Overview
The Legacy 500 brought fly-by-wire and a flat-floor stand-up cabin to the midsize class in 2014. It was superseded by the Praetor 600 in 2019 and is now a strong pre-owned buy.
Key points
- Praetor 600 is the same airframe with more fuel
- Pro Line Fusion cockpit
- 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 500 / Praetor 60028aircraft on Part 135 certificates
10charter operators
Most based in OH (18), FL (5), KS (1), KY (1), MD (1).
Operators include Executive Flight Services, LLC, MidAmericaJet, Inc., TRIDENT AIRCRAFT, INC, Elite Jets Charter, LLC, Flexjet, LLC, Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc..
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 · Full fleet registry.
Compare in class
Other midsize aircraft
Embraer Praetor 500
466 kt3,340 nm9 pax
$17,500,000
No longer builtEmbraer Legacy 450
462 kt2,904 nm9 pax
$17,000,000
Cessna Citation Latitude
446 kt2,700 nm9 pax
$19,500,000
No longer builtCessna Citation Sovereign+
460 kt3,200 nm12 pax
$19,700,000
