9
Passengers
839 km/h
Maximum speed
150 cm
Cabin height
Drinks and snacks
Catering
No
Cabin attendant
Yes
Lavatory
Up to 6 bags
Baggage
Light Jet
Category
Two light jets in this fleet seat nine. One of them needs 5,040 ft of runway; the Phenom 300 needs 3,138. That is the aircraft's entire case and it is a strong one, because capacity and field performance usually pull against each other in this category and here they do not. The cabin is 206 in long, 61 in wide and 59.1 in high, with 66 cu ft of baggage across six bags, and top speed is 453 kt over 1,971 nm. It is also the only Embraer in our light fleet.
Set against the Learjet 45 the comparison is direct: the same nine seats and a comparable 2,000 nm class of range, from 3,138 ft of runway against 5,040, with a 206 in cabin against 237 and 453 kt against 465. Which way that trade falls depends entirely on the airfields at either end of the sector, and for a great many European and regional itineraries it falls toward the Phenom. Production of this variant has ended. For a full party of nine that needs a field the category's larger aircraft cannot use, nothing else in this class does the job.
Capacity that keeps the airfield
Nine seats from 3,138 ft
The other nine-seat light jet we charter needs 5,040 ft.
453 kt over 1,971 nm
Pace and reach at the top of the category, without the runway penalty.
The only Embraer here
A 206 in cabin at 61 in wide, with 66 cu ft across six bags.