Overview
The Legacy 450 was the shorter sibling of the Legacy 500 and the basis for today’s Praetor 500. Most in-service aircraft have been upgraded to Praetor 500 range.
Key points
- Factory Praetor 500 conversion available
- Same cabin cross-section as the Praetor 500
- Listed for reference; no longer in production
Mission fit
Midsize class- Regional and transcontinental trips of two to five hours
- Six to nine passengers with stand-up headroom
- Owners stepping up from light jets who want more cabin without large-cabin cost
In the U.S. charter fleet
FAA Part 135 · Legacy 450 / Praetor 500101aircraft on Part 135 certificates
6charter operators
Most based in OH (75), OK (7), UT (3), TN (1), IL (1).
Operators include MidAmericaJet, Inc., Flexjet, LLC, Priester Aviation, LLC, OnFlight, Inc., NetJets Aviation, Inc., Thrive Aviation.
Counts cover the FAA type-certificate family named above, which can include earlier variants of the same airframe. Source: our Part 135 operator database, updated monthly. Browse operators.
Compare in class
Other midsize aircraft
Embraer Praetor 500
466 kt3,340 nm9 pax
$17,500,000
No longer builtEmbraer Legacy 500
466 kt3,125 nm12 pax
$20,000,000
Cessna Citation Latitude
446 kt2,700 nm9 pax
$19,500,000
No longer builtCessna Citation Sovereign+
460 kt3,200 nm12 pax
$19,700,000
