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#2539· ICAO E55P

Embraer Phenom 300

🇧🇷 Brazil ·first flew 2008· light business jet

💼 business jet 2× jet ✓ still flying
Embraer Phenom 300, photo 1 of 1
1/1 Rolf Wallner· GFDL 1.2

what is it?

The Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 is a light business jet designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. Certified for single-pilot operations, it can carry up to 11 occupants. Work on the Phenom 300 started in response to customer demands for a larger business aircraft than the Phenom 100, a very light jet.

How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 15.9 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 859 km/htop speed
  • range 3,723 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 10passengers
  • size 8,415 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 834made 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
  • Top speed is 6.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 15.9 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Range of 3,723 km: 21× Amsterdam to Brussels.
  • 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
2008
introduced
2009
status
in production
number built
834
role
light business jet
origin
🇧🇷 Brazil
makers
Embraer
engines
2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW535E1
crew
1
passengers
10
length
15.6 m
wingspan
15.9 m
height
5.1 m
max take-off weight
8,415 kg
top speed
859 km/h
cruise speed
839 km/h
range
3,723 km
ceiling
13,716 m
wings
monoplane
ICAO code
E55P

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

Sources: Wikidata Q952417, Wikipedia: Embraer Phenom 300 (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.

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