Hawker 800

what is it?

The Hawker 800 is a mid-size twinjet corporate aircraft. It is a development of the British Aerospace 125, and was assembled by Hawker Beechcraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 15.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 845 km/htop speed
• range 4,778 kmwithout refuelling
• size 12.4 tmax take-off weight
• built 643made 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 43 years ago, in 1983.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 4,778 km: 27× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× 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

1983-05-26

introduced

1984

status

still flying

number built

643

role

mid-size business jet

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

makers

Raytheon, British Aerospace, Hawker Beechcraft

engines

2× Honeywell TFE731-5BR

crew

2

length

15.6 m

wingspan

15.7 m

height

5.4 m

max take-off weight

12.4 t

top speed

845 km/h

cruise speed

741 km/h

range

4,778 km

ceiling

13,106 m

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