Embraer Executive Jets
Legacy 500
The Legacy 500 combines a stand-up, flat-floor cabin with full fly-by-wire flight controls and a Collins Pro Line Fusion flight deck. As the larger member of the 450/500 pair, it was designed around midsize business missions requiring both cabin space and transcontinental capability.
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Aircraft profile
Development and lineage
- Manufacturer
- Embraer Executive Jets
- Family
- Legacy 500
- Aircraft category
- Business Jet
- Propulsion
- Jet
Aircraft data
Key specifications
- PAX
- 8
- Crew
- 2
- Range
- 3,167 nm
- Max operating speed
- 320 KIAS
- Max ceiling
- 45,000 ft
- Engines
- 2
- Engine model
- Honeywell HTF7500E
- Thrust per engine
- 7,036 lbf
- MTOW
- 38,360 lbs
- Cabin height
- 72 in
- Cabin width
- 80 in
- Cabin length
- 294 in
- Cabin volume
- 823 cu ft
- Baggage volume
- 155 cu ft
- Overall length
- 68.1 ft
- Wingspan
- 66.4 ft
- First flight
- 27 November 2012
Overview
Program history
Embraer developed the Legacy 500 as a purpose-built jet rather than an ERJ derivative. The program brought a new cabin cross-section and digital flight-control architecture into its executive range, with the smaller 450 sharing the approach. The later Praetor 600 extended the 500 platform’s range through changes to fuel capacity, aerodynamics and propulsion.