Bombardier Challenger 604
The Challenger 604 introduced a strengthened wing, more fuel and CF34-3B engines to the Challenger line in 1996, giving the wide-body cabin a genuine 4,000 nm transatlantic reach. With about 365 built, it is a mainstay of charter fleets and government operators and offers exceptional cabin volume per dollar.
In short: The Bombardier Challenger 604 is a Large Jet with a range of 4,000 nm, a cruise speed of 459 knots and room for 10 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $4M–$8M and costs roughly $3,900 an hour to operate (estimate).
4,000 nm
Range
459 kts
Max cruise
10–12
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Transatlantic 4,000 nm range
- Wide-body cabin with generous baggage
- Low acquisition cost for a large-cabin jet
Performance
- Range
- 4,000 nm
- Max cruise
- 459 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.82
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,840 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,775 ft
- MTOW
- 47,600 lb
- Engines
- 2 × GE CF34-3B
- Fuel burn
- 350 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 10 / 12
- Cabin length
- 28.3 ft
- Cabin width
- 8.2 ft
- Cabin height
- 6.1 ft
- Cabin volume
- 1,146 cu ft
- Baggage
- 115 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,900
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,050,000
- First delivery
- 1996
- Out of production
- 2007
- Units built
- 365
- Pre-owned range
- $4M – $8M
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
$4M – $8M
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: 50% ≈ $4M
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