Praetor 600 N78CH on the ramp in December 2025, showing its large winglets. · Photo: Duncan Kirk, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Embraer · Super-Midsize Jet
Praetor 600 (EMB-550)
Second of three versions of Embraer's EMB-550 super-midsize, between the Legacy 500 and the Praetor 600E.
The Praetor 600 out-ranges every super-midsize rival, flying four passengers 4,018 nm in a quiet six-foot cabin with the largest baggage space in its class. Its cabin is narrower than a Challenger's, and recent safety directives need checking on any example.
Buy it if
You fly four to eight people up to 4,000 nm, want New York to London or Los Angeles to Honolulu nonstop without paying for a large-cabin jet, and value a smooth, quiet ride with plenty of luggage space.
Skip it if
You need the widest super-midsize cabin, a large service network everywhere you fly, or the fastest cruise. A Challenger 3500 is roomier side to side, and a Gulfstream G280 or Citation Longitude cruises a little faster.
Biggest compromise
The cabin is 6 ft 10 in wide, about four inches narrower than a Challenger 3500 or Gulfstream G280, so the aisle and seats feel tighter on long trips. Embraer's support network is also smaller: 31 of its 70 authorized service centers worldwide can work on the Praetor 600.
The numbers that matter
Purchase price
$20.5M–$23.29M
guide value (Aircraft Bluebook (via AvBuyer), 2020–2024 models)
What it costs per year
$2.37M
at 300 hrs · two professional pilots
How far it flies
4,018 nm
3,900–4,018 nm with passengers
How fast
466 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
8
8 typical (up to 12 certified)
Pilots needed
2
Always flown by two pilots; it is not certified for single-pilot operation.
Price
What one costs to buy
Guide value
$20.5M–$23.29M
Other sites
4.1% of the fleet
Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Only one of nine listed aircraft shows a price: $22.0M for a 2019. Aircraft Bluebook values 2020–2024 models at $20.5–23.3M; new base price was $23.995M in 2025.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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Praetor 600 (EMB-550) · This aircraft
$20.5M–$23.29M guide
Guide value, not a listed asking price.
Sits between the Gulfstream G280 and the Challenger 3500.
For sale now
None listed right now
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, both engines and landing fees, handling, crew travel, catering rise as you fly more. Two pilots, recurrent training, hangar, insurance and subscriptions and databases stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
- Two pilots$468,81220%
- Recurrent training$45,0002%
- Hangar$85,8454%
- Insurance$68,4503%
- Subscriptions and databases$62,5003%
- Fuel$673,11028%
- Airframe maintenance$424,20018%
- Engine program, both engines$289,20012%
- Landing fees, handling, crew travel, catering$251,25011%
Fuel is the biggest single cost at 28% of the total.
The JetGrade
78 out of 100 — Clearly above its class
Peer group: Bombardier Challenger 3500, Bombardier Challenger 350, Cessna Citation Longitude, Gulfstream G280
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on range & payload, weakest on reliability & support.
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
Fuel stop likely
10 of 12 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 0.9 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop with large margin at any load
- 1.9 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · Mountain airport; season and weather still rule
- 2.2 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Easy from John Wayne's 5,700 ft runway
- 2.5 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Short leg for this range
- 3.1 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · Comfortable nonstop with a full cabin
- 3.6 hr
Teterboro → San Juan
1,410 nm · Nonstop with large fuel margin
- 5.1 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · Coast to coast nonstop with ample fuel margin
- 5.4 hr
Los Angeles → Honolulu
2,215 nm · Nonstop to Hawaii with fuel to spare
- 7.2 hr
Teterboro → London
2,990 nm · Nonstop eastbound; westbound return depends on winds
- 7.6 hr
Teterboro → Paris
3,150 nm · Nonstop; strong winter headwinds can force a stop
- 11.7 hr
Los Angeles → Tokyo
4,745 nm · One stop, typically in Alaska
- 14.4 hr
Teterboro → Dubai
5,940 nm · One stop, typically in Western Europe
Lineage
What came before and after
2019–present
Embraer Praetor 600
Belly fuel tanks, larger winglets and more thrust lift range to 4,018 nm.
2026–present
Embraer Praetor 600E
Redesigned cabin, new cabin controls and runway overrun alerting; same performance.
What changed from the Embraer Legacy 500
- Range with four passengers grew from 3,125 nm to 4,018 nm.
- Two belly fuel tanks add about 3,090 lb of fuel, for about 16,140 lb in total.
- Larger winglets stretch the wingspan from 63 ft 2 in to 70 ft 6 in.
- Honeywell HTF7500E thrust rises from 7,036 lb to 7,528 lb per engine.
- Maximum takeoff weight climbs from 38,360 lb to 42,857 lb.
- Active Turbulence Reduction uses the fly-by-wire controls to smooth out bumpy air.
Size and cabin
How big it is, inside and out
Outside
Silhouette · scaled to length
Length
Wingspan
Height
Inside the cabin
Photo · this model
Cabin length
Width
Height
Compare
How it stacks up
This aircraft
Praetor 600 (EMB-550)
- JetGrade
- 78
- Price
- $20.5M–$23.29M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.37M
- Range
- 4,018 nm
- Speed
- 466 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 27′ 7″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2019–now
← Before
- JetGrade
- 71
- Price
- $11.9M–$17.5M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.36M
- Range
- 3,125 nm
- Speed
- 466 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 26′ 10″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2014–2020
After →
Embraer Praetor 600E
Not yet graded
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 72
- Price
- $23.3M–$28M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.11M
- Range
- 3,400 nm
- Speed
- 470 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 25′ 2″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2022–now
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 72
- Price
- $17.75M–$22.5M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.3M
- Range
- 3,600 nm
- Speed
- 482 kt
- Seats
- 9
- Cabin length
- 25′ 10″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2012–now
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 80
- Price
- $17.5M–$20M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.09M
- Range
- 3,340 nm
- Speed
- 466 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 24′ 1″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2019–now
- Bombardier Challenger 3500 instead: A cabin about four inches wider and Bombardier's large service network, but roughly 600 nm less range with four passengers.
- Gulfstream G280 instead: Gulfstream support, a wider cabin and slightly faster cruise, but it needs far more runway to land and flies shorter distances.
- Embraer Praetor 500 instead: Same cockpit and cabin cross-section in a shorter midsize body, with 3,340 nm range and lower purchase and running costs.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
2 × Honeywell HTF7500E · 7,528 lbf each
Engine hours until overhaul
- 750-hour airframe check · 750 hr
- Engine 4,500-hour inspection · 4,500 hr
- Engine fuel control overhaul · 7,000 hr
- Compressor borescope inspection · 9,000 hr
- 12-month inspection every 12 months
- 36-month inspection every 36 months
- 60-month inspection every 60 months
- 120-month heavy check every 120 months
No fixed overhaul time; the 4,500-hour inspection with a bearing replacement is the big event. Most listed aircraft are on Honeywell MSP or JSSI.
Known issues
Pitch trim actuator directive
A 2026 emergency directive requires a pitch trim actuator check; replacing a failed unit costs about $150,000 in parts.
Angle-of-attack limiter during landing
The protection can engage in gusty air during landing; flight manual limits apply until a flight computer software update is installed.
Cockpit side window cracking
Two directives require repeat inspections of cockpit side windows and eventual replacement of affected parts.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 9 checked
Embraer runs six company-owned US service centers and certifies 31 of its 70 authorized centers worldwide for the Praetor 600, backed by mobile repair teams. Honeywell and Duncan Aviation support the engines.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Flies 4,018 nm with four passengers, about 600 nm farther than a Challenger 3500 and enough for New York to London.
- Six-foot flat-floor cabin at 5,800 ft cabin altitude, with 155 cu ft of baggage, the most in its class.
- Lands in about 2,165 ft and takes off in 4,717 ft at maximum weight, opening shorter runways than rivals use.
Limitations
- Cabin is 6 ft 10 in wide, about four inches narrower than a Challenger 3500 or Gulfstream G280.
- A 2026 emergency directive requires a pitch trim actuator check; a failed unit costs about $150,000 in parts.
- Engines have no fixed overhaul time, so an engine without a program faces large, uneven shop bills.
The Embraer Praetor 600 is a super-midsize business jet built since 2019, the second version of Embraer's EMB-550 after the Legacy 500. Embraer added two belly fuel tanks, larger winglets that stretch the wingspan to 70 ft 6 in, and engines rated at 7,528 lb of thrust each. Those changes lifted range with four passengers from 3,125 nm to 4,018 nm. About 173 had been delivered by September 2026, and new aircraft now arrive as the Praetor 600E, which keeps the same performance with a redesigned cabin.
Pilot's take
From the flight deck, the Praetor 600 is defined by its fly-by-wire controls. Sidesticks, envelope protection and autothrottles cut workload, and the same system damps turbulence for the cabin. Pilots coming from conventional jets need training time to understand the protections, especially the angle-of-attack limiter, which is the subject of a pending software update after hard-landing reports. The Collins Pro Line Fusion touchscreens are modern and well integrated. With 7,528 lb of thrust per engine and a large wing, it climbs into the mid-40s and handles steep approaches well. In planning, fuel rarely limits the trip; passenger stamina and crew duty time usually do.
Who this is for
Owners and companies flying four to eight passengers on coast-to-coast and transatlantic trips, 200 to 400 hours a year, who want long-range capability without a large-cabin price and are comfortable with Embraer's growing but smaller service network.
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