These are the fastest Light Jets

While it’s true light jets typically aren’t as fast as larger private jets, there are more than two dozen light jets that have a maximum cruise speed exceeding 500 miles per hour

If you want to fly by light jet – because you don’t need the range, passenger, or baggage capacity of larger private jets, you don’t necessarily have to give up speed. In addition to more than two dozen light jets that have maximum cruise speeds exceeding 500 miles per hour, the Cessna Citation Excel/XLS and Bombardier Learjet 40/45 series, which technically are midsize jets but are often sold in light jet programs, also can fly you at 500 + miles per hour.

Choosing The Right Jet Card

Specific to true light jets, Dassault’s Falcon 10 and 100 are the speed leaders with a maximum cruising speed of 564 miles per hour. Many of the other fast light jets are out of production, but the good news is you can find them in the various jet card programs.

If you want speed and a specific jet, OneFlight International has a program using the Beechcraft Beechjet 400, which has a maximum cruising speed of 531 miles per hour while the Hawker 400XP at 518 miles per hour (from Magellan Jets) and the Phenom 300/300E at 511 miles per hour (Flexjet, NetJets, Airshare, Magellan Jets, Nicholas Air, OneFlight), are all programs where you can specify particular jet types. Consider subscribing to Private Jet Comparisons here if you want to compare over 250 programs in easy-to-use spreadsheets.

Which light jets are fastest? Compare over 60 light and very light jets by maximum cruise speed, normal cruise speed, and long-range cruise speed:

Aircraft Name Max Cruise Speed Normal Cruise Speed Long Range Cruise Speed
490 452 433
490 452 433
483 464 436
480 428 409
475 439 410
475 439 410
475 443 418
471 460 405
Bombardier Learjet 35A 470 436 424
470 436 424
462 441 417
462 441 417
462 441 417
462 441 417
461 446 396
461 426 370
Nextant Aerospace 400XTi 460 447 406
458 449 410
454 426 370
454 454 380
Beechcraft Hawker 400XP 450 450 410
447 447 425
Embraer Phenom 300 444 430 383
444 430 383
Pilatus PC-24 440
430 430 372
430 430 372
430 430 372
Honda Aircraft HA-420 HondaJet 422 422 356
420 420 357
Cessna Citation CJ3 417 417 348
417 417 348
415 415 346
413 413 351
413 413 344
406 406 368
406 333
405 405 335
Cessna Citation M2 404 379 331
397 397 350
Embraer Phenom 100 390 371 333
390 371 333
390 354 310
389 389 307
386 386 312
381 381 307
377 364 302
371 369 330
371 369 330
371 369 330
363 346 314
363 346 314
355 332 310
355 355 321
345 345 310
340 340 319
324 318 252
324 318 252
324 318 252
Beechcraft King Air 350 320 310 234
320 312 231
320 312 231
320 310 234
320 316 255
315 304 270
311 311 232
310 301 232
305 298 226
303 303 238
303 265 238
Cirrus Vision SF50 300 295 240
292 292 232
290 283 226
290 283 226
289 284 228
289 272 225
280 268 209
274 274 204
270 206
270 206
270 270 206
265 258 237
265 252 213
Pilatus PC-12 261 261 209
250 240 224
250 234 195
250 234 195
250 234 195
244 244 198
223 217 217
186 180 161
186 180 161
184 171 160
184 171 160
180 171 150
165 160 155
165 160 155
155 155 144
155 155 144

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