Bombardier Challenger 350
Super-midsize business jet with a stand-up, flat-floor cabin for up to 10 passengers and about 3,200 nm range. Flown by two pilots; the CL30 type rating also covers the earlier Challenger 300.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 459 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 320 kt
- Max operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.83
- Range
- 3,200 nm
- Service ceiling
- 45,000 ft
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 6,350 kg
- Total capacity
- 6,390 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 3,170 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 853 kg/h
Fuel burn in cruise at 41,000 ft. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 1,474 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 1,474 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 18,416 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 Advanced
- Systems
- Autopilot · Autothrottle · FADEC engine control · Retractable gear · Pressurised cabin · TCAS collision avoidance · Terrain warning (TAWS) · Weather radar
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 10
- Minimum crew
- 2
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 18,416 kg
- Max landing weight
- 15,490 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- CL30
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine · High-performance aircraft theory (HPA) · Multi-crew cooperation (MCC)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI) · RVSM
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Bombardier
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Jet
- ICAO type designator
- CL35
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 2014
Scale drawing
- Length
- 20.93 m
- Wingspan
- 21.03 m
- Height
- 6.17 m
- Fuselage width
- 2.4 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Bombardier Challenger 350Length 20.93 m
- Cessna Citation LongitudeLength 22.3 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 175–210 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 250 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 320 kt
- MMOMax operating Mach (MMO)
- M 0.83
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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