Plane Facts: Bizjets

Number in 1980: 3,000*

Number projected in 2035: 20,815*

First bizjet: Lockheed JetStar

Year introduced: 1957, to U.S. Air Force

Number of engines: Four, fuselage-mounted, two per side, 14,800 lbs. thrust total

Seating: 2 crew, plus 10 passengers

Max weight/speed/range of JetStar: 44,500 lbs./476 kts/3,000 nm

Number produced: 200

First civilian bizjet (disputed): North American Sabreliner

Number produced: 800 (600 for civilian market)

Typical seating: 2 crew, plus 7 passengers

Max weight/speed/range of Sabreliner: 17,760 lbs./478 kts/2,170 nm

First light jet: Learjet Model 23

Meaning of the "23" designation: First Part 23 bizjet and Lear's last Part 23 model

Designation of Learjet's follow-on: Learjet 24 (a Part 25 model, go figure)

Year Model 23 introduced: 1963

Learjet 23 max weight/speed/range: 12,500 lbs./488 kts/1,830 nm

Number produced: 104

Number lost in accidents: 27 (26% of fleet)

Cost of original Learjet 23: $14 million (for the entire program!)

Cost per unit: $500,000

First turbofan bizjet: Cessna Citation Model 500, 1969

Original name of Citation: FanJet 500

Cost of original Citation: $700,000

Top speed: 345 knots

Speed of Cessna Citation M2: 405 knots

First single-pilot jet: Cessna Citation I-SP, 1977

Most produced bizjet: Cessna CitationJet model 525 (nearly 2,000 produced since 1991)

Largest bizjet: Airbus A380 VIP conversion

Cost: $300 million for airframe, $200 million for customization

Best-selling bizjet (in dollar value): Gulfstream G650ER ($66.5 million)

Fatal accident rate for general aviation, 2013: 1.05 per 100,000 hours

Fatal accident rate for crew-flown business aircraft, 2013: 0.05 per 100,000 hours flown**

Fatal accident rate for business aircraft, 1990: 0.95 per 100,000 hours flown**

Bizjets sold worldwide 1964: 3 (first civil sales)**

Most bizjet sales in a single year: More than 955 units, in 2008*

Value of bizjet shipments in 2008: Approximately $22 billion*

Best-selling light jet in 2015: Cessna Citation M2, 41 units*

First production composite fuselage bizjet: Beech Premier I

First all-composite bizjet: None

Most hours by a bizjet pilot: Clay Lacy, 50,000-plus***

Average age of U.S.-based bizjet in 2010: 16 years*

Jet fuel consumed by GA aircraft in 2014: 1.35 billion gallons*

Average rate of fuel consumption in bizjets: 250 gph*

Average rate of fuel consumption in pistons: 13.5 gph*

Avgas consumed by GA aircraft in 2014: 196 million gallons (14% of Jet-A GA total)*

U.S. bizjet hours flown in 2014 (includes on-demand charter): 3.8 million*

U.S. piston hours flown in 2014: 12 million*

U.S. state with the biggest bizjet fleet: What else? Texas, 894 planes*

* = General Aviation Manufacturers Association Databook

** = National Business Aviation Association, nbaa.org

*** = ClayLacy.com