{{short description|Class of small jet aircraft under 10,000 lb.}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use American English|date=September 2022}} [[File:Cirrus Vision SF50 N124MW cn 0009 (28664083278).jpg|thumb|The Cirrus Vision SF50 was the first certified single-engine civilian jet and is the most-produced VLJ with 721 deliveries as of 2025]]
A '''very light jet''' ('''VLJ'''), '''entry-level jet''' or '''personal jet''',<ref name="AvWeb10Dec10">{{Cite news |url= http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/AVWebInsider_EclipseRising_203774-1.html |title= Can Eclipse Make It? |author= Paul Bertorelli |date= December 2010 |publisher= AvWeb |access-date= 13 December 2010 |archive-date= 2 February 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103708/http://www.avweb.com/blogs/insider/AVWebInsider_EclipseRising_203774-1.html |url-status= dead }}</ref> previously known as a '''microjet''', is a category of small business jets that seat four to eight people. VLJs are considered the lightest business jets and are approved for single-pilot operation.
==History== The first small jet-powered civil aircraft, the 1950s Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris, has been retroactively suggested as being the first VLJ, as it seats four with a single pilot and is smaller than modern VLJs. The production of MS.760 differs from modern business jets in having a sliding canopy for cabin access rather than a door; a six-seat version with an enclosed cabin and a conventional door was canceled after a single prototype was built.<ref name=GA_2010>{{cite magazine |last=Jerram |first=Mike |date=October 2010 |title=Morane-Saulnier Paris: the very first Very Light Jet |url=https://www.iaopa.eu/mediaServlet/storage/gamag/oct10/p42-45.pdf |magazine=General Aviation |publisher=International Council of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Associations |access-date=17 April 2020 |quote=Think the VLJ is a modern phenomenon? They’ve been around for almost 60 years, says Mike Jerram}}</ref><ref name=AOPA2006>{{cite web |url=https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2006/may/pilot/turbine-pilot-(4) |title=Turbine Pilot: VLJ Deja Vu |last=Olcott |first=John W. |date=5 May 2006 |website=aopa.org |publisher=Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association |access-date=17 April 2020 |quote=More than 50 years ago, before Eclipse Aviation President and Chief Executive Officer Vern Raburn was born — and obviously decades before he envisioned the Eclipse 500... — the concept of relatively light aircraft powered by jet engines and flown by a single pilot emerged.}}</ref>
Two unbuilt Cessna aircraft of the 1950s and 1960s would have met the definition of a VLJ. The first was the 407, a four-seat civil version of the T-37 jet trainer proposed in 1959; however, the 407 never progressed past the mockup stage due to insufficient customer interest. The second was the Fanjet 500, which had an MTOW of {{convert|9500|lb|kg|-1}} and a single pilot as originally envisioned in 1968; however, as the aircraft evolved into the Citation, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration demanded a second pilot and various design changes, resulting in an MTOW of {{convert|10350|lb|kg|-1}}.<ref name=AOPA2006/>
Other attempts to create small jet aircraft in this class in the 1970s and 1980s were the Gulfstream Aerospace FanJet 1500<ref name=AOPA2006/> and the CMC Leopard.
[[File:Cessna Citation Mustang N416CM.jpg|thumb|The Cessna Citation Mustang was the first VLJ, produced from 2006–2017, and is the second most-produced with 479 delivered]]
After a flurry of interest in the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) and air taxi markets in the early 2000s, the VLJ sector underwent significant expansion. Several new designs were produced, such as the Embraer Phenom 100, the Cessna Citation Mustang, and the Eclipse 500. However, following the late 2000s recession the air taxi market underperformed expectations, and both Eclipse Aviation and air taxi firm DayJet collapsed. In December 2010, AvWeb's Paul Bertorelli explained that the term ''very light jet'' has lost favor in the aviation industry: "Personal jet is the description du jour. You don't hear the term VLJ—very light jet—much anymore and some people in the industry tell me they think it's because that term was too tightly coupled to Eclipse, a failure that the remaining players want to, understandably, distance themselves from."<ref name="AvWeb10Dec10" />
Single-engine designs were popular in the mid-2000s, before the Great Recession diminished the market appeal of the category. Most of those projects, which included the Piper Altaire, Diamond D-Jet, Eclipse 400 and VisionAire Vantage, were all shelved. As of 2016, the only maintained aircraft are the Cirrus Vision SF50, which was type certified that year and put into production, and the Stratos 714, which at the time expected certification in 2019. Single-engine VLJs are expected to compete with single turboprop aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-getting-personal-with-single-engined-jets-427139/ |title= Getting personal with single-engined jets |work= Flight Global |date= 21 July 2016}}</ref>
Two VLJs in history have won the Collier Trophy, known as the most prestigious aerospace engineering award in the United States — the Eclipse 500 in 2006 and the Cirrus Vision SF50 in 2018.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://naa.aero/awards/awards-and-trophies/collier-trophy |title= Collier Trophy |work= National Aeronautic Association |access-date= 11 July 2018}}</ref>
==Target market== VLJs are intended to have lower operating costs than conventional jets, and to be able to operate from runways as short as {{convert|3000|ft|m}}, either for personal use or in point-to-point air taxi service.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | work=Aerospace America | url=http://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/AA_May06_CRO.pdf | first=John | last=Croft | title=Very Light Jets: Boom or Blip | date=May 2006 | access-date=2007-02-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202143531/https://www.aiaa.org/aerospace/images/articleimages/pdf/AA_May06_CRO.pdf | archive-date=2006-12-02 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Richard | last=Aboulafia | url=http://www.richardaboulafia.com/shownote.asp?id=211 | title=March 2006 Newsletter | date=2006-03-13 | access-date=2007-02-27 | archive-date=22 February 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222005350/http://www.richardaboulafia.com/shownote.asp?id=211 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In the United States, the Small Aircraft Transportation System is aimed at providing air service to areas ignored by airlines.
Florida-based air taxi provider DayJet, which on October 3, 2007 began its Eclipse 500 service, planned to operate more than 1,000 of the VLJs within five years,<ref name=hgj20071102/> and had stated in mid-2007 that it planned to operate 300 Eclipse 500s serving 40 regional airports in the Southeastern United States by the end of 2008.<ref name=pm200706>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a1661/4216973/ |title= Mini-Jet Revolution, or Dot-Com with Wings? |author= David Noland |magazine= Popular Mechanics |date= 20 May 2007}}</ref> DayJet ceased operations on September 19, 2008.<ref name=hgj20071102>{{cite news | title=Very Light Jets Enter Fractional Market | publisher=Halogen Guides Jets | date=2007-11-02 | access-date=2007-11-13 | url=http://jets.halogenguides.com/articles/885-very-light-jets-enter-fractional-markets }}</ref>
==Production== [[File:Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 AN1695056.jpg|thumb|Still delivered, the Embraer Phenom 100 is the third most-produced VLJ and began production in December 2008]]
Many models are under development or awaiting certification, while others have failed.<ref>Cox, Bill. "[http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/best-buys/the-day-of-the-personal-jet.html?tmpl=component&print=1 The Day Of The Personal Jet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111193141/http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/best-buys/the-day-of-the-personal-jet.html?tmpl=component&print=1 |date=11 January 2016 }}" ''Plane & Pilot Magazine'', 1 May 2008. Retrieved March 2015.</ref> Six have so far made deliveries to customers: * 2006–2017 : Cessna Citation Mustang * 2006–2008 : Eclipse EA500 * 2008–present : Embraer Phenom 100 * 2013–present : Cessna CitationJet/M2 * 2014–2017, 2023–2024 : Eclipse 550 * 2015–present : Honda HA-420 HondaJet * 2016–present : Cirrus Vision SF50
The Cessna Citation Mustang was the first production VLJ, first delivered in November 2006,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/12_47b/briefs/CessnaDelivers_Mustang_VLJ_193819-1.html|title=Cessna Beats Out Eclipse In First VLJ Delivery|last=Trautvetter|first=Chad|publisher=AVweb|date=2006-11-23|access-date=2006-11-29|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828101828/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/12_47b/briefs/CessnaDelivers_Mustang_VLJ_193819-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2006-01-19-little-jets_x.htm | title=Smaller, faster, cheaper new jets may transform flying | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=USA Today | date=2006-01-19 | access-date=2006-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | title=Cessna Citation Mustang Cleared for Flight Into Known Icing Conditions | publisher=Cessna Aircraft Company | url=http://www.cessna.com/news/article.chtml?ID=OkyZWtgijxh0LUYbsDyGikkPGeGJ5pvxB2bQ5dSrEokZusIQpN | date=2006-11-09 | access-date=2006-11-29 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and discontinued in May 2017,<ref name=Flight11may2017>{{cite news |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/cessna-rolls-out-last-mustang-after-genre-defining-r-437156/ |title= Cessna rolls out last Mustang after genre-defining run |date= 11 May 2017 |author= Stephen Trimble |work= Flight Global}}</ref> and the Cirrus Vision SF50 is the first single-engine production VLJ, beginning deliveries in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2016/october/31/cirrus-earns-vision-jet-certification |title= Cirrus Earns Vision Jet Certification |work= AOPA |access-date=2016-12-20|date= 2016-10-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/4183198-cirrus-delivers-first-vision-jet-unveils-new-facility|title=Cirrus delivers first Vision jet, unveils new facility|date=20 December 2016|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>
Business jet sales suffered due to the late 2000s recession. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association reported in November 2010 that third quarter business jet sales were down 20.3% over the same period in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Report_GASalesContinueToDrop_203587-1.html|title = Report: GA Sales Continue To Drop|access-date = 9 January 2011|last = Grady|first = Mary|date = November 2010|archive-date = 31 January 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110131114147/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Report_GASalesContinueToDrop_203587-1.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> with light jets suffering the most.<ref name="awHJ">Garvey, William. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=awst&id=news/awst/2011/01/03/AW_01_03_2011_p32-279571.xml HondaJet flight testing is underway]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Aviation Week'', 30 December 2010. Accessed: 9 January 2011.</ref> In 2020, business jet deliveries slowed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 20% decrease over the previous year.<ref>[https://www.flightglobal.com/airframers/business-jet-deliveries-sink-20-in-2020/142597.article FlightGlobal - Business jet deliveries sink 20% in 2020]</ref> However, the industry bounced back the following year, in 2021, with a 10% increase over 2020 and a single VLJ delivery more than in 2019.<ref name=2021GAMA>[https://gama.aero/wp-content/uploads/2021ShipmentReport-02-23-2022-0730.pdf General Aviation Aircraft Shipment Report 2021 Year-End - GAMA]</ref> The Cirrus Vision SF50 is the most-delivered VLJ with 721 total from 2016 through 2025 and most-delivered per year since 2018, and the Eclipse 500 has the most deliveries in a single year with 161 in 2008. {{mw-datatable}}{{table alignment}} {| class="wikitable mw-datatable defaultcenter col-1right" |+ Deliveries<ref name=GAMA2019>{{cite web|url=https://gama.aero/wp-content/uploads/GAMA_2019Databook_ForWebFinal-2020-02-19.pdf|title=2019 Databook|author=General Aviation Manufacturers Association|date=2020|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://gama.aero/facts-and-statistics/statistical-databook-and-industry-outlook/2020-annual-data/ |title=General Aviation Manufactures Association - 2020 Annual Data |access-date=19 January 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119014437/https://gama.aero/facts-and-statistics/statistical-databook-and-industry-outlook/2020-annual-data/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=QuarterlyReportGAMA>{{cite web|title=Quarterly Shipments and Billings – GAMA|url=https://gama.aero/facts-and-statistics/quarterly-shipments-and-billings/|website=gama.aero|access-date=2026-02-19|publication-date=}}</ref> |- ! Year ! style="max-width:5.5em" | Cirrus Vision SF50 ! style="max-width:5.5em" | Cessna Citation Mustang
! style="max-width:5.5em" | Embraer Phenom 100
! style="max-width:5.5em" | Cessna {{shy|Citation|Jet}}/{{wbr}}M2
! style="max-width:5.5em" | Eclipse 500/{{wbr}}550
! style="max-width:5.5em" | Honda HA-420 {{shy|Honda|Jet}}
! style="max-width:5.5em" | Total |- ! 2006 | - || 1 || - || - || 1 || - || {{#expr:1+1}} |- ! 2007 | - || 45 || - || - || 98 || - || {{#expr:45+98}} |- ! 2008 | - || 101 || 2 || - || 161 || - || {{#expr:101+2+161}} |- ! 2009 | - || 125 || 97 || - || - || - || {{#expr:125+97}} |- ! 2010 | - || 73 || 100 || - || - || - || {{#expr:73+100}} |- ! 2011 | - || 43 || 41 || - || - || - || {{#expr:43+41}} |- !2012 | - |38 |29 | - | - | - |{{#expr:38+29}} |- !2013 | - |20 |30 |12 | - | - |{{#expr:20+30+12}} |- !2014 | - |8 |19 |46 |12 | - |{{#expr:8+19+46+12}} |- !2015 | - |8 |12 |41 |7 |2 |{{#expr:8+12+41+2+7}} |- !2016 |3 |10 |10 |38 |8 |23 |{{#expr:10+10+38+23+3+8}} |- !2017 |22 |7 |18 |39 |6 |43 |{{#expr:7+18+39+43+22+6}} |- !2018 |63 | - |11 |34 | - |37 |{{#expr:11+34+37+63}} |- !2019 |81 | - |11 |34 | - |36 |{{#expr:11+34+81+36}} |- !2020 |73 | - |6 |24 | - |31 |{{#expr:6+24+73+31}} |- !2021 |86 | - |6 |34 | - |37 |{{#expr:6+34+86+37}} |- !2022 |90 | - |7 |33 | - |17 |{{#expr:90+7+33+17}} |- !2023 |96 | - |11 |25 |2 |22 |{{#expr:96+0+11+25+2+22}} |- !2024 |101 | - |10 |22 | - |11 |{{#expr:101+0+10+22+0+11}} |- !2025 |106 | - |14 |22 | - |12 |{{#expr:106+0+14+22+0+12}} |- ! Total ! 721 !! {{#expr:1+45+101+125+73+43+38+20+8+8+10+7}} !! 434 !! 404 !! 295 !! 271 !! 2604 |}
==Engines==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Engine !! Thrust !! Weight !! Application |- | FJ33-5A<ref name="EASA016">{{cite web |url= https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/7771/en |title= TCDS No.: IM.E.016 |date= 21 July 2021 |publisher= EASA}}</ref> || 8.21 kN (1,846 lbf) || 144.7 kg (319 lb) || Cirrus SF50 |- | FJ44-1AP<ref name="EASA016" /> || 8.47 kN (1,965 lbf) || 240.5 kg (530 lb) ||Citation M2 |- |FJ44-4C<ref>{{Cite web |title=HondaJet Echelon Brochure |url=https://www.hondajet.com/-/media/HondaJet/Photos/HondaJet-Echelon/HondaJet_Echelon_Digital_Brochure_FINAL.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422224256/https://www.hondajet.com/-/media/HondaJet/Photos/HondaJet-Echelon/HondaJet_Echelon_Digital_Brochure_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |access-date=April 22, 2024 |publisher=Honda Aircraft Company |page=10}}</ref> |15.3kN (3,450 lbf) | | rowspan="2" |HondaJet |- | HF120<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/20724/en |title= TCDS No.: IM.E.054 |date= 31 January 2022 |publisher= EASA}}</ref> || {{cvt|9.32|kN|lbf}} || {{cvt|211.3|kg|lb}} |- | PW610<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/7747/en |title= TCDS No.: IM.E.028 |date= 12 March 2007 |publisher= EASA}}</ref> || {{cvt|4.226|kN|lbf}} || {{cvt|115.7|kg|lb}} || Eclipse 500/550 |- | PW615<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/7753/en |title= TCDS No.: IM.E.025 |date= 1 March 2007 |publisher= EASA}}</ref> || {{cvt|6.49|kN|lbf}} || {{cvt|140|kg|lb}} || Citation Mustang |- | PW617<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/downloads/7629/en |title= TCDS No.: IM.E.125 |date= 19 May 2017 |publisher= EASA}}</ref> || {{cvt|8.411|kN|lbf}} || {{cvt|172|kg|lb}} || Phenom 100 |}
==Interior amenities== When these smaller jets were first mooted, there was much interest in the fact that they would not have a lavatory on board, with articles discussing the matter in ''The New York Times''<ref name="NYT Big Battle">{{cite news | last=Sharkey | first=Joe | title=Big Battle in Small-Jet Skies | work=The New York Times | date=2006-08-29 | access-date=2006-12-12 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/29/business/29jets.html }}</ref> and items on NBC Nightly News.<ref name="CharterX">{{cite news|last=Di Piazza |first=Karen |title=No Throne Room on Eclipse VLJ: Real Issue or Media Hype? |publisher=CharterX |url=http://www.charterx.com/resources/article.aspx?id=2314 |access-date=2006-11-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929084205/http://www.charterx.com/resources/article.aspx?id=2314 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 }}</ref> Some manufacturers argued that for short flights of {{convert|300|to|500|mi|km}} and 40 to 80 minutes' duration, the lavatory issue was not a problem<ref name="NYT Big Battle"/> and air taxi service companies said that it was not a concern for most of their passengers.<ref name="CharterX" /> Despite this, the Eclipse 500 had the option of an electric flush, remove-to-service lavatory with a privacy curtain - at the expense of one passenger seat, and the proposed Adam A700 design had a seven-seat configuration with rear lavatory with a privacy curtain. The Cessna Mustang also has an emergency toilet, but it is located between the cockpit and cabin. The Embraer Phenom 100 offers a fully enclosed lavatory with a solid door. The 2015 Honda HA-420 HondaJet has a full lavatory at the rear of the aircraft with flushing toilet, full sink and closing door.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flightrun.com/hondajet/lavatory-toilet |title=HondaJet Lavatory - Toilet |access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
==List==
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ {{columns-list|colwidth=10em| {{legend|Aquamarine|In production}} {{legend|Lavender|In development}} {{legend|Cornsilk|Homebuilt}} {{legend|WhiteSmoke|Completed}} {{legend|MistyRose|Dormant/canceled}} {{legend|PowderBlue|Demonstrators}} }} |- ! Aircraft ! Seats ! data-sort-type=number | MTOW ! Cabin{{br}}height ! Engines ! Max.{{br}}cruise ! Max{{br}}range ! Specific range{{br}}@ {{abbr|LR|Long Range}} TAS<ref name=BCA-2019>{{cite magazine |url= https://aviationweek.com/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/datasheets/gated/BCA_201906.pdf |title= Purchase Planning Handbook 2019 |magazine= Business & Commercial Aviation |date= June 2019 |publisher= Aviation Week Network |url-access= subscription |access-date= 15 April 2021 |archive-date= 10 May 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200510235519/https://aviationweek.com/site-files/aviationweek.com/files/datasheets/gated/BCA_201906.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> ! Unit{{br}}cost ! style="max-width:3.5em" | Deliv.{{br}}<span style="font-weight:normal"><ref name="GAMA2019" />{{wbr}}<ref name=":0" />{{wbr}}<ref name=QuarterlyReportGAMA/>{{wbr}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.gama.aero/files/GAMA_Databook_2009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706065639/http://www.gama.aero/files/GAMA_Databook_2009.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 |access-date=2011-07-02}}</ref></span> ! First{{br}}flight ! Status |- style="background: Aquamarine" | Cirrus SF50 | 5-7<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-jet.com/pdf/specifications.pdf |publisher=Cirrus |title=Cirrus Jet Specifications PDF |date=2008-10-22 |access-date=2009-01-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206035048/http://the-jet.com/pdf/specifications.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-06 }}</ref> | 6,000 lb | 4.1 ft | 1× FJ33 | 305 kn<ref name=SF50G2 /> | 1,275 nmi<ref name=SF50G2>{{cite web|url=https://www.flyingmag.com/we-fly-generation-2-cirrus-vision/|title=We Fly: The Generation 2 Cirrus Vision|date=11 August 2020}}</ref> | 0.863 nmi/lb @ 259 kn | $3.25M<ref name=BCA2023>{{cite news |url= https://infogram.com/bca-table-2023-jets-1ho16vorwrp8x4n |title= Purchase planning handbook - Jets table |date= Second Quarter 2023 |work= Business & Commercial Aircraft}}</ref> | 615 | {{Date table sorting|3 Jul 2008}} | delivered since 2016 |- style="background: Aquamarine" | Eclipse 550 | 6 | 6,000 lb<ref name=Eclipse550>{{cite web|url=https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/eclipse-550/#.Xq6Yp5MzZ24|title=Eclipse 550|date=21 February 2016 }}</ref> | 4.2 ft<ref name=Eclipse550 /> | 2× PW610F | 375 kn<ref name="EclipseDelaysPerf">{{cite news | last=Pew | first=Glen | title=Eclipse Addresses Delays And Performance Guarantees | publisher=AVweb | url=http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/04_24/news/eclipse_delays_performance_193922-1.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102011802/http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/04_24/news/eclipse_delays_performance_193922-1.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 January 2013 | date=2006-12-06 | access-date=2006-12-12 }}</ref> | 1,125 nmi<ref name="EclipseDelaysPerf" /> | 1.040 nmi/lb @ 334 kn<ref name=BCA-2016>{{cite web|url=https://assets.penton.com/digitaleditions/BCA/BCA_201605.pdf|title= Purchase Planning Handbook 2016}}</ref> | style="max-width:5em" | $2.9m<ref name="globalplanesearch.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalplanesearch.com/search?gpsq=Eclipse+500|title=Eclipse Aviation aircraft for sale at GlobalPlaneSearch.com|website=www.globalplanesearch.com}}</ref>{{Update needed|date=March 2024}} | 35 | {{Date table sorting|March 2013}} | 2014-2017 deliveries,{{wbr}}{{efn|One Aviation announced in March 2017 that production would phase out as it prepared development of the Eclipse 700, which never entered production for the company before it went into bankruptcy in 2018 and whose Eclipse assets were purchased by a new company in 2021.}} resumed 2023 |- style="background: Aquamarine" | HA-420 HondaJet | 6-8 | 11,100 lb | 4.8 ft | 2× HF120 | 422 kn<ref name=HondaJetElite>{{cite web|url=https://www.hondajet.com/Content/pdf/HondaJetElite_Brochure.pdf|title=Introducing HondaJet Elite}}</ref> | 1,547 nmi<ref name=HondaJetElite /> | 0.663 nmi/lb @ 360 kn | $6.95M<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.avweb.com/air-shows-events/nbaa/honda-announces-hondajet-elite-ii/|title= Honda Announces HondaJet Elite II |last= Anglisano|first= Larry|work= AVweb|date= 17 October 2022}}</ref> | 259 | {{Date table sorting|3 Dec 2003}} | delivered since 2015 |- style="background: Aquamarine" | Citation M2 | 6-8 | 10,700 lb | 4.8 ft | 2× FJ44 | 404 kn | 1,550 nmi | 0.626 nmi/lb @ 323 kn | $6.15M<ref name=BCA2023/> | 382 | {{Date table sorting|29 Apr 1991}} | delivered since 1993 |- style="background: Aquamarine" | Phenom 100 | 6-8 | 10,703 lb | 4.9 ft | 2× PW617F | 406 kn<ref name=Phenom100EV /> | 1,178 nmi<ref name=Phenom100EV>{{cite web|url=https://daflwcl3bnxyt.cloudfront.net/m/66f0c044cc30299/original/Phenom-100EV-brochure.pdf|title=Phenom 100EV}}</ref> | 0.626 nmi/lb @ 340 kn | $4.995M<ref name=BCA2023/> | 420 | {{Date table sorting|26 Jul 2007}} | delivered since 2008 |- style="background: Lavender" | Flaris LAR01 | 5 | 4,080 lb | 4.0 ft | 1× FJ33<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flaris.pl/portfolio-item/installing-the-engine-in-the-flaris/|title=FLARIS LAR 1 {{!}} Installing the engine in the Flaris|website=www.flaris.pl|access-date=2016-05-31}}</ref> | 415 kn | 1,730 nmi | | $2 m | | {{Date table sorting|5 Apr 2019}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://flaris.pl/flaris-lar1-took-off/|title=FLARIS LAR1 took off}}</ref> | sales started 2024 |- style="background: Lavender" | Stratos 714 | 4 | 8,421 lb | {{cvt|1.46|m|ft|disp=out}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aerospace-technology.com/projects/stratos-714-light-business-jet/|title=Stratos 714 Light Business Jet}}</ref> | 1× JT15D<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stratos 716 Cutaway |url=https://www.stratosaircraft.com/stratos-716-cutaway |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=www.stratosaircraft.com}}</ref> | 415 kn | 1,500 nmi | | $3–3.5m | | {{Date table sorting|21 Nov 2016}} | in {{shy|develop|ment}}{{efn|Slightly stretched into the Stratos 716X, first flight July 2, 2020, sold in kit before type certification which would need at least $100-150 million}} |- style="background: Cornsilk" | FLS Microjet | 1 | 659 lb | | 1× PBS TJ-100 | 278 kn | 200 nmi | | $0.1895m | | {{Date table sorting|Jan 2011}} | |- style="background: Cornsilk" | SubSonex | 1 | 1,000 lb | | 1× PBS TJ-100 | {{cvt|250|mph|kn|disp=out}} | 300+ nmi | | $0.135m | | {{Date table sorting|10 Aug 2011}} | |- style="background: Cornsilk" | Viper Jet | 2 | 5,100 lb | | 1× J85 | {{cvt|500|mph|kn|disp=out}} | 800 nmi | | $0.48-0.65m | | {{Date table sorting|Oct 1999}} | |- style="background: WhiteSmoke" | Citation Mustang | 6 | 8,645 lb | 4.5 ft | 2× PW615F | 340 kn | 1,167 nmi | 0.641 nmi/lb @ 319 kn<ref name=BCA-2016 /> | $3.35m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.controller.com/listings/aircraft-for-sale/CESSNA-CITATION-MUSTANG/2008-CESSNA-CITATION-MUSTANG/1134223.htm|title=Controller.com - Can We Help You Find Something?|website=www.controller.com}}</ref> | 479 | {{Date table sorting|23 Apr 2005}} | 2006-2017 deliveries |- style="background: WhiteSmoke" | Eclipse 500 | 6 | 6,000 lb | 4.2 ft<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertyjet.com/private_jets/Eclipse%20500|title=Eclipse 500}}</ref> | 2× PW610F | 370 kn<ref name="EclipseDelaysPerf"/> | 1,125 nmi<ref name="EclipseDelaysPerf" /> | | $2.15m<ref name="AvWeb">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1318-full.html#199812|title = Eclipse Goes Ahead With Single, Hikes Price Of Twin|access-date = 2008-06-02|last = Niles|first = Russ|date = May 2008|archive-date = 27 February 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150227031420/http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1318-full.html#199812|url-status = dead}}</ref> | 260 | {{Date table sorting|26 Aug 2002}} | 2006-2008 deliveries |- style="background: WhiteSmoke" | Adam A700 | 5-7 | 9,350 lb | | 2× FJ33 | 340 kn | 1,200 nmi | | $1.9 m | 2 | {{Date table sorting|28 Jul 2003}} | 2008 bankruptcy{{wbr}}<ref name="AdamPressRelease">{{cite press release | title=A700 Adam Jet Chosen by Magnum Jet | publisher=Adam Aircraft Industries | date=2006-10-16 | url=http://www.adamaircraft.com/pressreleases.asp#66 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061212055429/http://www.adamaircraft.com/PressReleases.asp#66 | archive-date=2006-12-12 }}</ref> |- style="background: MistyRose" | Comp Air Jet<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.avweb.com/news/snf/SunNFun2007_CompAirLightJet_VLJ_194981-1.html|title=Comp Air Jet in Limbo|date=18 April 2007|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-date=14 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814043022/http://www.avweb.com/news/snf/SunNFun2007_CompAirLightJet_VLJ_194981-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | 8 | 8,900 lb | | 1× AI-25 | 320 kn | 1,250 nmi | | $1.2 m | | {{Date table sorting|10 Jul 2004}} | 2006 last update |- style="background: MistyRose" | ATG Javelin | 2 | 6,900 lb | | 2× FJ33 | 530 kn | 1,200 nmi | | $2.995m | | {{Date table sorting|30 Sep 2005}} | 2008 halt<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.avweb.com/news/atg-halts-javelin-program/ |title= ATG Halts Javelin Program | publisher=AVWeb | date=2007-12-19 }}</ref> |- style="background: MistyRose" | Diamond D-Jet | 5 | 5,115 lb | | 1× FJ33 | 315 kn | 1,350 nmi | | $1.89m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalplanesearch.com/search?gpsq=Diamond+D|title=Diamond D at GlobalPlaneSearch.com|website=www.globalplanesearch.com}}</ref> | | {{Date table sorting|18 Apr 2006}} | 2013 suspension |- style="background: MistyRose" | Eclipse 400<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.airventure.org/2007/news/070723_eclipse.html| publisher= Airventure| title= Eclipse ECJ| date=2007-07-23 | access-date=2007-07-23}}</ref> | 4 | 4,480 lb | | 1x PW615F | 345 kn | 1,250 nmi | | $1.35m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalplanesearch.com/search?gpsq=Eclipse+Aviation|title=Eclipse Aviation aircraft for sale at GlobalPlaneSearch.com|website=www.globalplanesearch.com}}</ref> | | {{Date table sorting|2 Jul 2007}} | 2009 bankruptcy |- style="background: MistyRose" | Epic Victory | 3-5 | 5,500 lb | | 1× FJ33 | 320 kn | 1,200 nmi | | $1m | | {{Date table sorting|6 Jul 2007}} | 2009 bankruptcy{{wbr}}{{efn|name=epic|Epic Aircraft went into bankruptcy in 2009 and its assets were bought in April, 2010 by Aviation Industry Corporation of China who are restarting Victory production and certification {{As of|July 2010|lc=on}}. However, as of 2024, production had not been resumed.}} |- style="background: MistyRose" |Epic Elite |7 | {{cvt|3493|kg|disp=out}} | |2× FJ33 |390 kn |1,600 nmi | | $2.35 m | | {{Date table sorting|7 Jun 2007}} | 2009 bankruptcy{{wbr}}{{efn|name=epic}} |- style="background: MistyRose" | AVCEN Jetpod | 7-8 | 6,750 lb | | | | | | | | {{Date table sorting|16 Aug 2009}} | 2009 crash{{efn|owner and founder died during first flight crash}} |- style="background: MistyRose" | PiperJet | 7 | {{cvt|3175|kg|disp=out}} | | 1× FJ44 | 360 kn | 1,300 nmi | | $2.20m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalplanesearch.com/search?gpsq=Piper|title=Piper aircraft for sale at GlobalPlaneSearch.com|website=www.globalplanesearch.com}}</ref> | | {{Date table sorting|30 Jul 2008}} | 2011 suspension{{wbr}}{{efn|Development suspended indefinitely on October 26, 2011}} |- style="background: MistyRose" | S-33 {{shy|Indepen|dence}} | 9 | 7,500 lb | 5.0 ft | 2× FJ33 | 415 kn | 2,000 nmi | | $3.945m <ref>[http://www.spectrum.aero/images/stories/downloads/brochures/Independence_S33_Competitive_Advantages.pdf Spectrum S-33 Independence], retrieved 27 September 2022</ref> | | {{Date table sorting|7 Jan 2006}} | 2006 crash{{efn|No update on certification date from company. In 2009 Spectrum announced that new S-40 Freedom project will be first for certification and production}} |- style="background: MistyRose" | Sport Jet II<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sportjetair.com|title= Sport-Jet, Ltd: Official Site of Sport Jet II |access-date= 28 September 2022|author= Sport-Jet, Ltd|work= sportjetair.com|year= 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130720175513/http://www.sportjetair.com/|archive-date= 20 July 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref> | 4-5 | 5,250 lb | | 1× JT15D |380 kn |1,000 nmi | |$1.20m | | {{Date table sorting|12 May 2006}} | 2006 crash{{efn|Second Pre-Production Aircraft was being built in production 2011, accepting orders.}} |- style="background: MistyRose" | Vantage |6 | 8,200 lb | |1× JT15D |350 kn |999 nmi | | $1.65 m | | {{Date table sorting|16 Nov 1996}} | 2003 bankruptcy{{wbr}}{{efn|VisionAir bankrupt and liquidated 2003, design developed into EV-20 Vantage Jet project}} |- style="background: PowderBlue" | Honda MH02 | 6 | 7,937 lb | | 2× JT15D | 353 kn<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.honda.co.jp/tech/other/9709mh02.html|title=Honda MH02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021035059/http://www.honda.co.jp/tech/other/9709mh02.html|archive-date=2012-10-21}}</ref> | | | | | {{Date table sorting|5 Mar 1993}} | 1998 {{shy|de|regis|tra|tion}} |- style="background: PowderBlue" | Williams V-Jet II | | 3,800 lb | | 2× FJX-2 | 300 kn | | | | | {{Date table sorting|13 Apr 1997}} | 2001 donation |- ! Aircraft ! Seats ! MTOW ! Cabin<br />height ! Engines ! Max.<br />cruise ! Max.<br />range ! Specific range<br />@ {{abbr|LR|Long Range}} TAS<ref name=BCA-2019/> ! Unit<br />cost ! Deliv. ! First flight ! Status |- |} {{notelist}}
==See also== *{{annotated link|Environmental impact of aviation}} *{{annotated link|Index of aviation articles}}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==Further reading== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714100856/http://www.pmi-media.com/vlj-order.asp The VLJ (Very Light Jet) Market 2006-2017] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071201174825/http://www.atsl.cee.vt.edu/aiaa_papers.htm#Evaluating Evaluating the Efficiency of a Small Aircraft Transportation System Network Using Planning and Simulation Models (2006)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071201174825/http://www.atsl.cee.vt.edu/aiaa_papers.htm#Nationwide Nationwide Impacts of Very Light Jet Traffic in the Future Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) (2006)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070222004147/http://www.atsl.cee.vt.edu/sds_papers.htm#TSAM A Transportation Systems Analysis Model (TSAM) to study the impact of the Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) (2005)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011043154/http://www.atsl.cee.vt.edu/trb_papers.htm#Integrated_Model An Integrated Model To Study The Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) (2003)]
==External links== * [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/04/25/206082/EBACE+2006+Show+preview.html EBACE 2006 Show preview (series of articles), Flight International, April/May 2006] * [http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_busav_story.jsp?view=story&id=news/aw042406p01.xml Time for an Eclipse?, Aviation Week, April 2006]{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617002332/http://www.ainonline.com/ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/ain-special-report-vljs-fly-in-the-face-of-critics VLJs fly in the face of critics, Aviation International News, March 2006] * [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/03/01/205135/Flight+Interview+Vision+of+Eclipse+Aviation's+Vern+silences+the.html Flight Interview: Vision of Eclipse Aviation's Vern silences the sceptics, Flight International, March 2006] * [http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2005/05/10/197623/Dawn+of+the+VLJ.html Dawn of the VLJ, Flight International, May 2005] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070827194855/http://web.nbaa.org/public/ops/vlj/ NBAA] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011043159/http://www.atsl.cee.vt.edu/tsam.htm Transportation Systems Analysis Model] - TSAM is a nationwide transportation planning model to forecast air taxi demand in the United States.
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