Embraer Legacy 500
Super-Midsize Jet - 8 passengers, 3,153 nm published range
About the Embraer Legacy 500
The Embraer Legacy 500 is a super-midsize business jet built around fly-by-wire flight controls, a flat-floor stand-up cabin and Embraer's clean-sheet design philosophy. It offers three distinct cabin zones and coast-to-coast US range in a package smaller operators can crew and hangar easily.
Who charters it
Charter clients choose the Legacy 500 for transcontinental US trips and cross-country business travel where a genuine stand-up, three-zone cabin and eight-plus passenger capacity are needed without stepping up to a heavy jet.
Mission fit: the Embraer Legacy 500 at a glance
Best for
- Denver to either coast nonstop with four aboard, after reserves and headwind
- Teams of up to 8 in typical seating
- A stand-up cabin for working or resting on the way
Think twice if
Nothing in the published numbers stands out. Tell us the trip and we will check it.
Mountain airports
Capable. Routine into Eagle. Aspen and Telluride depend on weight, weather and the operator's own approval for the field.
Computed from specifications current as of 2026-09-28. Range lines start from the 3,125 nm four-passenger figure, hold back a reserve and fly into a 50 kt headwind. Winds, weight and the operator's own performance numbers decide any given day. Check your route in the Range Explorer.
Specifications
- Class
- Super-Midsize
- Manufacturer
- Embraer
- Published range
- 3,153 nm
- Range with four passengers
- 3,125 nm
- Planning range (85% reserve, 50 kt headwind)
- 2,371 nm
- Seats
- 8 typical, 12 max
- Service ceiling
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff field
- 4,084 ft
- Cabin height
- 6'0"
- Cabin width
- 6'10"
- Cabin length
- 26'11"
- Indicative rate
- Est. $4,500 - $8,000/hr
- Production
- Out of production
Specifications current as of 2026-09-28. Published range assumes still air, an optimum profile, and a light payload. Rates are indicative and vary with routing, availability, and operator.
Worth knowing
- Fly-by-wire flight controls with active side-sticks
- Full stand-up, flat-floor cabin with three living zones
- Honeywell Primus Epic avionics with synthetic vision
- Coast-to-coast US range capability
- Externally serviceable galley and lavatory
Colorado mountain airports: capable
Approved for high-altitude airports up to 13,800 ft with strong short-field numbers for a midsize-plus cabin, and it shares its airframe with the Praetor 600 that Embraer and Flexjet market for Aspen-class runways, so ASE and EGE are realistic with normal seasonal payload trims. Like the Praetor 600, treat TEX as marginal for the type's weight class rather than routine.
Planning guidance only. The operator, the AFM performance data, and conditions on the day are the final authority.
Is the Embraer Legacy 500 right for your trip?
See how far it reaches from your departure airport, or send us the trip and we will price it against the alternatives.