Gulfstream G550 Private Jet Charter

To buy, pre-owned G550s were listed at $15.5 to $34.95 million in September 2026, and the 28 sales of the previous six months ran from $10.25 million to $29 million. Aircraft Bluebook values them from about $11.5 million for the earliest to $34 million for the last built, which sold new for about $62 million in 2021. To charter, you pay per trip rather than per aircraft; see the next question.

It depends on the route, where the nearest available aircraft is, the season and the days on the ground. A G550 usually quotes below a G650 of the same age, within the ultra-long-range band shown above. Send us the route and dates and we reply with firm quotes in writing. Bank transfer in any major currency; crypto also accepted.

Its maximum operating speed is Mach 0.885. It cruises at Mach 0.85 (about 488 kn, or 562 mph) when time matters and at Mach 0.80 (about 459 kn) on the longest legs, the speed behind Gulfstream's 6,750 nm range figure. At Mach 0.87, the range with eight passengers falls to about 6,000 nm.

Gulfstream publishes 6,750 nm at Mach 0.80 with eight passengers, four crew and NBAA IFR reserves. That is a still-air figure. In practice a G550 flies London to Los Angeles or Los Angeles to Tokyo without a stop, while New York to Dubai with a full cabin usually takes a fuel stop in Europe.

The G550 is a developed GV. Gulfstream delivered GVs from 1997 and built 193 by the end of 2002, then cut drag by about 2%, added a seventh window on each side, moved the door 2 ft forward and fitted the PlaneView flight deck with a head-up display and enhanced vision as standard. Published range rose from 6,500 nm to 6,750 nm. The G500 sold from 2004 was a G550 with less fuel (5,800 nm) and fixed option packages, and few were built.

No. Gulfstream delivered the last commercially sold G550 in June 2021 and ended production that summer, after more than 600 had been built since 2003; the G600 replaced it in the range. The type is still in wide service and common in charter fleets, so the age of the aircraft matters. We give the year of manufacture and the last cabin refit with each option.

Up to 19 in the densest certified layout; most charter aircraft have 13 to 16 seats in three or four zones. Gulfstream quoted beds for up to eight in a cabin configured for it, so on a night flight a party of eight or fewer sleeps more comfortably. We send the floor plan of the specific aircraft.

The G650 succeeded it at the top of Gulfstream's range in 2012. Its cabin is about 10 in wider and nearly 3 ft longer, its top speed is higher (Mach 0.925 against 0.885), it publishes 7,000 nm and it holds a lower cabin altitude. The G550 usually costs less to charter, and its shorter wingspan fits Aspen, where a G650 cannot land.

Yes. Aspen-Pitkin County limits wingspan to 95 ft and weight to 100,000 lb; the G550's wingspan is 93 ft 6 in and its maximum take-off weight 91,000 lb. The airport sits at about 7,800 ft, so on a warm day the crew may take less fuel and plan a stop on a long leg out, and the night curfew and snow closures apply as to every aircraft.

They are close in price. The Global 6000 has the wider cabin, 7 ft 11 in against 7 ft 4 in; the G550 publishes about 750 nm more range, 6,750 nm against 6,000 nm. The choice usually comes down to the specific aircraft, its age and where it is parked, so we quote both when both are near your departure.