Bombardier Challenger 300 specs, size & range

The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Bombardier. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code CL30. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

Challenger 300 size and dimensions

The Challenger 300 is 20.90 m (68.6 ft) long, has a wingspan of 19.40 m and stands 6.20 m tall. That makes it the #4 longest of 6 business & light jets in our database — longer than 17% of them. With 48.5 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 360 kg/m².

Challenger 300 weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 17,463 kg (38,499 lb) and it may land at up to 15,309 kg — 88% 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 #5 of 6 by weight. Without fuel it may weigh at most 11,839 kg, leaving up to 5,624 kg for fuel at maximum take-off weight. The tanks hold 7,934 litres (2,096 US gallons), about 6.3 tonnes of jet fuel.

Challenger 300 speed and range

It cruises at about 850 km/h (459 knots), faster than 17% of business & light jets. Its range of 5,741 km (3,100 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from London to New York (5,570 km) — about 6.8 hours at cruise speed. On final approach it flies at around 117 knots (217 km/h). Its ceiling is 45,000 ft (13,716 m).

Aircraft similar to the Challenger 300

Comparable business & light jets include Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, Dassault Mirage, Grumman F-14 Tomcat and Dassault Mirage F1.