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Hawker 400XP

The Hawker 400XP is a light jet from Hawker Beechcraft that typically seats 7 passengers, flies about 1,351 nautical miles and cruises around 450 knots.

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Hawker 400XP
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At a glance

Category
Light jet
Manufacturer
Hawker Beechcraft
Typical passengers
7
Range
1,351 nm (2,502 km, 1,555 mi)
Cruise speed
450 knots (518 mph)
Time aloft at cruise
About 3 hours
ICAO type code
BE40

Typical figures for the type, from our charter desk’s aircraft catalog (October 2026). Seats and range vary by aircraft and load: the operator confirms them for your trip.

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What the Hawker 400XP is like

Fast light jet with an unusually roomy flat-floor, square-oval cabin in a standard seven-seat club layout, cruising around 450 kts. A cost-effective workhorse for 2-3 hour regional hops (e.g. New York-Florida or intra-European legs) with strong short-runway access; not a coast-to-coast aircraft.

Where the Hawker 400XP flies nonstop

Great-circle distances between business aviation airports, against its 1,351 nm range. We mark a route near the limit once it uses more than 85 percent of the published range, because a full cabin or a headwind can turn it into a fuel stop.

RouteDistanceNonstop?Time at cruise
Los Angeles (VNY) to Las Vegas (LAS)199 nmWithin range25 min
Paris (LBG) to Nice (NCE)375 nmWithin range1 hour
London (FAB) to Geneva (GVA)407 nmWithin range1 hour
New York (TEB) to Palm Beach (PBI)902 nmWithin range2 hours
New York (TEB) to Nassau (NAS)964 nmWithin range2 hours
New York (TEB) to Los Angeles (VNY)2,129 nmNeeds a fuel stop–
Los Angeles (VNY) to Honolulu (HNL)2,217 nmNeeds a fuel stop–
London (FAB) to Dubai (DXB)2,978 nmNeeds a fuel stop–
New York (TEB) to London (FAB)2,986 nmNeeds a fuel stop–
Los Angeles (VNY) to Tokyo (HND)4,746 nmNeeds a fuel stop–
New York (TEB) to Dubai (DXB)5,941 nmNeeds a fuel stop–
New York (TEB) to Hong Kong (HKG)6,989 nmNeeds a fuel stop–

Time at cruise leaves out taxi, climb, descent and the day’s winds, so a real block time runs longer.

Questions

Hawker 400XP: charter questions

Typically 7 in charter configuration. Cabin layouts differ from one aircraft to the next, so ask the operator for the seat map of the exact aircraft you are quoted, and how many of the seats convert to beds if you fly overnight.
About 1,351 nautical miles (2,502 km, 1,555 statute miles), or roughly 3 hours at its typical cruise speed of 450 knots. That is the published figure, which assumes a light load, calm winds and standard fuel reserves: a full cabin, heavy bags, headwinds or a cold-weather alternate airport all cut it.
It cruises around 450 knots, about 518 mph or 833 km/h. Block time on a real trip adds taxi, climb, descent and the day’s winds.
Not on its published range. New York to Los Angeles is about 2,129 nautical miles, beyond the Hawker 400XP’s 1,351, so plan a fuel stop or a longer-range aircraft. It does fly New York to Nassau (964 nm) nonstop with room to spare.
A light jet. Small-cabin jets for trips of one to three hours with a handful of passengers. Comparable aircraft in our catalog: Embraer Phenom 100, Cessna Citation CJ2, Cessna Citation M2 and Cessna Citation CJ3.
A charter is priced per trip, not per seat: the route, dates, repositioning of the aircraft, overnight crew costs and fees all go into the quote, so we quote the trip rather than publish one figure. Our guide to private jet costs has dated price ranges by aircraft size, and our charter desk quotes this aircraft and its alternatives for your dates.
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