Aircraft model
DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 7X
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Falcon 7X is Dassault's large-cabin trijet and the first business aircraft with full digital fly-by-wire flight controls, derived directly from the company's fighter programmes. It carries twelve to sixteen passengers 5,950 nautical miles at 488 knots and will land in barely 2,000 feet, which for an aeroplane of 70,000 lb is remarkable.
The combination of intercontinental range and short-field access is what Falcon operators pay for, and nothing else in the class matches it. Fly-by-wire brings envelope protection and reduced crew workload. The costs are those of a large-cabin aeroplane with three engines: three PW307As to maintain rather than two, around 400 gallons an hour, a large hangar, two or three crew and full recurrent training. Dassault's support network is smaller than Gulfstream's but is well regarded, and the type has a strong dispatch reliability record.
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What it is
| Seats | 11 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 3 |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307A |
| Horsepower | — |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | FAR25 |
| Production start | 2007 |
| Production end | 2020 |
| Endorsements required | multi-engine |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 488 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 5,950 nm |
| Service ceiling | 51,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 3,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 100 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 5,710 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,070 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 11 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 36,000 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 4,061 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 70,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 34,000 lb |
| Usable fuel | 4,767 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 400 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $14,500,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $30,000,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | $900,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $1,400,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 216 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 163 |
| Median year built | 2012.0 |
| 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 | 37 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 22.73 |
| Airworthiness directives | 63 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 16 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 163 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 163 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 163 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, turbo-fan, 3 engines, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | —4 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 0 · 3 models in class.
- Severity: class median 25.
- Access: class median 11,650.
- Support: class median 134.
- Liquidity: class median 31.01.
- 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.