Heavy Jets
Gulfstream G650
The benchmark ultra-long-range charter aircraft — New York to Tokyo, Los Angeles to London or Dubai to New York nonstop, in the widest cabin Gulfstream builds.
G650 / G650ER
Mission profile
The benchmark ultra-long-range charter aircraft — New York to Tokyo, Los Angeles to London or Dubai to New York nonstop, in the widest cabin Gulfstream builds.
Typical routes
- New York → Tokyo
- Los Angeles → London
- Dubai → New York
- Palm Beach → Dubai
Verified specifications
The numbers, with their conditions attached.
A manufacturer's headline range assumes a lightly loaded aircraft at long-range cruise. Publishing that figure beside a seat count is how buyers get misled, so we publish both and plan against the realistic one.
- Typical seats
- 14
- Maximum seats
- 19
- Full-cabin range
- 6,500 nm
- Manufacturer max range
- 7,000 nm
- Max cruise
- 516 kt
- Planning cruise
- 488 kt
- Ceiling
- 51,000 ft
- Cabin length
- 46 ft 10 in
- Cabin height
- 6 ft 3 in
- Cabin width
- 8 ft 2 in
- Baggage
- 195 cu ft
- Crew
- Two pilots and one to two cabin attendants
About that range figure
Long-range cruise at Mach 0.85 with eight passengers, four crew and NBAA IFR reserves. The extended-range G650ER reaches 7,500 nm on the same basis; at Mach 0.90 the figures are 6,000 and 6,400 nm.
For planning a real trip with the cabin filled, we use 6,500 nm. That is the number the configurator on this site checks against before it recommends this aircraft for your route.
Worth knowing
- Whether a given tail is a G650 or the extended-range G650ER changes the range by 500 nm. We confirm the variant before quoting a nonstop.
Common questions
How many passengers does the Gulfstream G650 seat?
14 in a typical charter configuration, with a maximum certified capacity of 19. The typical figure is the comfortable one and is what we quote against.
What is the range of the Gulfstream G650?
The manufacturer figure is 7,000 nautical miles — Long-range cruise at Mach 0.85 with eight passengers, four crew and NBAA IFR reserves. The extended-range G650ER reaches 7,500 nm on the same basis; at Mach 0.90 the figures are 6,000 and 6,400 nm. For planning a trip with a full cabin, use approximately 6,500 nautical miles.
How fast is the Gulfstream G650?
Maximum cruise is 516 knots true airspeed (Mach 0.925 maximum, Mach 0.85 long-range cruise). We plan flight times at 488 knots, which is closer to how the aircraft is actually flown in service.
Can you stand up in the Gulfstream G650?
Yes — the cabin is 6 ft 3 in high, so most passengers can stand and move about normally.
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- Seats
- 13
- Range
- 5,500 nm
- Cruise
- 516 kt
Bombardier Global 7500
The ultra-long-haul flagship — four true living zones including a permanent bedroom, and the range to fly New York to Hong Kong without landing.
- Seats
- 14
- Range
- 7,000 nm
- Cruise
- 516 kt
Bombardier Global 5000
Intercontinental range out of short runways — Aspen or London City to the US West Coast nonstop, with the Global cabin experience.
- Seats
- 13
- Range
- 4,900 nm
- Cruise
- 504 kt
Gulfstream G550
The long-serving intercontinental workhorse — New York to Dubai or London to Los Angeles with fourteen passengers, and the best availability of any aircraft in its class.
- Seats
- 14
- Range
- 6,200 nm
- Cruise
- 488 kt
Gulfstream G450
The value heavy jet — comfortable transcontinental flying and marginal transatlantic missions at meaningfully lower rates than a G550.
- Seats
- 13
- Range
- 4,100 nm
- Cruise
- 488 kt
Ask about the Gulfstream G650
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