# Challenger 850

Source: https://jetatlas.ai/en/aircraft/bombardier-challenger-850
Publisher: JetAtlas
Retrieved: 2026-10-28T12:16:26.857Z (not the data verification date)
Record updated: 2026-09-13T15:20:16.606Z
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Requested language: en
Field languages: {"description":"en"}
Terms: CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

- Published specifications depend on configuration. Prices and operating costs are editorial estimates, not quotations.
- Range and runway figures do not establish operational suitability.

The Challenger 850 is the business version of the 50-seat CRJ200 regional airliner, first sold as the Challenger SE from 1996 and renamed Challenger 850 in 2006. Its 48 ft cabin typically seats 14, and range with eight passengers is about 2,800 nm. Seventy-one were delivered before production ended in 2012, many of them to charter and corporate shuttle operators.

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  "name": "Challenger 850",
  "manufacturer_slug": "bombardier",
  "manufacturer_name": "Bombardier",
  "category": "large",
  "status": "out-of-production",
  "first_delivery_year": 1996,
  "production_end_year": 2012,
  "price_new_usd_m": null,
  "preowned_low_usd_m": 5.5,
  "preowned_high_usd_m": 8,
  "range_nm": 2811,
  "max_cruise_kts": 459,
  "max_mach": 0.85,
  "max_altitude_ft": 41000,
  "passengers_typical": 14,
  "passengers_max": 16,
  "cabin_length_ft": 48.4,
  "cabin_width_ft": 8.2,
  "cabin_height_ft": 6.1,
  "cabin_volume_cuft": 1990,
  "baggage_cuft": null,
  "mtow_lb": 53000,
  "takeoff_distance_ft": 6305,
  "landing_distance_ft": 2910,
  "engines": "2 × GE CF34-3B1",
  "engine_count": 2,
  "fuel_burn_gph": 311,
  "hourly_variable_cost_usd": 3600,
  "annual_fixed_cost_usd": 950000,
  "crew": 2,
  "length_ft": 87.8,
  "wingspan_ft": 69.6,
  "height_ft": 20.4,
  "max_payload_lb": 9382,
  "max_fuel_lb": 18274,
  "engine_thrust_lbf": 8729,
  "engine_shp": null,
  "cabin_altitude_ft": null,
  "avionics": "Collins Pro Line 4",
  "description": "The Challenger 850 is the business version of the 50-seat CRJ200 regional airliner, first sold as the Challenger SE from 1996 and renamed Challenger 850 in 2006. Its 48 ft cabin typically seats 14, and range with eight passengers is about 2,800 nm. Seventy-one were delivered before production ended in 2012, many of them to charter and corporate shuttle operators."
}
```

## References
- https://web.archive.org/web/2012/http://www2.bombardier.com/en/3_0/3_2/pdf/challenger_850_factsheet.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_850
- https://www.jetcraft.com/jetstream/2017/04/bombardier-challenger-850-overview-1996-2012/
- https://www.corporatejetinvestor.com/aircraft/bombardier-challenger-850-buyers-investors-guide/
- https://www.controller.com/listings/for-sale/bombardier/challenger-850/aircraft

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