page_title: Gulfstream G500/G600
section_title: G500
hierarchical_section_title: Gulfstream G500/G600 / Development / G500
caption_attribution_description: English: Gulfstream G500, static display preview, EBACE 2018
context_page_description: The Gulfstream G500 and G600 are twin-engine business jets designed and manufactured by Gulfstream Aerospace.
  Both were unveiled on October 14, 2014. The G500 first flew on May 18, 2015, received its FAA type certification on July 20, 2018 and was first delivered on September 27, 2018. The longer G600 had its first flight on December 17, 2016, received its FAA type certification in June 2019 and was first delivered on August 8.
  The G500 will replace the G450 while the larger G600 will succeed the G550. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800 turbofans, the 76,850 lb MTOW G500 has a range of 5,200 nmi while the 91,600 lb G600 can cover 6,500 nmi.
context_section_description: The G500 was taxiing under its own power at its unveiling on October 14, 2014. It first flew on May 18, 2015. It was initially planned to be certified in 2017. In May 2017, the test fleet of four G500 prototypes and the first production aircraft, made over 745 flights in two years for 2,900 flight hours, on track for the certification by the end of the year.
  In August 2017, the FAA issued the G500 a type inspection authorization to allow in flight evaluation. The five G500 test aircraft have logged more than 3,100 hours over 820 sorties and completed cabin systems, brakes, lighting, fly-over noise and fuel systems tests. The fifth G500, with a complete interior, will be the first to enter service, as a demonstrator, before customer deliveries in early 2018. Through August 20, the G500s had flown 3,460 h over 905 flights, reaching Mach 0.995 and FL530.
  For the October 2017 NBAA show, the five G500s were completing their campaign with 995 flights and 3,690 h - 10 h 19 min for the longest - the first delivery schedule was maintained as certification was pushed until early 2018.
  Mach 0.85 range for the G500 was extended by 200 nmi to 5,200 nmi/9,630 km and by 600 nmi/1,111 km to 4,400 nmi/8,149 km at Mach 0.90.
  The 300 flights hours of function and reliability testing required for FAA type certification was to be completed in summer 2018 after 240 were done at the end of May 2018 covering 100,300 nmi in 69 flights, along known icing flight and high-elevation certification tests: the five flight-test G500s made 1,355 flights in 4,955 hours.
  On July 20, 2018, Gulfstream announced it received both its type certification and production certificate from the FAA, before first delivery in the fourth quarter. As nacelle supplier Nordam filed for bankruptcy on 23 July, initial deliveries will be slowed. 
  Certification allowed the EFVS to provide the only visual cues for landing down to 1,000 ft (300 m) runway visual range, to touchdown and rollout, after 50 test approaches, and testing to lower visibilities could allow dropping the limit.
  The first G500 was delivered on September 27, 2018.
  On October 1, Gulfstream announced the acquisition of the nacelle manufacturing line from Nordam.
caption: G500 at EBACE 2018
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 5D Mark III", "Image XResolution": "240", "Image YResolution": "240", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 7.3.1 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2018:05:29 15:35:58", "Image Artist": "Matti Blume", "Image Copyright": "CC-BY-SA 4.0 Matti Blume", "Image ExifOffset": "298", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 2, 0, 0]", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[46, 1788/125, 0]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[6, 13741/2000, 0]", "GPS GPSAltitude": "260746/625", "Image GPSInfo": "888", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "1116", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "10464", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/250", "EXIF FNumber": "11", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2018:05:28 15:11:20", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2018:05:28 15:11:20", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "995723/125000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "6918863/1000000", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "4", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "24", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "00", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1600", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "1600", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": "LensAvenue.com Ralf Stummeyer", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "023021004177", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[24, 105, 0/0, 0/0]", "EXIF LensModel": "EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "0000305ab1"}