Bombardier Learjet 31A
The Learjet 31A replaced the original Learjet 31 in 1991, adding a Bendix/King EFIS-50 digital cockpit, higher cruise speed and a steer-by-wire nose wheel. About 200 were built before production ended in 2003. It climbs quickly to a 51,000 ft ceiling, but its compact cabin and roughly 1,300 nm range suit it to short trips.
In short: The Bombardier Learjet 31A is a Light Jet with a range of 1,290 nm, a cruise speed of 458 knots and room for 6 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $0.7M–$0.8M and costs roughly $1,700 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,290 nm
Range
458 kts
Max cruise
6–8
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- 51,000 ft certified ceiling
- Bendix/King EFIS-50 digital cockpit
- Used prices under $1 million
Performance
- Range
- 1,290 nm
- Max cruise
- 458 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.81
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,280 ft
- Landing distance
- Not published
- MTOW
- 16,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell TFE731-2-3B
- Thrust per engine
- 3,500 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 200 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Bendix/King EFIS-50 (Honeywell)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 8
- Cabin length
- 12.9 ft
- Cabin width
- 4.9 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.3 ft
- Cabin volume
- Not published
- Baggage
- Not published
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,700
- Fixed cost / yr
- $450,000
- First delivery
- 1991
- Out of production
- 2003
- Units built
- 204
- Pre-owned range
- $0.7M – $0.8M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 48.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 43.8 ft
- Height
- 12.3 ft
Programme milestones
- 1987-05-11First flight · Learjet 31 first flight en.wikipedia.org
- 1990Announced · 31A announced en.wikipedia.org
- 1991-08-15First delivery · First 31A enters service en.wikipedia.org
- 2003-10-01Production ended · Final 31A delivered en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$0.7M – $0.8M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 47% ≈ $0.4M
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