Bombardier Challenger 650
The Challenger 650 is the latest evolution of the wide-body Challenger 600 lineage that dates to 1980, adding the Vision flight deck, uprated CF34-3B MTO engines and a fully redesigned cabin. Its 8.2 ft cabin width is the broadest in the large class, and the type is widely used for VIP, medevac and government missions.
In short: The Bombardier Challenger 650 is a Large Jet with a range of 4,000 nm, a cruise speed of 470 knots and room for 10 passengers. It lists at about $33.5M new and costs roughly $4,000 an hour to operate (estimate).
4,000 nm
Range
470 kts
Max cruise
10–12
Passengers
$33.5M
New price
Highlights
- Widest cabin in the large-jet class at 8.2 ft
- 4,000 nm range with proven CF34 engines
- Popular medevac and special-mission platform
Performance
- Range
- 4,000 nm
- Max cruise
- 470 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.85
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,640 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,402 ft
- MTOW
- 48,200 lb
- Engines
- 2 × GE CF34-3B MTO
- Fuel burn
- 340 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
- $33.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $4,000
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,150,000
- First delivery
- 2015
- Units built
- 130
- Pre-owned range
- $18M – $30M
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
$18M – $30M
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% ≈ $16.8M
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