Bombardier Learjet 70
The Learjet 70 was the shorter companion to the Learjet 75, upgrading the Learjet 40XR with the Vision flight deck, canted winglets and TFE731-40BR engines. Only about two dozen were built before Bombardier consolidated on the 75, making it a rare but capable light jet with Mach 0.81 performance.
In short: The Bombardier Learjet 70 is a Light Jet with a range of 2,060 nm, a cruise speed of 465 knots and room for 6 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $6M–$9M and costs roughly $1,950 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,060 nm
Range
465 kts
Max cruise
6–7
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Vision flight deck with synthetic vision
- Mach 0.81 speed and 51,000 ft ceiling
- Rare, low-production variant
Performance
- Range
- 2,060 nm
- Max cruise
- 465 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.81
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 4,230 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,660 ft
- MTOW
- 21,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell TFE731-40BR
- Thrust per engine
- 3,850 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 195 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G5000 (Bombardier Vision)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 7
- Cabin length
- 17.7 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.9 ft
- Cabin volume
- 370 cu ft
- Baggage
- 50 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 8,000 ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,950
- Fixed cost / yr
- $620,000
- First delivery
- 2013
- Out of production
- 2019
- Units built
- 13
- Pre-owned range
- $6M – $9M
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
- 56 ft
- Wingspan
- 50.9 ft
- Height
- 14 ft
- Max payload
- 2,285 lb
- Max fuel
- 6,062 lb
Programme milestones
- 2012-05-14Announced · Unveiled with the Learjet 75 en.wikipedia.org
Sources (4)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$6M – $9M
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% ≈ $4.2M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Learjet 70 vs Learjet 75 Liberty vs Citation CJ3 Gen2 vs Learjet 75 →
Sources and credits
- Bombardier Learjet 70 · Tomás Del Coro from Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons