Variant
Hawker 400XP
Hawker 400XP is an in-service member of the Hawker 400 family, known for the late branch that best represents the family’s modern service life.
Range 1,480 nm · Entry 2003
Hawker BeechcraftBusiness jetIn service
Hawker 400 family
The Hawker 400 story, from first flight to lasting reputation
The compact light jet lineage that evolved from Mitsubishi roots into a durable charter and owner-flown platform.
Hawker 400 family is a in service business jet built by Hawker Beechcraft. It first flew in 1978, entered service in 1980, and went on to shape airline fleets, passenger journeys, and aviation memory.
First flight
1978
Service entry
1980
Seating band
6 to 7
Hawker 400 family is an in-service business jet by Hawker Beechcraft, first flown in 1978 and introduced in 1980, with typical seating for 6 to 7 and range up to 1,480 nautical miles.
Its place in business aviation comes from the combination of mission capability, cabin layout, operator use, and the reasons buyers kept the type or moved to its successors.
Range band
1,480 nm
Notable operators
Corporate operators · Charter fleets · Owner pilots
Source stack
- Official manufacturer product pages and brochures
- FAA or EASA type certificate material
- operator mission and cabin references
Variants
Representative variants
Specifications
Current public facts
- Manufacturer
- Hawker Beechcraft
- Program history
- Class
- Business jet
- Aircraft category
- First flight
- 1978-08-04
- Program history
- Service entry
- 1980
- Operator records
- Current status
- In service
- Fleet references
- Typical seating
- 6 to 7
- Operator and cabin references
- Range band
- Up to 1,480 nm
- Program literature
- Cruise speed
- 430 kt
- Planning data
Archive moments
Human context
The Hawker 400 line is one of those aircraft families people recognize from sheer repetition: always around, always useful, and never trying to be anything except practical.
Business-aviation pages stay focused on engineering, cabin layout, and mission logic instead of celebrity shorthand or lifestyle fog.
Timeline
Program milestones
- 1978
First flight
The Hawker 400 begins flight testing and establishes the public shape of the family.
- 1980
Service entry
The family enters passenger or executive service and begins building its operating footprint.
- Today
Current role
The family remains active in service and still shapes fleet, mission, or archive discussions.
Related news
Editorial context
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
Forum referenceHawker 400
Hawker 400 lounge: operators, cabins, routes, and memories
Use this as the standing thread for Hawker 400 family operator history, route logic, cabin details, and first-hand memory.
Forum referenceHawker 400
Hawker 400 current fleet watch
Ongoing sightings, deployment shifts, new operators, route changes, and cabin updates for the Hawker 400 family.