Comparison, all regions, 329 and 99 aircraft tracked
Falcon 7XagainstFalcon 8X
Two jets often shortlisted together, measured the same way over the same twelve months. On every measure, the gap between the two is smaller than the spread inside each fleet.
Falcon 7XFalcon 8X
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Where they differ most.
Every measure, ranked by how far apart the two fleets sit, against the spread inside each.
- 1Hot, high takeoffsEngines and brakes
The middle Falcon 7X at 2%, the middle Falcon 8X at 0%. Their middle halves still overlap, from 0% to 1%.
See engines and brakes - 2Damp airCorrosion
The middle Falcon 8X at 10 h, the middle Falcon 7X at 9 h. Their middle halves still overlap, from 9 h to 11 h.
See corrosion - 3Short runwaysEngines and brakes
The middle Falcon 7X at 27%, the middle Falcon 8X at 17%. Their middle halves still overlap, from 15% to 35%.
See engines and brakes - 4Days flown a monthUtilization
The middle Falcon 7X at 5, the middle Falcon 8X at 4. Their middle halves still overlap, from 4 to 6. Largely who flies them: see operator mix.
See utilization - 5Leg lengthFatigue
The middle Falcon 7X at 559 nm, the middle Falcon 8X at 444 nm. Their middle halves still overlap, from 388 nm to 635 nm.
See fatigue
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Fatigue.
Context, not graded
On hours per landing, the gap between the types is smaller than the spread inside either fleet: the middle Falcon 8X at 2.2 : 1, the middle Falcon 7X at 2.1 : 1.
What each landing and pressurization cycle costs the structure: landings per hour and short hops.
Falcon 7XFalcon 8X
| Measure | Middle aircraft, and middle half | Where the two fleets sit | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours per landingEach aircraft’s average flight hours per landing | 2.1 : 11.8–2.7 : 1 2.2 : 11.7–3.0 : 1 | 1.0 : 15.0 : 1 | Close |
| Short hopsShare of legs under 300 nm | 30%21–42% 35%28–50% | 10%70% | Close |
| Leg lengthMedian leg | 559 nm388–735 nm 444 nm299–635 nm | 0 nm1,500 nm | Close |
Every active aircraft of each type in all regions: 217 Falcon 7Xs and 56 Falcon 8Xs. Dots are each fleet’s middle aircraft; bars span the middle half (25th to 75th percentile); hatching marks where the middle halves overlap.
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Corrosion.
Context, not graded
On salt air, the two fleets’ middle aircraft match, at 2%.
What the air around the fleet does overnight: salt, damp and freeze–thaw.
Falcon 7XFalcon 8X
| Measure | Middle aircraft, and middle half | Where the two fleets sit | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt airNights within 2 km of the coast | 2%0–6% 2%0–7% | 0%50% | Close |
| Near the coastNights within 10 km of the coast | 17%8–56% 9%3–22% | 0%100% | Close |
| Damp airHours a day at 80% humidity or more, above freezing | 8.5 h6.5–10.9 h 10.2 h9.2–11.5 h | 0.0 h15.0 h | Close |
| Freeze–thawNights that froze and thawed within the day | 9%3–17% 11%7–22% | 0%35% | Close |
| Moisture in the airAverage absolute humidity overnight | 8.7 g/m³7.4–10.1 g/m³ 8.3 g/m³7.5–9.3 g/m³ | 5.0 g/m³14.0 g/m³ | Close |
Aircraft we can place on enough nights at known fields: 156 Falcon 7Xs and 41 Falcon 8Xs. Dots are each fleet’s middle aircraft; bars span the middle half (25th to 75th percentile); hatching marks where the middle halves overlap.
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Engines and brakes.
Context, not graded
On short runways, the gap between the types is smaller than the spread inside either fleet: the middle Falcon 7X at 27%, the middle Falcon 8X at 17%.
What departures ask of engines, brakes and tires: heat and height, and runway length.
Falcon 7XFalcon 8X
| Measure | Middle aircraft, and middle half | Where the two fleets sit | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short runwaysDepartures where the longest runway was under 1.25× the takeoff distance | 27%15–49% 17%10–35% | 0%80% | Close |
| Hot, high takeoffsDepartures at 5,000 ft density altitude or more | 2%0–6% 0%0–1% | 0%20% | Close |
| Density altitudeTypical density altitude at takeoff | 1,092 ft683–1,502 ft 891 ft504–1,349 ft | 0 ft2,500 ft | Close |
Departures we could assess: 216 Falcon 7Xs and 55 Falcon 8Xs. Dots are each fleet’s middle aircraft; bars span the middle half (25th to 75th percentile); hatching marks where the middle halves overlap.
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Utilization.
Context, not graded
On flights a month, the gap between the types is smaller than the spread inside either fleet: the middle Falcon 7X at 7, the middle Falcon 8X at 6.
How steadily each fleet is used: flights, flying days and estimated hours.
Falcon 7XFalcon 8X
| Measure | Middle aircraft, and middle half | Where the two fleets sit | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flights a monthIn the months it flew | 7.05.3–9.0 5.73.6–8.2 | 0.015.0 | Close |
| Days flown a monthDays with at least one flight | 5.24.1–6.4 4.43.0–5.6 | 2.09.0 | Close |
| Estimated hours a yearFrom time in the air | ≈181 h133–248 h ≈157 h119–222 h | 50 h400 h | Close |
Falcon 7Xs with at least 40% of their flights tracked (156) and every active Falcon 8X (56). Each type uses the tracking rule its own fleet page uses. Dots are each fleet’s middle aircraft; bars span the middle half (25th to 75th percentile); hatching marks where the middle halves overlap.
Who flies them
Most of the gap comes from who flies them. Privately owned against privately owned, the middle aircraft both make 6 flights a month, against a gap of 1 across the whole fleets.
| Operator type | Falcon 7XShare of fleet · flights a month | Falcon 8XShare of fleet · flights a month | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fractional | – | – | – | – |
| Charter | 37% | 8.2 | – | – |
| Private and corporate | 63% | 6.5 | 70% | 5.9 |
Flights a month is the middle aircraft within each group; a group of fewer than 30 aircraft shows no figure. Operator type is classified from each aircraft’s registration and flying pattern, for whole fleets only; see the methodology.
Choosing between a Falcon 7X and a Falcon 8X?
Check both tails, not the types.
Fleets tell you what’s normal. Your shortlist is two particular aircraft. Each has a free record, graded against its own type.
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Month by month.
Together the two fleets flew 18,527 tracked flights with a known distance: 15,036 by 217 Falcon 7Xs and 3,491 by 56 Falcon 8Xs.
Flights each month
Falcon 7XFalcon 8X
Flights made by the middle aircraft each month, among the aircraft of each type that flew that month, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026. These are per-aircraft medians, so the two fleets are fair to compare whatever their size. Busiest month: June for the Falcon 7X, May for the Falcon 8X.
See the figures
| Month | Falcon 7X, middle aircraft | Falcon 8X, middle aircraft |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Sep 2025 | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Oct 2025 | 6.5 | 5.0 |
| Nov 2025 | 7.0 | 6.0 |
| Dec 2025 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Jan 2026 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| Feb 2026 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Mar 2026 | 7.0 | 4.0 |
| Apr 2026 | 6.0 | 4.0 |
| May 2026 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Jun 2026 | 8.0 | 6.0 |
| Jul 2026 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
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Trip-length mix.
33% of Falcon 7X legs and 43% of Falcon 8X legs were under 300 nm, a gap of 10 percentage points; 31% and 24% were over 900 nm.
Share of legs by length in nautical miles, 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026: 15,036 legs by 217 Falcon 7Xs and 3,491 legs by 56 Falcon 8Xs, every leg with a known distance. The Falcon 7X's trips bunch at 150–300 nm, the Falcon 8X's at 150–300 nm.
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On paper.
Certified figures come from each type certificate data sheet, the rest from the manufacturer. Each figure names its source; a range covers the variants one page tracks together; a dash means we don’t have a source for that figure yet.
| Figure | Falcon 7X | Falcon 8X |
|---|---|---|
| RangeManufacturer | 5,950 nmManufacturer (spec page, Web page, captured 22 Mar 2023) | 6,450 nmManufacturer (spec page, Web page, retrieved 22 Oct 2026) |
| Takeoff distanceManufacturer | 5,710 ftManufacturer (spec page, Web page, captured 22 Mar 2023) | 5,880 ftManufacturer (spec page, Web page, retrieved 22 Oct 2026) |
| Cabin lengthManufacturer | 39 ft 1 inManufacturer (spec page, Web page, captured 22 Mar 2023) | 42 ft 8 inManufacturer (spec page, Web page, retrieved 22 Oct 2026) |
| Maximum takeoff weightCertified | 70,000 lbUK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.16 | 73,000 lbUK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.16 |
| Fuel capacityCertified | 31,940 lbUK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.14 | 35,141 lbUK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.14 |
| Maximum operating altitudeCertified | 51,000 ftUK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.14 | 51,000 ftUK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.14 |
| Passenger seatsCertified | Up to 19UK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.17 | Up to 19UK CAA TCDS UK.TC.A.00162 Issue 01, p.17 |
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Questions.
Cite this data
The Aircraft Ledger. “Dassault Falcon 7X vs Dassault Falcon 8X.” Data to 31 July 2026. theaircraftledger.com/compare/dassault-falcon-7x-vs-dassault-falcon-8x
Which is flown more, the Falcon 7X or the Falcon 8X?
The Falcon 7X, by about 24 estimated hours a year: the middle Falcon 7X flew ≈181 h a year, the middle Falcon 8X ≈157 h. That is a fleet median: the middle half of Falcon 7Xs logged 133–248 h and of Falcon 8Xs 119–222 h, so one aircraft can sit far from its type. In flights, the medians are 7 a month for the Falcon 7X and 6 for the Falcon 8X.
Which lands more often for its hours, the Falcon 7X or the Falcon 8X?
The Falcon 7X: its middle aircraft flies 2.1 hours per landing, against 2.2 for the Falcon 8X, 0.1 hours fewer per landing. More landings per hour means more pressurization cycles for the same time in the air. Short hops, legs under 300 nm, make up 30% of the middle Falcon 7X's legs and 35% of the middle Falcon 8X's.
Which flies longer trips, the Falcon 7X or the Falcon 8X?
The Falcon 7X, by 115 nm on the median leg: 559 nm for the middle aircraft, against 444 nm for the Falcon 8X. 33% of Falcon 7X legs and 43% of Falcon 8X legs were under 300 nm, a gap of 10 percentage points; 31% and 24% were over 900 nm.
Which spends more nights by the sea, the Falcon 7X or the Falcon 8X?
About the same: the middle aircraft of both types spends 2% of its nights within 2 km of the coast. Salt air is one of the corrosion inputs a TailCheck report grades for one aircraft against its own type.
Which has the longer range on paper, the Falcon 7X or the Falcon 8X?
The manufacturers quote 5,950 nm for the Falcon 7X and 6,450 nm for the Falcon 8X. Those are book figures at stated conditions; how far the fleets actually fly is in the trip-length mix above.
Method: Falcon 7Xs and Falcon 8Xs in every region, from flight data. Flight measures cover 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2026; each figure is the median of its own fleet, with the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Estimated hours from time in the air. We assume the longest runway at each field, so short-runway figures are conservative. Specifications from type certificate data sheets and the manufacturers, each cited. About our data