Falcon 7X
Lands in 2,070 ft — shorter than anything else in the ultra long range fleet.
12–16
Passengers
920 km/h
Maximum speed
189 cm
Cabin height
Gourmet menu on request
Catering
1–3
Cabin attendant
Yes
Lavatory
Up to 14 bags
Baggage
Ultra Long Range
Category
The 7X stops in 2,070 ft, and no other ultra long range aircraft we charter comes within 166 ft of it. Landing distance is the constraint charterers notice last and regret first: an aircraft can be planned onto a sector for its range and then be unable to take the arrival airport that made the trip worth flying privately. London–New York is trivial for this aircraft on range alone; what the 7X adds is that the New York end need not be the airport with the longest runway. It departs in 5,710 ft as well, so the advantage is not confined to arrival. Dassault has always built the Falcon line around field performance, and on the 7X that inheritance is the aircraft's most useful characteristic. Charterers rarely arrive at it by comparing range tables; they arrive at it because a particular airport is the whole reason for the trip.
Inside, the proportions are Falcon rather than Global: a 469 in cabin, 74.4 in high and 94 in wide, seating twelve to sixteen with 140 cu ft of baggage over 14 bags. It is a cabin sized for a working group rather than a delegation, and it is quiet in a way that matters on the 5,950 nm sectors the aircraft is capable of. Charterers who fly the 7X repeatedly tend to do so for a specific pair of airports rather than for a specific distance — which is the clearest indication of what this aircraft is actually for. Its 5,950 nm is genuine intercontinental capability and not the point; the point is where those miles are allowed to end.
Stops shorter than the class
Shortest landing distance in the class
2,070 ft is the lowest landing requirement of any ultra long range aircraft in the fleet, 166 ft under the next.
Short at the departure too
A 5,710 ft takeoff requirement keeps the field advantage available at both ends of a long sector.
Falcon field pedigree
Dassault's long-standing emphasis on runway performance is what makes this aircraft a routing solution rather than only a range solution.
Intercontinental range as standard
5,950 nm is genuine long-sector capability, so the field advantage never comes at the cost of having to stop on the way.