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Light Business Jets

L ight Jets are small and versatile jet aircraft capable of shorter-haul flights of between 1,500m and 2,000 miles...

Lighter jets can generally carry 6-8 passengers in relative comfort, although note that cabins are not stand-up and baggage capacity will be somewhat limited.

A light size jet will set you back anything between $6m and $13m.

The following is a listing of Light Jets available which can be purchased new on the aircraft market:

Aircraft
Passengers
Range (nm)
Max Speed (Mach)
List Price
Bombardier Lear Jet 40XR
6-7
1,991
0.81
$11m
Bombardier Lear Jet 45XR
8-9
1,971
0.81
$12.7m
Cessna Citation M2
up to 7
1,300
0.70
$4.2m
Cessna Citation CJ2+
up to 8
1,613
0.73
$7.1m
Cessna Citation CJ3
up to 7
1,875
0.73
$8.1m
Cessna Citation CJ4
up to 8
1,930
0.79
$9m
Embraer Phenon 300
7
1,972
0.79
$9m
Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 200
up to 6
1,625
0.83
$7.6m*

* still in development / nm = nautical miles

For even smaller jets, there is the very-light jet class.

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