5
Passengers
782 km/h
Maximum speed
147 cm
Cabin height
Drinks and snacks
Catering
No
Cabin attendant
Yes
Lavatory
Up to 5 bags
Baggage
Very Light Jet
Category
Three figures in this category belong to the HondaJet: 422 kt, a 214 in cabin and 66 cu ft of baggage. Nothing else among the four very light jets we charter matches any of them, and the cabin margin is not marginal — the next longest is 132 in, shared by the Citation M2 and the Phenom 100. That combination changes what the class can be asked to do. Five seats in 214 in is a different proposition from four seats in 118, and a hold of 66 cu ft means a party of five is not choosing between the golf clubs and the overnight bags.
The cost of that cabin and that pace is runway. Takeoff is 3,491 ft, the longest requirement of the four, where the Citation Mustang leaves the ground in 3,110 ft — so an airfield at the tight end of what this class can use will suit the Mustang and not this aircraft. Range is 1,547 nm and the cabin measures 60 in wide by 57.9 in high. Honda still builds the type. Specified for four or five passengers on a sector of two to three hours between airports with normal runways, the HondaJet is the aircraft in this class that most resembles the one above it.
Pace and room in the smallest class
Fastest very light jet here
422 kt — quicker than any other aircraft in the category.
Largest cabin in the class
214 in, against 132 in for both the Citation M2 and the Phenom 100.
66 cu ft of baggage
The largest hold of the three very light jets whose figure we hold.