Bombardier CRJ-900 specs, size & range

The Bombardier CRJ-900 is a landplane with 2 jet engines built by Bombardier. Air-traffic control and flight-tracking sites identify it by the ICAO type code CRJ9, while airline timetables and booking sites use the IATA code CR9. It belongs to the medium wake-turbulence category.

CRJ-900 size and dimensions

The CRJ-900 is 36.20 m (118.8 ft) long, has a wingspan of 24.90 m and stands 7.50 m tall. That makes it the #48 longest of 67 airliners & big jets in our database — longer than 28% of them. Its fuselage is 2.70 m wide. With 71.1 m² of wing, the wing loading at maximum weight is about 514 kg/m².

CRJ-900 weight and fuel

The maximum take-off weight is 36,514 kg (80,499 lb) and it may land at up to 33,339 kg — 91% of take-off weight. Among airliners & big jets it ranks #64 of 69 by weight. Without fuel it may weigh at most 31,751 kg, leaving up to 4,763 kg for fuel at maximum take-off weight. The tanks hold 10,989 litres (2,903 US gallons), about 8.8 tonnes of jet fuel.

CRJ-900 speed and range

It cruises at about 828 km/h (447 knots), faster than 25% of airliners & big jets. Its range of 2,876 km (1,553 nm) is enough to fly non-stop from Warsaw to Barcelona (1,870 km) — about 3.5 hours at cruise speed. Its ceiling is 41,000 ft (12,497 m).

Aircraft similar to the CRJ-900

Comparable airliners & big jets include Embraer E170, Yakovlev Yak-28, Lockheed Martin X-55 ACCA and Boeing 727-100.