Bombardier Learjet 45
The Learjet 45 was the first all-new Learjet design since the original Model 23, certified in 1997 and delivered from mid-1998. It pairs a flat-floor, double-club cabin with Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics and TFE731-20 engines, and 248 of the original version were built before the heavier 45XR took over. Many serve in charter and fractional fleets.
In short: The Bombardier Learjet 45 is a Light Jet with a range of 1,824 nm, a cruise speed of 463 knots and room for 8 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $1.8M–$2.7M and costs roughly $1,900 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,824 nm
Range
463 kts
Max cruise
8–9
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- First clean-sheet Learjet since the Model 23
- Eight-seat flat-floor cabin
- Honeywell Primus 1000 four-screen cockpit
Performance
- Range
- 1,824 nm
- Max cruise
- 463 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.81
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 4,350 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,320 ft
- MTOW
- 20,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell TFE731-20AR
- Thrust per engine
- 3,500 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 198 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus 1000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 8 / 9
- Cabin length
- 19.8 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.9 ft
- Cabin volume
- 410 cu ft
- Baggage
- Not published
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,900
- Fixed cost / yr
- $600,000
- First delivery
- 1998
- Out of production
- 2007
- Units built
- 248
- Pre-owned range
- $1.8M – $2.7M
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
- 58 ft
- Wingspan
- 47.8 ft
- Height
- 14.1 ft
Programme milestones
- 1992-09Announced en.wikipedia.org
- 1995-10-07First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 1997-09Certification · FAA certification en.wikipedia.org
- 1998First delivery · First customer delivery (mid-1998) en.wikipedia.org
- 2012Production ended · Production ends en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$1.8M – $2.7M
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% ≈ $1.3M
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