900 nm |
| Service ceiling | 43,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 3,000 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 98 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 5,300 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,500 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 13 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 12,400 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 2,819 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 27,400 lb |
| Empty weight | 15,000 lb |
| Usable fuel | 1,430 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 220 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $950,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $2,200,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 5,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $600,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $850,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 173 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 61 |
| Median year built | 1988.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 16.39 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 11 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 18.03 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 3 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 61 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 61 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 61 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, turbo-fan, 2 engines, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.7 of 103 |
| Support | 1.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 2.9 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 1.23 · 42 models in class.
- Severity: class median 10.
- Access: class median 9,850.
- Support: class median 197.5.
- Liquidity: class median 32.81.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30