Falcon 50EX N726JG (serial 258) at Conroe, Texas, in February 2026. · Photo: Duncan Kirk, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dassault · Super-Midsize Jet
Falcon 50EX
The second and final production version of Dassault's three-engine Falcon 50, built from 1997 to 2007.
The 50EX pairs about 3,200–3,350 nm of range with short-runway performance few super-midsize jets match, at asks well below a Challenger 300's. Its narrower cabin, three engines and calendar-driven inspections mean you buy the records and cockpit, not the model year.
Buy it if
You fly two to nine passengers on coast-to-coast or occasional transatlantic legs, use shorter runways, have two-pilot crews, and want that range for about $3.75–6.15M with engines on a pay-per-hour program.
Skip it if
You want a wider cabin (a Challenger 300 is about a foot wider), modern avionics without a roughly $1M upgrade, or the simpler maintenance budget of a twin-engine jet.
Biggest compromise
Cabin and cockpit age. The 6 ft 1 in wide cabin keeps the old Falcon 20 cross-section, about a foot narrower than a Challenger 300's.
The numbers that matter
Purchase price
$5.09M
typical asking · $3.75M–$6.15M
What it costs per year
$2.59M
at 300 hrs · two professional pilots
How far it flies
3,388 nm
3,223–3,350 nm with passengers
How fast
480 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
9
9 typical; 8 in some interiors
Pilots needed
2
Certified for two pilots; many operators add a cabin attendant on longer trips.
Price
What one costs to buy
Typical asking price
$5,095,000
Where asking prices sit
Low
$3.75M
Typical
$5.09M
High
$6.15M
Most asking prices fall inside this band.
Other sites
22% of the fleet
6-month move
Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Nine of 20 listings show a price, $3.75M to $6.15M; the two cheapest keep Pro Line 4. Aircraft Bluebook puts 2003–2007 models at $5.7–6.5M.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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Falcon 50EX · This aircraft
$5.09M
Sits between the Citation X (750) and the Challenger 300.
For sale now
1 on TheJetGrade marketplace
Cost to own
What it costs per year to run
300hours / year
Per year
Per flight hour
Estimate — your operator will quote actual numbers.
Fuel, airframe maintenance, engine program, three engines and landing, handling, crew travel and miscellaneous rise as you fly more. Two pilots with benefits, recurrent training, hangar, hull and liability insurance and management stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
- Two pilots with benefits$462,41018%
- Recurrent training$45,0002%
- Hangar$65,2253%
- Hull and liability insurance$32,6021%
- Management$81,0003%
- Fuel$695,73927%
- Airframe maintenance$495,00019%
- Engine program, three engines$403,20016%
- Landing, handling, crew travel and miscellaneous$313,90012%
Fuel is the biggest single cost at 27% of the total.
The JetGrade
68 out of 100 — Below its class average
Peer group: Dassault Falcon 50, Cessna Citation X (750), Bombardier Challenger 300, Gulfstream G200
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on range & payload, weakest on cabin & passenger comfort.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-10-29.
Where it flies
Sample trips and reach
Typical trips on a map
Nonstop
Depends on weight or weather
6 of 8 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 0.9 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop at any weight
- 1.8 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · Hot-and-high; depends on weight and weather
- 2.1 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Nonstop with wide fuel margin
- 2.4 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Nonstop with wide fuel margin
- 3.0 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · Nonstop with wide fuel margin
- 3.5 hr
Teterboro → San Juan
1,410 nm · Over water; nonstop with margin
- 5.0 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · Carlsbad's 4,897 ft runway can limit takeoff weight
- 5.3 hr
Los Angeles → Honolulu
2,215 nm · Long over-water leg; check winds and reserves
Lineage
What came before and after
1997–2007
Dassault Falcon 50EX
TFE731-40 engines, a Pro Line 4 glass cockpit and a standard APU.
What changed from the Dassault Falcon 50
- Honeywell TFE731-40 engines: same 3,700 lbf takeoff thrust, with about 7% better fuel efficiency per Dassault.
- A Collins Pro Line 4 four-screen glass cockpit with dual flight management systems replaced the original panel.
- Dassault quoted 6,000 km at Mach 0.80, versus the Falcon 50's 5,830 km at Mach 0.75.
- Maximum takeoff weight rose to 39,700 lb from 38,800 lb; a service bulletin allows 40,785 lb.
- The auxiliary power unit became standard equipment, and a bleed-air control computer was added.
- Dassault quoted 23 minutes to climb to 41,000 ft, versus 30 minutes to 39,000 ft before.
Size and cabin
How big it is, inside and out
Outside
Silhouette · scaled to length
Length
Wingspan
Height
Inside the cabin
Cabin length
Width
Height
Compare
How it stacks up
This aircraft
Falcon 50EX
- JetGrade
- 68
- Price
- $5.09M
- Cost per year
- $2.59M
- Range
- 3,388 nm
- Speed
- 480 kt
- Seats
- 9
- Cabin length
- 23′ 6″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 1997–2007
← Before
- JetGrade
- 68
- Price
- $2.59M
- Cost per year
- $1.83M
- Range
- 3,148 nm
- Speed
- 470 kt
- Seats
- 9
- Cabin length
- 23′ 6″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 1979–1997
After →
- JetGrade
- Not yet graded
- Price
- $16.5M
- Range
- 5,950 nm
- Speed
- 488 kt
- Seats
- 12
- Years built
- 2007
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 75
- Price
- $11.87M
- Cost per year
- $2.29M
- Range
- 3,065 nm
- Speed
- 470 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 28′ 7″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2004–2014
Alternative
- JetGrade
- Not yet graded
- Range
- 3,000 nm
- Speed
- 470 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Years built
- 1995–2006
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 63
- Price
- $3.5M
- Cost per year
- $2.89M
- Range
- 3,070 nm
- Speed
- 525 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 23′ 11″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 1996–2012
- Bombardier Challenger 300 instead: A wider, taller cabin with baggage reachable in flight and a newer twin-engine design at similar range; asks run about $8.6–14.5M.
- Dassault Falcon 2000 instead: Same Dassault support with a much bigger cabin, about 1,028 cu ft, and two engines, but roughly 2,840 nm of range; asks about $2.65–6.15M.
- Cessna Citation X (750) instead: Faster at up to 525 kt with similar range, but a smaller 538 cu ft cabin and longer runway needs; asks about $2.5–7.4M.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
3 × Honeywell TFE731-40-1C · 3,700 lbf each
Engine hours until overhaul
- Basic inspection · 300 hr
- B inspections (1B–4B) · 1,500 hr
- Engine major periodic inspection · 2,500 hr
- Engine core zone inspection · 5,000 hr
- 1C inspection every 72 months
- 2C inspection every 144 months
- 4C inspection every 288 months
- Landing gear overhaul every 144 months
Most listed 50EXs have all three engines on Honeywell MSP Gold, which transfers at sale. Engines off a program leave you facing three overhaul bills.
Known issues
Aging Pro Line 4 displays
Collins ended support for Pro Line 4 tube displays after December 2023; Thomas Global now repairs them and sells LCD replacements.
Three engines to overhaul
Engines off a pay-per-hour program mean three overhaul bills; one industry review says that can exceed the airplane's price.
Calendar C inspections
Dassault's 6-, 12- and 24-year C inspections are major events; a 6-year check runs $160,000–450,000 depending on corrosion found.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 10 checked
Dassault lists 15 spare-parts centers holding more than $900M in Falcon parts. Duncan Aviation, West Star, StandardAero and Jet Aviation all perform Falcon 50 and 50EX inspections and upgrades.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Range with a load: about 3,350 nm with four passengers and 3,223 nm with nine, both with NBAA IFR reserves.
- Short-runway ability: about 4,950 ft to take off at maximum weight and roughly 2,200 ft to land.
- Useful payload: about 2,130 lb with full tanks, plus an aft baggage compartment rated for 2,200 lb.
Limitations
- Narrower cabin: 6 ft 1 in wide and 5 ft 11 in tall; a Challenger 300 is 7 ft 2 in wide.
- Three engines to maintain: each TFE731-40 needs a major inspection every 2,500 hours and a core inspection every 5,000.
- Aging fleet: built 1997–2007, so 6-, 12- and 24-year C inspections and corrosion work shape ownership costs.
The Falcon 50EX is the final production version of Dassault's three-engine Falcon 50. It first flew in April 1996, entered service in 1997 and was built until 2007, with the last deliveries in early 2008. Industry fleet data shown on AvBuyer counts 101 built and 100 still in operation. On the type certificate it is still a Mystère-Falcon 50; "EX" names a package of changes: Honeywell TFE731-40 engines in place of the original TFE731-3s, a Collins Pro Line 4 four-screen glass cockpit with dual flight management systems, a standard auxiliary power unit (APU) and a 39,700 lb maximum takeoff weight. The fuselage, wing and fuel capacity carry over.
Pilot's take
On paper the 50EX is a strong performer. Conklin & de Decker data gives about 3,515 fpm initial climb, Dassault quoted 23 minutes to 41,000 ft, and the certified ceiling is 49,000 ft. The slatted wing keeps runway numbers short for a jet with this range. The type certificate requires two pilots. Cockpits differ most between airplanes: a Pro Line 4 jet relies on Thomas Global for display support and has no FANS datalink, while a Pro Line 21 jet adds modern displays and WAAS approaches. Read the engine program statements and the C-check history before you look at the paint.
Who this is for
A company or family flight department with two professional pilots, flying 200–400 hours a year on 1,500–3,300 nm trips with four to nine passengers, often from shorter runways, buying at about $3.75–6.15M and budgeting about $2.3–2.8M a year.
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