Aircraft model
DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 2000
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The original Falcon 2000 is Dassault's large-cabin twin, developed from the trijet Falcon 900 by shortening the fuselage and removing the third engine. It carries eight to ten passengers 3,000 nautical miles at 470 knots, and like every Falcon it has leading-edge slats that give it landing performance no other aircraft of its size can match — it stops in 2,350 feet.
That short-field capability is why operators choose Falcons over Challengers and Gulfstreams: it opens airports the competition cannot use. The original 2000 uses CFE738 engines, a joint General Electric and Honeywell design used on no other aircraft, which makes the engine support base narrow and is the main difference from the later PW308-powered 2000EX. Dassault's support network is smaller than its American competitors' but well regarded by the operators who use it.
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What it is
| Seats | 12 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | CFE738-1-1B |
| Horsepower | — |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | FAR25 |
| Production start | 1995 |
| Production end | 2002 |
| Endorsements required | multi-engine |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 470 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 3,000 nm |
| Service ceiling | 47,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 3,900 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 95 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 5,585 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,350 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 12 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 15,900 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,897 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 35,800 lb |
| Empty weight | 19,900 lb |
| Usable fuel | 2,090 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 240 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $2,490,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $5,850,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | $800,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $1,200,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 211 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 153 |
| Median year built | 2000.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 01 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 02 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 50 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 32.683 |
| Airworthiness directives | 35 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 5 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 153 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 153 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 153 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, turbo-fan, 2 engines, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 3.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 4.9 of 105 |
- 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.