Ultra-long-range · Dassault
Falcon 8X charter in Dubai: cost, specs and range
The Falcon 8X is the ultra-long-range trijet from Dassault: 3 engines where the Gulfstream and Bombardier flagships in the class have 2. Book range is 6,450 nm at Mach 0.80 with 8 passengers, 3 crew and NBAA IFR reserves, enough to cover Europe, Asia and southern Africa nonstop from Dubai. Charter quotes in 2026 run roughly $11,000 to $18,000 per flight hour.
Falcon 8X at a glance
Ultra-long-range · Dassault
$11,000–$18,000/hr Indicative charter rate
- 6,450 nm Range
- 12–16 Passengers
- Mach 0.80 Long-range cruise
- 6 ft 2 in Cabin height
Performance
- Maximum range
- 6,450 nm (11,945 km)
- Range assumptions
- Mach 0.80, 8 passengers, 3 crew, NBAA IFR reserves
- Maximum endurance
- 14 hours
- Maximum operating Mach
- Mach 0.90
- Maximum certified altitude
- 51,000 ft (15,545 m)
- Balanced field length
- 5,880 ft (1,792 m) at MTOW, sea level, ISA
- Landing distance
- 2,220 ft (677 m)
Cabin
- Typical passengers
- 12 to 16
- Maximum certified seats
- 19
- Cabin length
- 42 ft 8 in (13 m), excluding flight deck and baggage
- Maximum cabin width
- 92 in (2.34 m)
- Cabin height
- 74 in (1.88 m)
- Cabin volume
- 1,695 cu ft (48 m³), excluding flight deck and baggage
- Cabin altitude
- 3,900 ft (1,189 m) at a 41,000 ft cruise
Operating
- Engines
- 3 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307D turbofans
- Thrust per engine
- 6,722 lb (29.90 kN)
- Maximum takeoff weight
- 73,000 lb (33,113 kg)
- Maximum landing weight
- 62,400 lb (28,304 kg), 85% of MTOW
- Maximum fuel
- 35,141 lb (15,940 kg)
- Baggage volume
- 140 cu ft (4 m³)
- Crew
- 3, on Dassault's published performance assumptions
Charter
- Indicative rate
- $11,000–$18,000/hr
- Rate excludes
- Fuel surcharges, positioning, crew, overnights, landing and handling, catering
- Available for charter
- 34 of 117 active aircraft worldwide
- Steep approach
- Approaches up to 6 degrees
- UAE approval
- Type certified by the GCAA in 2016
- Entered service
- 5 October 2016
Broker rate guides published for 2026, spanning a 60% spread; positioning, fuel surcharges, crew and handling sit outside the band.
What the Falcon 8X is for
The Falcon 8X is Dassault's ultra-long-range trijet, certified in 2016 by the FAA, EASA and the UAE GCAA among others and in service since 5 October 2016. Book range is 6,450 nm at Mach 0.80 with 8 passengers, 3 crew and NBAA IFR reserves.
It sits in the ultra-long-range class, where a cabin is sold in zones rather than seats and range is quoted in continents. The 8X gets there on 3 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307D engines, and no Gulfstream or Bombardier aircraft in the class has more than 2.
Range is not what separates it. That job falls to a balanced field length of 5,880 ft at maximum takeoff weight and certification for approaches up to 6 degrees, which qualifies the type for London City and other steep-approach runways. An ultra-long-range cabin that fits a short runway is a narrow specification.
Dassault still builds it, delivering 37 Falcons in 2025 against a backlog of 73 aircraft across the Falcon line at 31 December 2025.
Falcon 8X charter cost from Dubai
No index publishes a verified Falcon 8X charter rate. Charter is quoted per trip, and every hourly figure in circulation is a broker estimate rather than a transacted average, which is why the published numbers sit about 60% apart.
The defensible band for 2026 is roughly $11,000 to $18,000 per flight hour. Where a quote lands inside it turns on the aircraft's age and configuration, the season, and whether the airframe is already in the Gulf. Positioning is the largest single swing, because an 8X flown in empty from Europe bills those hours too, and that sets every hourly band quoted out of Dubai rather than this one alone.
| Trip from Dubai | Distance | Flight time | Hourly band | Indicative one-way total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | 1,040 nm | 2 hr 20 min | $11,000–$18,000 | $26,000–$42,000 |
| London | 2,969 nm | 6 hr 30 min | $11,000–$18,000 | $71,000–$117,000 |
| Johannesburg | 3,463 nm | 7 hr 30 min | $11,000–$18,000 | $83,000–$135,000 |
A return trip is not twice the one-way figure. If the aircraft waits for you, the quote carries crew overnights and parking instead of flight hours; if it repositions and comes back, it carries empty legs at both ends.
Range from Dubai
Book range is 6,450 nm at Mach 0.80 with 8 passengers, 3 crew and NBAA IFR reserves, and maximum endurance is 14 hours. From Dubai that covers Europe, all of Asia and southern Africa in a single leg.
Book range shrinks on the day. It is a still-air number, so a westbound sector into the mid-latitude jet stream buys less than the chart says, and a cabin loaded past the 8 passengers in Dassault's assumption costs range as well. A summer departure out of Dubai adds a takeoff penalty on top.
New York is where that matters. At 5,941 nm the sector is 92% of book range, which makes it a leg a crew plans with a technical stop in reserve rather than one a broker should promise. Inside roughly 4,300 nm of Dubai, as far out as Tokyo, it is a routine nonstop.
- Doha 204 nm Nonstop
- Riyadh 471 nm Nonstop
- Mumbai 1,040 nm Nonstop
- Istanbul 1,635 nm Nonstop
- Malé 1,642 nm Nonstop
- Moscow 1,987 nm Nonstop
- Geneva 2,656 nm Nonstop
- Paris 2,832 nm Nonstop
- London 2,969 nm Nonstop
- Singapore 3,157 nm Nonstop
- Hong Kong 3,197 nm Nonstop
- Johannesburg 3,463 nm Nonstop
- Tokyo 4,284 nm Nonstop
- New York 5,941 nm Wind dependent
- Sydney 6,503 nm Fuel stop
- Los Angeles 7,236 nm Fuel stop
Great-circle distances from Dubai. Book range assumes still air and a light cabin, so headwinds, passenger load and payload move the marginal legs either way on the day.
Inside the cabin
The cabin runs 42 ft 8 in long and holds 1,695 cu ft, both figures excluding the flight deck and baggage compartment. Maximum width is 92 in against a height of 74 in, so it reads wider than it is tall and a passenger of 6 ft walks the aisle upright.
Dassault splits that length into 3 zones and offers more than 30 configurations against it. A common arrangement puts a lounge or bar forward, a 6-seat conference grouping mid-cabin and a third lounge aft.
The aft cabin trade-off
The rear of the aircraft is either a private VIP stateroom, convertible to a media room with a pop-up 32-inch screen, or an aft shower and lavatory. It is not both. Settle which one you need before a quote goes out, because the 2 layouts look identical on a spec sheet.
Overnight, up to 6 passengers sleep in berths. Cabin altitude is 3,900 ft at a 41,000 ft cruise, the cabin sits 2 dB below the Falcon 7X on sound, and 32 windows light it end to end.
Galleys come in 3 sizes. The longest runs 93 in, carries a 78-in lie-flat crew berth and holds storage for a 14-hour flight. Baggage is 140 cu ft.
How it compares
Engine count is the comparison that matters first. The 2 outboard PW307D nacelles sit on pylons either side of the rear fuselage and a third engine is buried in the tail, fed by an S-duct whose intake opens at the base of the fin.
Cross-shopped against the Gulfstream G650 and the Global 7500, the 8X is the smaller aircraft on the outside at 80 ft 3 in long with an 86 ft 3 in wingspan, and it carries a cabin about the size of other long-range business jets despite that. The compact airframe buys field performance: 5,880 ft to get airborne at maximum weight and 2,220 ft to stop.
What changed from the Falcon 7X
The 8X is a stretched, re-winged 7X rather than a clean-sheet aircraft.
| Item | Falcon 8X against the Falcon 7X |
|---|---|
| Range | 550 nm further, at 6,450 nm |
| Thrust per engine | 5% more, at 6,722 lb |
| Fuel consumption | 2% lower |
| Fuselage | Stretched by 1.1 m (3.6 ft) |
| Wing | Reengineered winglets and a new leading-edge profile |
| Cabin sound | 2 dB quieter |
On a charter sheet the difference is the extra 550 nm and the 2 additional window rows that take the cabin total to 32.
Who should charter it, and who should not
Ideal for
- Dubai to Europe with the cabin full. A 3,000 nm sector with 12 to 16 seats sold sits inside book range.
- Short and steep runways. A 5,880 ft balanced field, 2,220 ft to stop and approaches up to 6 degrees open London City and runways like it.
- Overnight sectors. Berths for 6 passengers, a 3,900 ft cabin altitude at 41,000 ft and 2 dB less noise than the 7X.
- Long duty days. 14 hours of endurance, a 78-in lie-flat crew berth and a galley stocked to match.
- Groups that split up in the air. 3 zones, a 6-seat conference grouping and more than 30 cabin layouts.
Wrong choice for
- Dubai to Sydney or Los Angeles. At 6,503 nm and 7,236 nm, both sit beyond the 6,450 nm book figure.
- A guaranteed nonstop to New York. 5,941 nm is 92% of book range flown into the jet stream, so it is a favourable-conditions leg, not a promise.
- A shower and a stateroom together. The aft cabin is one or the other, so a group wanting both needs a different type.
- Gulf hops booked on price. Doha is 204 nm away, and an ultra-long-range hourly band is an expensive way to cross that water.
Only 34 of the 117 active Falcon 8X airframes worldwide are listed for charter, so a Dubai departure turns on who has one in the Gulf that week. Put that question to the operators and brokers that quote ultra-long-range aircraft in the UAE.
Falcon 8X charter questions
How much does it cost to charter a Falcon 8X from Dubai?
Expect roughly $11,000 to $18,000 per flight hour in 2026, quoted as a band because no index publishes a verified rate for the type. That band excludes fuel surcharges, positioning, crew and overnights, landing and handling fees, catering and international fees. A Dubai to London sector of about 6 hr 30 min therefore sits somewhere near $71,000 to $117,000 in flight hours alone.
How many passengers does a Falcon 8X seat?
Dassault publishes 12 to 16 passengers, and 14 is a common charter configuration. The 19-seat figure that appears in aircraft databases is a certified maximum rather than a layout you will find on the charter market. Dassault's own performance figures are quoted at 8 passengers and 3 crew.
Can a Falcon 8X fly nonstop from Dubai to New York?
Sometimes, and it should never be promised. The great-circle distance is 5,941 nm against a book range of 6,450 nm, so the sector runs at 92% of the published figure, and westbound flying works against the mid-latitude jet stream. In strong headwinds, or with the cabin loaded well past 8 passengers, the trip takes a technical stop.
How far can a Falcon 8X fly?
6,450 nm, which Dassault quotes at Mach 0.80 with 8 passengers, 3 crew and NBAA IFR reserves. Maximum endurance is 14 hours. That covers Europe, all of Asia and southern Africa nonstop from Dubai, and leaves Sydney at 6,503 nm and Los Angeles at 7,236 nm outside the range.
Does the Falcon 8X have a shower?
It can, as an option, and it comes at the cost of the rear stateroom. Dassault offers the aft cabin as either a private VIP stateroom convertible to a media room, or an aft shower and lavatory. No 8X has both, so the airframe you book decides which one you get.
Why does the Falcon 8X have 3 engines?
It is Dassault's trijet layout, carried over from the Falcon 7X: 2 Pratt and Whitney Canada PW307D engines pod-mounted on the rear fuselage and a third buried in the tail behind an S-duct intake. Each produces 6,722 lb of thrust, 5% more than the 7X while burning 2% less fuel. No Gulfstream or Bombardier aircraft in the ultra-long-range class has more than 2.