Bombardier Challenger 3500
The Challenger 3500 updates the top-selling Challenger 350 with Nuage seats, voice-controlled cabin systems and an autothrottle, while keeping the 3,400 nm range and widest cabin in the super-midsize class. It has led its segment in deliveries since entering service in 2022, anchored by large fractional fleet orders.
In short: The Bombardier Challenger 3500 is a Super-Midsize Jet with a range of 3,400 nm, a cruise speed of 470 knots and room for 9 passengers. It lists at about $27.5M new and costs roughly $3,200 an hour to operate (estimate).
3,400 nm
Range
470 kts
Max cruise
9–10
Passengers
$27.5M
New price
Highlights
- Widest cabin in the super-midsize class
- Standard autothrottle and voice-controlled cabin
- Segment-leading deliveries since 2022
Performance
- Range
- 3,400 nm
- Max cruise
- 470 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.83
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 4,835 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,364 ft
- MTOW
- 40,600 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell HTF7350
- Fuel burn
- 270 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 9 / 10
- 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
- $27.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,200
- Fixed cost / yr
- $950,000
- First delivery
- 2022
- Units built
- 180
- Pre-owned range
- $21M – $26M
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
$21M – $26M
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% ≈ $12.7M
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