Bombardier Global 5000 specs, size & range

The Bombardier Global 5000 is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Bombardier. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code GL5T. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

Global 5000 size and dimensions

The Global 5000 is 29.50 m (96.8 ft) long, has a wingspan of 28.70 m and stands 7.80 m tall. That makes it the #3 longest of 6 business & light jets in our database — longer than 50% of them. With 94.8 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 443 kg/m².

Global 5000 weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 41,957 kg (92,499 lb) and it may land at up to 35,652 kg — 85% of take-off weight, so after a short flight it has to burn off fuel before landing at full weight. Among business & light jets it ranks #3 of 6 by weight. Without fuel it may weigh at most 26,308 kg, leaving up to 15,649 kg for fuel at maximum take-off weight. The tanks hold 20,294 litres (5,361 US gallons), about 16.2 tonnes of jet fuel.

Global 5000 speed and range

It cruises at about 902 km/h (487 knots), faster than 50% of business & light jets. Its range of 9,630 km (5,200 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from Frankfurt to Tokyo (9,550 km) — about 10.7 hours at cruise speed. On final approach it flies at around 108 knots (200 km/h). Its ceiling is 41,000 ft (12,497 m).

Aircraft similar to the Global 5000

Comparable business & light jets include Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300, Dassault Mirage 2000, Cessna 680A Citation Latitude and Northrop Grumman X-47B.