Silhouette traced from a photo of the closest sister model, the Nextant 400XT, by Anna Zvereva · CC BY-SA 2.0
Nextant · Light Jet
Nextant 400XTi
The last and most refined Nextant remanufacture of the Beechjet 400A, following the 400XT.
The 400XTi is the most refined Nextant: the same fast, long-legged rebuilt Beechjet as the 400XT, with a quieter, roomier cabin and winglets. Underneath are old airframes, two required pilots and a small, slow-moving market.
Buy it if
You fly two to four people on 500–1,800 nm trips, want 460 kt speed and 2,000 nm range for about $2–2.5M, and will budget for two pilots and a careful pre-buy inspection.
Skip it if
You need single-pilot operation, a stand-up cabin or large baggage space, or you want a young airframe with full factory support and an easy resale market.
Biggest compromise
The engines, cockpit and interior are relatively new; the structure is not. Listed 400XTis carry about 9,700–13,000 total hours on airframes first built as early as 1996, and repeat FAA inspections on the tail ribs and pitch trim, plus support for conversion-only parts, make the records review and pre-buy inspection critical.
The numbers that matter
Purchase price
$2.8M–$3.4M
guide value (Aircraft Bluebook, as shown on AvBuyer)
What it costs per year
$1.13M
at 300 hrs · two professional pilots
How far it flies
2,160 nm
1,806–2,003 nm with passengers
How fast
460 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
7
7 typical (8 with lavatory seat)
Pilots needed
2
Two pilots required; this model has no single-pilot approval.
Price
What one costs to buy
Guide value
$2.8M–$3.4M
Other sites
10.5% of the fleet
Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Only one of three listings shows a price, $1.995M for a 2015 conversion. JETNET asks run $1.995–2.5M; Aircraft Bluebook guides 2014–2016 conversions at $2.8–3.4M.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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Nextant 400XTi · This aircraft
$2.8M–$3.4M guide
Guide value, not a listed asking price.
Sits between the Hawker 400XPR and the Citation CJ3 (525B).
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 and trip and miscellaneous rise as you fly more. Two pilots, recurrent training, hangar, insurance, management and subscriptions and databases stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
- Two pilots$297,17626%
- Recurrent training$28,9723%
- Hangar$29,7603%
- Insurance$26,1252%
- Management$48,0004%
- Subscriptions and databases$29,4033%
- Fuel$324,86429%
- Airframe maintenance$178,35016%
- Engine program$97,2009%
- Trip and miscellaneous$71,2506%
Fuel is the biggest single cost at 29% of the total.
The JetGrade
72 out of 100 — Slightly above its class
Peer group: Nextant 400XT, Hawker 400XPR, Cessna Citation CJ3, Learjet 40XR, Beechcraft Beechjet 400A
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on speed & trip time, weakest on reliability & support.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-09-29.
Where it flies
Sample trips and reach
Typical trips on a map
Nonstop
Depends on weight or weather
Fuel stop likely
Out of reach
5 of 8 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 0.9 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop at any practical weight
- 1.9 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · Hot-and-high; depends on weight and weather
- 2.2 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Comfortable nonstop with four passengers
- 2.5 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Easy nonstop with fuel to spare
- 3.2 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · Nonstop with four; tighter with full cabin
- 3.7 hr
Teterboro → San Juan
1,410 nm · Nonstop over water with four passengers
- 5.7 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · One stop in still air; tailwinds help eastbound
Los Angeles → Honolulu
2,215 nm · Beyond range with required ocean reserves
Lineage
What came before and after
2014–2019
Nextant 400XTi
Adds a quieter, roomier interior shell and raked winglets.
What changed from the Nextant 400XT
- New composite interior shell adds about 2.5 in headroom and 3 in shoulder room.
- New insulation cuts cabin noise by about 9 dB; lavatory gains 4 in.
- Raked winglets with built-in LED lights.
- Improved bleed-air system and LED lighting inside and out.
- Pro Line 21 cockpit updated, with WAAS approaches listed as standard.
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
Nextant 400XTi
- JetGrade
- 72
- Price
- $2.8M–$3.4M guide
- Cost per year
- $1.13M
- Range
- 2,160 nm
- Speed
- 460 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 15′ 6″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2014–2019
← Before
- JetGrade
- 72
- Cost per year
- $1.14M
- Range
- 2,005 nm
- Speed
- 460 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 15′ 7″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2011–2014
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 70
- Price
- $1.85M–$3.65M guide
- Cost per year
- $1.15M
- Range
- 2,160 nm
- Speed
- 447 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 15′ 6″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2016–now
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 71
- Price
- $5.2M
- Cost per year
- $955K
- Range
- 1,875 nm
- Speed
- 417 kt
- Seats
- 6
- Cabin length
- 15′ 8″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2004–2014
- Nextant 400XT instead: Same engines, speed and range for roughly $500,000 less; you give up the quieter, roomier XTi interior and the winglets.
- Hawker 400XPR instead: Textron's own Beechjet re-engine with Williams FJ44-4A engines and winglets; only a handful were converted, so examples are rare.
- Cessna Citation CJ3 instead: Single-pilot certified, bigger baggage hold and the deepest support network in light jets, at roughly twice the price and slower cruise.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
2 × Williams International FJ44-3AP · 3,050 lbf each
No APUEngine hours until overhaul
- B inspection · 400 hr
- C inspection · 1,200 hr
- Pitch trim jackscrew replacement · 1,800 hr
- Tail rib crack inspection · 2,400 hr
- Engine hot section inspection · 2,500 hr
- Engine overhaul · 5,000 hr
- Emergency lighting power check every 12 months
All three listed airplanes carry Williams pay-per-hour coverage. It does not transfer automatically; Williams must approve the new owner, who then continues without catch-up fees.
Known issues
Tail rib cracking
An FAA directive requires X-ray or borescope checks of horizontal tail ribs every 2,400 hours; cracked ribs must be replaced.
High-time donor airframes
Listed airplanes show about 9,700–13,000 total hours. Remanufacture reset components, not the structure's age or cycle count.
Pitch trim actuator wear
The trim jackscrew and nut must be replaced every 1,800 hours; the FAA estimated about $18,000 each time.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 10 checked
Williams supports the engines through its pay-per-hour network. Nextant's conversion engineering now sits inside Flexjet Technical Services in Cleveland, so confirm support for conversion-specific parts before buying.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Fast for a light jet: 460 kt top cruise and about 16 minutes to 37,000 ft.
- Long legs: Nextant quotes 2,003 nm with four passengers and standard fuel reserves.
- Quieter, roomier cabin than the 400XT: about 2.5 in more headroom and a 9 dB noise cut.
Limitations
- Two pilots required, adding roughly $204,000–390,000 a year in crew pay and benefits.
- Full tanks leave only about 790 lb for people and bags; baggage space is about 46 cu ft.
- Old donor airframes with roughly 9,700–13,000 total hours and repeat tail and trim inspections.
The Nextant 400XTi is a Beechjet 400A or Hawker 400XP that has been stripped to the structure and rebuilt. Nextant Aerospace of Cleveland fitted Williams FJ44-3AP engines, a four-screen Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit, new wiring and zero-timed life-limited parts, and sold each airplane with a new-aircraft warranty. The 400XTi replaced the original 400XT in 2014 and was built until conversions stopped in 2019. JETNET counts 39 delivered and 38 still flying.
Pilot's take
From the flight deck, the 400XTi flies like the 400XT with a nicer cabin behind you. Full-authority digital engine controls manage the Williams engines, which reach 37,000 ft in about 16 minutes and cruise at up to 460 kt. The four-screen Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit with dual flight management systems will be familiar to most corporate pilots. Single-engine climb of about 845 ft per minute is a big step up from the stock Beechjet. Plan on two-pilot operations, simulator training for the BE-400 type rating, and careful weight and fuel planning on long legs with a full cabin.
Who this is for
Owners and small companies flying two to four passengers 200–400 hours a year on regional and half-continent trips, who want speed and range beyond most light jets for a used price and already plan on a professional two-pilot crew.
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