The Embraer business jet fleet on the US register is young. The median valid Embraer business jet was built in 2018, and about 20% carry the fractional-ownership flag. The Phenom 300 alone accounts for 53% of the 1,257 valid registrations, and Embraer has built 961 of them worldwide as of Q3 2026.
Embraer does not publish a price list. The trade press reports a Phenom 300 at $10.995 million, a Praetor 500 at $18.995 million and a Praetor 600 at $21.995 million. This page lays out those reported prices, then uses the registry to show who holds the fleet and why so much of it is shared.
Data used: FAA registry through 2026-10-16; NTSB files through 2026-09-30. Source periods are shown with each table.
From the Phenom to the Praetor
Embraer does not publish a price list for its business jets. The trade press reports a launch price at an announcement or a typically equipped price in Business & Commercial Aviation's handbook. The handbook sits behind a paywall that we did not open, so we read its figures as reported by other aviation sites and name the original and the year beside each.
Show every reported price with its year and source
Embraer publishes no price list. These are dated reported figures, not quotes, and the editions differ by year, so compare within a model rather than across them.
Phenom 300
- 2023$10.995 millionequipped. As reported by Business & Commercial Aircraft, Purchase planning handbook, Jets and Ultra long-range Jets tables, Q2 2023.
Phenom 100EV
- 2016$4.495 millionlist. As reported by Flight Global, 'Embraer unveils improved Phenom 100 Evolution', 27 Jul 2016.
Praetor 500
- 2023$18.995 millionequipped. As reported by Business & Commercial Aircraft, Purchase planning handbook, Jets and Ultra long-range Jets tables, Q2 2023.
Praetor 600
- 2023$21.995 millionequipped. As reported by Business & Commercial Aircraft, Purchase planning handbook, Jets and Ultra long-range Jets tables, Q2 2023.
Legacy 450
- 2008$15.25 millionlaunch. As reported by Business Jet Traveler, Legacy launch pricing, May 2008.
Legacy 500
- 2008$18.4 millionlaunch. As reported by Business Jet Traveler, Legacy launch pricing, May 2008.
The 2023 handbook ladder runs from the Phenom 300 at $10.995 million to the Praetor 500 at $18.995 million and the Praetor 600 at $21.995 million. The Praetor 600 is reported at 2.0 times the Phenom 300 and 1.16 times its Praetor 500 sibling.
Older figures show the other end. The Phenom 100EV was reported at $4.495 million in 2016. The Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 were reported at $15.25 million and $18.4 million when they were launched in 2008. These are launch prices from a different era, so they show where the line started rather than what a buyer pays now.
What Embraer says it has built
Embraer reports production counts in press releases. As of Q3 2026, it had built 961 Phenom 300, 441 Phenom 100, 173 Praetor 600, 156 Praetor 500, 80 Legacy 500 and 58 Legacy 450.
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| Measure | Reported value | Original source |
|---|---|---|
| Production counts reporting period | Q3 2026 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
| Phenom 300 built as of Q3 2026 | 961 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
| Phenom 100 built as of Q3 2026 | 441 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
| Praetor 500 built as of Q3 2026 | 156 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
| Praetor 600 built as of Q3 2026 | 173 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
| Legacy 450 built as of Q3 2026 | 58 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
| Legacy 500 built as of Q3 2026 | 80 | Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026 |
A young fleet, and a shared one
The FAA register lists 1,277 Embraer business jets, and 1,257 of them (98.4%) hold a valid registration. We count only the business jets and leave out the regional ERJ airliners, which share the maker's name.
Groups follow the labels on the FAA register, where the Praetor shares a certificate label with the Legacy.
The median valid Embraer business jet was built in 2018, and only 36.9% of those with a usable build year were built before 2016. The fleet is young: the oldest valid record is from 2002.
Ownership is unusual. Limited liability companies hold 640 valid registrations (50.9%), but 346 (27.5%) are registered as co-owned, more than corporations at 252 (20.0%). The register also flags 253 valid jets as fractional-ownership aircraft, and the name matches find 47 for Flexjet, 18 for Wheels Up and 2 for NetJets.
Ohio leads the registration states with 193 valid registrations (15%), followed by Florida (109) and Utah (107). The state on the register is the registrant's address, not where the jet is based, and a flag or a name match identifies shared ownership, not how a jet is flown.
Show the fleet tables
| Family | All registration statuses | Valid registrations |
|---|---|---|
| EMB-500: Phenom 100 | 221 | 217 |
| EMB-505: Phenom 300 | 674 | 660 |
| EMB-545: Legacy 450 and Praetor 500 | 173 | 172 |
| EMB-550: Legacy 500 and Praetor 600 | 157 | 156 |
| EMB-135BJ: Legacy 600 and 650 | 47 | 47 |
| ERJ 190-100 ECJ: Lineage 1000 | 5 | 5 |
| Total | 1,277 | 1,257 |
FAA registry through 2026-10-16. Registration does not establish active use or where an aircraft is based.
| Model group | Valid registrations | Median build year | Export-country cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMB-500: Phenom 100 | 217 | 2010 | 53 |
| EMB-505: Phenom 300 | 660 | 2018 | 37 |
| EMB-545: Legacy 450 and Praetor 500 | 172 | 2023 | 15 |
| EMB-550: Legacy 500 and Praetor 600 | 156 | 2021 | 24 |
| EMB-135BJ: Legacy 600 and 650 | 47 | 2007 | 52 |
| ERJ 190-100 ECJ: Lineage 1000 | 5 | 2016 | 10 |
| Registrant type | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| Individual | 8 |
| Partnership | 1 |
| Corporation | 252 |
| Co-Owned | 346 |
| Government | 4 |
| LLC | 640 |
| Non Citizen Corporation | 6 |
| Registration address state | Aircraft |
|---|---|
| OH | 193 |
| FL | 109 |
| UT | 107 |
| TX | 64 |
| DE | 60 |
| CA | 47 |
| MT | 37 |
| OK | 36 |
| NY | 34 |
| MS | 25 |
| Missing state | 173 |
Rank nonblank STATE values by descending count with alphabetical ties. This is the registrant address, not where an aircraft is based. Trusts and LLC shells can concentrate registrations.
| Measure | Recorded value |
|---|---|
| Usable recorded build years | 1,158 |
| Missing or invalid recorded build years | 99 |
| Lower quartile build year | 2013 |
| Median build year | 2018 |
| Upper quartile build year | 2023 |
| Oldest recorded build year | 2002 |
| Newest recorded build year | 2026 |
| Share of usable years before 2006 | 1.1% |
| Share of usable years before 2016 | 36.9% |
Accept four-digit years from each configured conservative lower bound, 1900, through the snapshot year. Zero, blank, malformed and future years are excluded and counted. This validates calendar plausibility, not historical production. Exact models sharing a designation are not split by year. Sort valid recorded build years. Use linear interpolation at positions (n-1) times 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75. Age uses snapshot calendar year minus build year. Shares before 2006 and before 2016 divide by the validated-year count; unknown years are reported separately.
Download the fleet CSV by model and build year. Free to use, please link back. It counts all registrations and valid ones (status V) by model label and build year, including blank years, and contains no personal records.
Where used Embraers go
The FAA's deregistration file shows how many Embraer business jets leave the US register for another country. Since 2010, 191 cancellations carry an export country. Brazil leads with 56, followed by Canada (22), Mexico (17), San Marino (14) and Germany (12).
The median age at export is 6 years, measured as the cancellation year minus the build year. That fits a fleet that is itself young. The file does not give reasons.
Show the export tables
| Country as recorded | Cancellations with export country |
|---|---|
| BRAZIL | 56 |
| CANADA | 22 |
| MEXICO | 17 |
| SAN MARINO | 14 |
| GERMANY | 12 |
| INDIA | 7 |
| MALTA | 7 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 7 |
| AUSTRIA | 6 |
| AUSTRALIA | 4 |
| Total with export country | 191 |
A nonblank EXP-COUNTRY is the only explicit export indicator supplied. Count those rows as recorded export-country cancellations. Keep all other cancellations and status codes separately. Country labels are retained as FAA recorded, including truncated labels. The registration status does not encode cancellation reason. Do not infer destruction, sale abroad or domestic retention from a missing country.
| Calendar year | Cancellations | Export country recorded | No export country recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| 2021 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| 2022 | 18 | 16 | 2 |
| 2023 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 0 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
Count DEREG records whose included model code and usable cancellation date fall in calendar years 2010 through 2025 inclusive. This is a snapshot of cancellations, not a complete historical export flow or a unique worldwide airframe count. Each record is counted once. No serial or registration identifier is decoded for deduplication. A nonblank EXP-COUNTRY is the only explicit export indicator supplied. Count those rows as recorded export-country cancellations. Keep all other cancellations and status codes separately. Country labels are retained as FAA recorded, including truncated labels. The registration status does not encode cancellation reason. Do not infer destruction, sale abroad or domestic retention from a missing country.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Median age at export, years | 6 |
| Known export ages | 145 |
| Unknown or invalid export ages | 46 |
| Expired-status cancellations | 5 |
Cancellation year minus YEAR-MFR for export-country rows with four-digit build years from the configured lower bound through the cancellation year. Report unknown or invalid ages separately. Median uses the same linear interpolation. The supplied DEREG layout has no cancellation-reason field. Its status is registration status, not an export or destruction code. Destruction and sales abroad without a country cannot be identified. Expired-status cancellations can be counted by status; missing-country rows are not assumed domestic.
A Phenom hour is a fraction of a car-year
The listed burn for a Phenom 100 is 113 US gal per hour, for a Phenom 300 it is 183 US gal per hour and for a Legacy 650 it is 380 US gal per hour. The figures are average burns published by Conklin & de Decker, as listed by Private Jet Card Comparisons, which gives no data date. They assume two pilots and four passengers.
Multiply by the US EPA's jet fuel emission factor of 9.75 kg CO2 per US gal and an hour in a Phenom 100 releases 1.10175 tonnes CO2 per hour, 0.26 of a car-year at the EPA figure of 4.29 tonnes CO2 per year. An hour in a Phenom 300 releases 1.78425 tonnes CO2 per hour, 0.42 of one. Pick a model below and enter your own hours.
These are combustion emissions only. They exclude fuel production and the burn varies with load, weather and route.
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| Model | Average hourly fuel burn | Combustion carbon dioxide per hour |
|---|---|---|
| Phenom 100 | 113 US gal per hour | 1.10175 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Phenom 100E | 113 US gal per hour | 1.10175 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Phenom 300 | 183 US gal per hour | 1.78425 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Phenom 300E | 183 US gal per hour | 1.78425 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Praetor 500 | 248 US gal per hour | 2.418 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Praetor 600 | 256 US gal per hour | 2.496 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Legacy 450 | 285 US gal per hour | 2.77875 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Legacy 500 | 287 US gal per hour | 2.79825 tonnes CO2 per hour |
| Legacy 650 | 380 US gal per hour | 3.705 tonnes CO2 per hour |
Flight manuals at recommended cruise speed. Includes start, taxi and takeoff fuel. Two pilots and four passengers.
Charter, share or own
We publish no hourly cost for an Embraer. No maker or regulator gives one, and many online estimates come with no source. With so many of these jets shared, the real question for many buyers is how many hours it takes before owning beats chartering. For the big jets see what Gulfstreams cost.
Owning has a fixed bill that arrives whatever you fly, plus a cost for each hour. Chartering has only the hourly rate. The break-even is the number of hours where the two cross. Enter your own quotes below. Nothing is pre-filled, because a made-up default would only give you a confident wrong answer.
Well below the break-even, charter or a share is cheaper. Well above it, owning wins. In between, it comes down to how much you value having the jet ready when you are.
What the NTSB files hold
Every NTSB entry is a real event, and the counts are all this page claims to know. The NTSB lists 21 accidents involving Embraer business jets from 2000 through 2025. 4 of them were fatal.
- 2000
- 2005
- 2010
- 3
- 2015
- 2020
- 02025
Counts only. The NTSB does not record how many hours the family flew, so these bars are not rates.
The files also give a death total of 162. That number counts everyone killed in each event, including people aboard other aircraft in collisions, so it says little about the jets themselves. 1 further event had no usable model label and is left out. Landing is where 13 of the 21 accidents began, about 62%.
Show the NTSB tables
| Aircraft | Accidents | Fatal accidents | Reported event deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMB-500: Phenom 100 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| EMB-505: Phenom 300 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| EMB-545: Legacy 450 and Praetor 500 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| EMB-550: Legacy 500 and Praetor 600 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| EMB-135BJ: Legacy 600 and 650 | 2 | 1 | 154 |
| ERJ 190-100 ECJ: Lineage 1000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 4 | 162 |
2000 to 2025. US-focused NTSB records, including some foreign events where NTSB took part. These are not worldwide totals. Counts never establish rates or safety rankings. Reported deaths include other aircraft and ground deaths in a collision. Different families in one event have a separate row.
| Scope | Accidents left out | Fatal accidents left out | Reported event deaths left out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not included in family totals | 1 | 0 | 0 |
These model labels do not identify a commercial aircraft. The counts are excluded from all family totals and annual counts.
What to take from the numbers
- There is no price list. The 2023 reported figures run from $10.995 million for a Phenom 300 to $21.995 million for a Praetor 600.
- Expect a young jet. The median valid Embraer business jet was built in 2018.
- Expect shared ownership. 253 valid registrations carry the fractional flag and 346 are co-owned.
- The Phenom 300 is the common one. It holds 660 valid registrations.
- Use your own numbers. The break-even tool takes your quotes, not ours.
Questions buyers ask
How much does an Embraer Phenom 300 cost?
Embraer publishes no price list. A 2023 handbook figure, as reported, was $10.995 million for a typically equipped Phenom 300.
How much does a Praetor 600 cost?
A 2023 handbook figure, as reported, was $21.995 million for a typically equipped Praetor 600.
How many Embraer business jets are on the US register?
The FAA register lists 1,277 Embraer business jets, 1,257 with a valid registration.
How much carbon does a Phenom 300 emit per hour?
At the listed burn of 183 US gal per hour, a Phenom 300 releases 1.78425 tonnes CO2 per hour.
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Sources and how the numbers were made
- Federal Aviation Administration. FAA aircraft registry. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Supplies registration counts and recorded build years. All statuses and valid registrations are shown separately.
- Federal Aviation Administration. FAA aircraft registry data layout. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Defines registrant and registration status codes.
- Federal Aviation Administration. Type Certificate Data Sheet A59CE. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies certified model specifications with section, page and quote locators.
- Federal Aviation Administration. Type Certificate Data Sheet A60CE. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies certified model specifications with section, page and quote locators.
- Federal Aviation Administration. Type Certificate Data Sheet TC00062IB. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies certified model specifications with section, page and quote locators.
- Federal Aviation Administration. Type Certificate Data Sheet T00011AT. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies certified model specifications with section, page and quote locators.
- Federal Aviation Administration. Type Certificate Data Sheet A57NM. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies certified model specifications with section, page and quote locators.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- Federal Aviation Administration. NTSB aviation accident database. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Supplies accident counts within the stated period and scope. Counts do not establish rates or safety rankings.
- Private Jet Card Comparisons. How much fuel do private jets use? Conklin & de Decker/JSSI rows. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies average hourly fuel burn attributed to Conklin & de Decker and JSSI. No data date is given. Start, taxi and takeoff are included at the stated cruise basis.
- US Environmental Protection Agency. Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, March 2020. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies the kerosene-type jet fuel carbon dioxide factor. Combustion carbon dioxide excludes other climate effects.
- US Environmental Protection Agency. Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories, November 2015. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies the earlier kerosene-type jet fuel carbon dioxide factor named in the collected evidence.
- US Environmental Protection Agency. Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies the typical passenger vehicle annual carbon dioxide comparison.
- Federal Aviation Administration. FAA aircraft registry: MASTER and DEREG aggregate analysis. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies aggregate registrant types, fractional flags, company matches, registration states, build years and cancellations. Registration addresses are not aircraft bases. Company matches do not verify charter operations.
- Federal Aviation Administration. FAA NASR airport and runway data, cycle effective 1 October 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies longest paved runway lengths for operational public-use US airports. An airport is counted once. Length alone does not establish flight suitability.
- Business & Commercial Aviation. Business & Commercial Aircraft, Purchase planning handbook, Jets and Ultra long-range Jets tables, Q2 2023. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies dated equipped prices as reported in the collected evidence. The original handbook was not read.
- Flight Global. Flight Global, 'Embraer unveils improved Phenom 100 Evolution', 27 Jul 2016. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies dated reported prices or production facts from the collected evidence. The original publication was not read.
- Business Jet Traveler. Business Jet Traveler, Legacy launch pricing, May 2008. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies dated reported prices or production facts from the collected evidence. The original publication was not read.
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- Embraer. Embraer press release, production counts as of Q3 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-20. Supplies dated reported prices or production facts from the collected evidence. The original publication was not read.