Dassault Falcon 2000

what is it?

The Dassault Falcon 2000 is a business jet produced in France by Dassault Aviation, a member of its Falcon business jet line. Developed from the Falcon 900 trijet, the smaller twinjet has less range.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 21.4 m wingspan

base stats

• range 7,408 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 10passengers
• size 19.4 tmax take-off weight
• built 675made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 33 years ago, in 1993.
• 🚗Wingspan of 21.4 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 7,408 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.6× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1993-03-04

introduced

1995

status

in production

number built

675

role

business jet

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C

crew

2

passengers

10

length

20.2 m

wingspan

21.4 m

height

7.1 m

max take-off weight

19.4 t

top speed

—

range

7,408 km

ceiling

14,326 m

ICAO code

F2TH

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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