Inside The $16 Million Hawker 900XP

Inside The $16 Million Hawker 900XP Private Jet

0:00 - Intro
The Hawker 900XP is the newest version of one of the very first business-jet designs, and its roots can be traced back to the De Havilland DH125, first flown in 1962. Here is everything you need to know about the Hawker 900XP.

0:32 - Cabin
The cabin is 5 feet 9 inches or 1.75 meters tall and 6 feet or 1.82 meters wide, and seats 8 people. The standard layout features five single executive seats and a three-place divan. The comfortable single seats slide and swivel, and have limited recline.
The lav cabinetry is slightly improved, with more little drawers and niches for stowing personal products and supplies, and there’s also a roomy galley with a microwave, a cold food box, a coffee maker and stowage for crockery, cutlery and glasses.
The cabin now employs new individual LCD screen control systems for lights, video and audio at each seat. An LCD-controlled cabin thermostat is positioned next to the boss’s chair on the right side of the cabin. Two 15-inch LCD screens are mounted in the cabin, one on the forward divider and the other on the aft.
The Collins airshow and audio-video entertainment system are controlled via 4-inch LCD sidewall-mounted controllers. Additionally, a remote control is provided. One unique entertainment feature offered to passengers is a glare shield-mounted cockpit camera.
At high-speed cruise, the cabin deck angle is nearly level, and only slightly nose-up at long-range cruise speed. The ambient noise level is low, allowing conversation at normal voice levels. A new optional layout allows you to remove the two most aft single seats and punch out the aft baggage compartment, adding a modest 10 cubic feet of stowage. Bags must still be loaded internally because there’s no external baggage door.
There is a 33-cubic-foot baggage compartment on the right side of the cabin just as you enter the door, and another 16-cubic-foot baggage compartment just ahead of the lavatory in the aft cabin.

3:21 - Cockpit
The 900XP's flight deck features the Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 system.
The center pedestal and throttle quadrant host "manly" sized levers, wheels, and stopcocks, all extremely functional. The Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 panel has four 8 x 10-inch active-matrix LCD screens arranged two per side in a portrait format.
Each pilot has its own primary flight display and multifunction display. Engine information can be displayed on any of the four large displays, but a conventional caution and warning lights panel has been retained. Automatic flight guidance system controls are well placed on a glare shield panel.
The Pro Line 21 uses a dual file server and dual cursor control panels that allow either pilot to pull up any approach or taxi charts in the electronic flight bag database with zoom capability on either display.
Standard on the 900XP are all the usual bells and whistles: dual attitude-heading reference system, traffic alert and collision avoidance system, enhanced ground proximity warning system, turbulence-detection weather radar and dual GPS. The avionics suite also includes dual FMS-6000 flight management system, engine indicating system, and integrated flight information system. A standard single file server unit provides an electronic charts capability with own-ship position.

6:34 - Engine and Performance
Talking about performance, the 900XP is powered by two next-generation Honeywell Aerospace TFR731-50R engines with a TBO of 6,000 hours and with each one producing 4,660 lbs of thrust. This combination is able to push the aircraft to a maximum speed of 452 knots, a maximum cruise speed of 430 knots and up to a maximum cruising altitude of 41,000 feet or 12.5 kilometers, with an average hourly fuel burn of 257 gallons or 973 liters per hour.
The plane has a maximum range of 2,950 nautical miles, which is 3,400 miles or 5,460 kilometers. The plane can take off in 5,000 feet or 1,525 meters, has a maximum rate of climb of 3,415 feet or 1,040 meters per minute, and a landing distance of 2,300 feet or 700 meters, all while maintaining a full fuel payload of 1,620 lbs or 735 kg.

7:34 - Purchase and Charter Price
Before being discontinued in 2012, the base purchase price for the 900XP was $16 million before options, but today the price for a used model is 4 to 7 million dollars, and the charter price ranges from $4,000 to $5,000 per hour.

8:11 - Operating Cost
While the total fixed cost is roughly $200,000 to $300,000 per year, the average hourly operating cost is estimated at $3,000 to $3,600.

8:23 - Outro

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