Aircraft model
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP 390
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Premier IA is a light jet with a carbon fibre fuselage wound on a machine rather than riveted from aluminium, which let Beechcraft make the cabin wider than anything else in the class without the weight penalty. It is fast for its size at 451 knots and it is single-pilot certified.
Two things dominate ownership. The first is landing distance: at 3,170 feet over a fifty-foot obstacle the Premier needs more runway to stop than to take off, which is unusual and which constrains where it can operate; brake and thrust reverser questions have followed the type throughout its life. The second is that Hawker Beechcraft went bankrupt in 2012 and Textron discontinued the line. Parts are supported but the fleet is small, composite fuselage repair is specialised, and residual values have been weak. The cabin width is real and so are both of those problems.
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- HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP 390
What it is
| Seats | 7 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Williams FJ44-2A |
| Horsepower | — |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 2005 |
| Production end | 2012 |
| Endorsements required | multi-engine |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 451 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,160 nm |
| Service ceiling | 41,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 3,300 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 90 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 3,792 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 3,170 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 7 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 3,650 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 300 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 12,500 lb |
| Empty weight | 8,850 lb |
| Usable fuel | 500 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 140 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $1,300,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $2,500,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | $500,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $700,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 110 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 64 |
| Median year built | 2008.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 0 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 14 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 21.88 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 22 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 64 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 64 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 64 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, turbo-fan, 2 engines, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 1.7 of 103 |
| Support | 4.7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 3.4 of 105 |
These record scores treat HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP 390 as one design with the same aircraft registered under other names: it includes 130 aircraft registered under RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY. Prices are not combined.
- 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.