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Gulfstream G550

🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 2002· business jet

💼 business jet 2× jet ✓ still flying
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. 2010-07-21 G550 NetJets CS-DKE EDDF 01: Wo st 01 (There are 682 Pictures in my Category ) See also Toolserver· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  2. 2. Oron: Amit Agronov· CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. 3. Gulfstream Aerospace G-V-SP Gulfstream G550 AN1299906: Konstantin von Wedelstaedt· GFDL 1.2
  4. 4. N50WH Gulfstream Aerospace Corp Gv-sp (g550) owned by White Wing Holdings Llc landing at Palm Springs, March 2023: Piemags Aviation· CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. 5. RSAF Gulfstream IAI G550 CAEW (Conformal Airborne Early Warning): Owen65· CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. 6. 2010-07-21 G550 NetJets CS-DKE EDDF 04: Wo st 01 (There are 682 Pictures in my Category ) See also Toolserver· CC BY-SA 3.0 de
  7. 7. G550 (2632546219): John Murphy· CC BY-SA 2.0
  8. 8. Gulfstream G550 - RIAT 2017 (35439136164): Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
  9. 9. Gulfstream G550 Rafael Luiz (29074275435): Rafael Luiz Canossa· CC BY-SA 2.0
  10. 10. Gulfstream G550 ‘N37NG’ (53485209116): Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
Gulfstream G550, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

The Gulfstream G550 is an American business jet aircraft produced by the General Dynamics' Gulfstream Aerospace unit in Savannah, Georgia, US. The certification designation is GV-SP. A version with reduced fuel capacity was marketed as the G500. Gulfstream ceased production of the G550 in July 2021.

How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 28.5 m wingspan

base stats

  • range 12,501 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 19passengers
  • size 41.3 tmax take-off weight
  • built 617made 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 24 years ago, in 2002.
  • Wingspan of 28.5 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
  • Range of 12,501 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
2002-07-18
introduced
2003
status
still flying
number built
617
role
business jet
origin
🇺🇸 United States
makers
Gulfstream Aerospace
engines
2× Rolls-Royce BR710 C4-11 / Rolls-Royce BR700
crew
2
passengers
19
length
29.4 m
wingspan
28.5 m
height
7.9 m
max take-off weight
41.3 t
top speed
—
range
12,501 km
ceiling
15,545 m
wings
low wing
landing gear
retractable tricycle gear

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

Sources: Wikidata Q29367260, Wikipedia: Gulfstream G550 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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