Bombardier Challenger 300
The Challenger 300 was a clean-sheet design that created the modern super-midsize segment when it entered service in 2004, pairing a stand-up flat-floor cabin with 3,100 nm of coast-to-coast range. About 450 were built, and its robust HTF7000 engines and simple systems make it one of the most economical jets in its class to operate.
In short: The Bombardier Challenger 300 is a Super-Midsize Jet with a range of 3,100 nm, a cruise speed of 470 knots and room for 8 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $7M–$13M and costs roughly $3,100 an hour to operate (estimate).
3,100 nm
Range
470 kts
Max cruise
8–9
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Defined the super-midsize category
- 3,100 nm coast-to-coast range
- Economical HTF7000 engines
Performance
- Range
- 3,100 nm
- Max cruise
- 470 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.83
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 4,810 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,600 ft
- MTOW
- 38,850 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell HTF7000
- Fuel burn
- 275 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 8 / 9
- Cabin length
- 25.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 7.2 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.1 ft
- Cabin volume
- 860 cu ft
- Baggage
- 106 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,100
- Fixed cost / yr
- $900,000
- First delivery
- 2004
- Out of production
- 2014
- Units built
- 450
- Pre-owned range
- $7M – $13M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-11. Sources & methodology.
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$7M – $13M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Export CSVResidual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 46% ≈ $6M
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