Bombardier CRJ-100 specs, size & range

The Bombardier CRJ-100 is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Bombardier. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code CRJ1, while airline timetables and booking sites use the IATA code CR1. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

CRJ-100 size and dimensions

The CRJ-100 is 26.77 m (87.8 ft) long, has a wingspan of 21.21 m and stands 6.22 m tall. That makes it the #63 longest of 67 airliners & big jets in our database — longer than 4% of them. Its fuselage is 2.69 m wide. With 48.4 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 478 kg/m².

CRJ-100 weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 23,133 kg (50,999 lb) and it may land at up to 21,319 kg — 92% of take-off weight. Among airliners & big jets it ranks #67 of 69 by weight. Without fuel it may weigh at most 19,958 kg, leaving up to 3,175 kg for fuel at maximum take-off weight. The tanks hold 8,082 litres (2,135 US gallons), about 6.5 tonnes of jet fuel.

CRJ-100 speed and range

It cruises at about 785 km/h (424 knots), faster than 7% of airliners & big jets. Its range of 3,056 km (1,650 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from Warsaw to Barcelona (1,870 km) — about 3.9 hours at cruise speed. On final approach it flies at around 140 knots (259 km/h), ICAO approach category C. Its ceiling is 41,000 ft (12,497 m).

Aircraft similar to the CRJ-100

Comparable airliners & big jets include Tupolev Tu-154, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 727-100 and Yakovlev Yak-28.