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Embraer Phenom 100 family

The Phenom 100 story, from first flight to lasting reputation

The light Embraer that brought a more premium cabin feel and cleaner styling into the entry-jet category.

Embraer Phenom 100 family is a in service business jet by Embraer, first flown in 2007 and introduced in 2008. This canonical Airchive page keeps the family history, specs, variants, operators, and related archive discussion at a single permanent URL.

First flight

2007

Service entry

2008

Seating band

4 to 7

Embraer Phenom 100 family is a in service business jet by Embraer, first flown in 2007 and introduced in 2008, with typical seating for 4 to 7 and range up to 1,178 nautical miles.

Coverage stays technical rather than lifestyle-driven, focusing on mission capability, cabin layout, operator use, and why the market kept or replaced the type.

Range band

1,178 nm

Notable operators

Owner pilots · Charter operators · Training fleets

Source stack

  • Official manufacturer product pages and brochures
  • FAA or EASA type certificate material
  • operator mission and cabin references

Variants

Representative variants

Variant

Phenom 100EX

Phenom 100EX is the representative branch of the Embraer Phenom 100 family, capturing the latest branch of Embraer’s entry-light-jet family.

Range 1,178 nm · Entry 2023

Specifications

Current public facts

Manufacturer
Embraer
Program history
Class
Business jet
Airchive taxonomy
First flight
2007-07-26
Program history
Service entry
2008
Operator records
Current status
In service
Fleet reality
Typical seating
4 to 7
Operator and cabin references
Range band
Up to 1,178 nm
Program literature
Cruise speed
390 kt
Planning data

Archive moments

Human context

The Phenom 100 is one of those jets that changed expectations quietly: better interior design, better windows, and a less utilitarian feel in the light-jet market.
Business-aviation pages stay focused on engineering, cabin layout, and mission logic instead of celebrity shorthand or lifestyle fog.

Timeline

Program milestones

  1. 2007

    First flight

    The Phenom 100 begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.

  2. 2008

    Service entry

    The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.

  3. Today

    Current role

    The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.

Related news

Editorial context

All news
No editorial dispatches are attached to this family yet. The aircraft record is live, and newsroom or archive coverage can be layered onto it later without changing the URL.

Forum threads

Community memory

Family hub
Live forumPhenom 100

Phenom 100 current fleet watch

Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the Embraer Phenom 100 family.