Dassault Falcon 900

what is it?

The Dassault Falcon 900, commonly abbreviated as the F900, is a French-built corporate trijet aircraft made by Dassault Aviation.

🔎How to recognise it: 3 jet engines · 19.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 950 km/hcruise speed
• range 7,400 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 19passengers
• size 20.6 tmax take-off weight
• built 500made 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 42 years ago, in 1984.
• 🚗Wingspan of 19.3 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 7,400 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.8× 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

1984-09-21

status

in production

number built

500

role

business jet

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Dassault Aviation

engines

3× Honeywell TFE731-5BR-1C

crew

2

passengers

19

length

20.2 m

wingspan

19.3 m

max take-off weight

20.6 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

950 km/h

range

7,400 km

ceiling

15,500 m

ICAO code

F900

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

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