Challenger 300 Super Midsize Jet Charter Guide
Challenger 300 at a glance
Charter a Challenger 300 super-midsize jet. Compare 8–9-seat layouts, 860-cu-ft cabin, 106-cu-ft baggage, 3,100-nm range and 470-KTAS speed.
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Challenger 300 charter specifications and market context
- Aircraft class
- Super Midsize Jet
- Manufacturer
- Bombardier Aerospace
- Category hourly planning range
- $9,500–$13,000 per billable hour
- Years manufactured
- 2004–2014
The Challenger 300 is a wide, flat-floor super-midsize jet that can be evaluated for transcontinental charter because it combines a comfortable executive cabin with useful baggage access. It can suit business teams and families, subject to the condition, equipment and approved layout of the specific aircraft offered.
Why the Challenger 300 remains a charter consideration
Bombardier developed the clean-sheet BD-100-1A10 platform under the Continental name before certifying it as the Challenger 300 in 2003 and beginning customer deliveries in 2004. The type established the airframe lineage later refined into the Challenger 350 and 3500, but those successors' winglets, avionics and cabin systems are not retroactively standard on a 300.
Variant note. Challenger 300, 350 and 3500 aircraft share a type lineage but differ in engines, winglets, avionics and cabin technology. Later-model features should not be assumed on a Challenger 300.
Overview and production sources: Transport Canada — Bombardier CL30 — Challenger 300 and Challenger 350 operational evaluation; Bombardier / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Bombardier 2003 annual report — Challenger 300 and Global Express XRS program data.
Super Midsize Jet category-level whole-aircraft planning range; not a live offer or a model-specific quote. Pricing was reviewed August 29, 2026 and the current planning policy is effective through November 30, 2026. Only a current written proposal confirms the aircraft, direct carrier, inclusions, conditional charges and total trip price.
Inside the Challenger 300
Typical charter layouts provide eight or nine passenger seats in forward and aft club groupings, often with a divan or auxiliary seat, large worktables, a forward galley and an enclosed aft lavatory. Bombardier's archived factsheet defines an approximately 860-cubic-foot cabin extending 28 feet 7 inches from the cockpit divider to the end of the pressurized compartment, while passenger-area references use about 23 feet 8 inches; width is 7 feet 2 inches, height is 6 feet 1 inch and approximately 106 cubic feet of baggage is accessible in flight. Large windows support natural light, while seat articulation, power, Wi-Fi, galley equipment and entertainment reflect the individual completion and later refurbishment.
- Seat configuration
- Typically 8–9 executive passengers; selected approved layouts can accommodate 10
- Cabin volume
- Approximately 860 cu ft finished cabin
- Cabin dimensions
- Approximately 23 ft 8 in passenger area; 28 ft 7 in cockpit-divider-to-pressure-bulkhead envelope long × 7 ft 2 in wide × 6 ft 1 in high
- Baggage capacity
- Approximately 106 cu ft
Aft compartment is accessible in flight; compartment geometry, loading limits and divan or auxiliary seating vary by tail.
Cabin sources: Bombardier Aerospace (archived manufacturer factsheet) — Bombardier Challenger 300 factsheet; Bombardier / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Bombardier 2003 annual report — Challenger 300 and Global Express XRS program data.
Challenger 300 range, cruise speed and flight deck
Planning references place the Challenger 300 near 3,100 nautical miles with NBAA IFR reserves and up to approximately 470 KTAS maximum cruise. Twin Honeywell HTF7000-series engines, Collins Pro Line 21 avionics and a swept low wing support its mission profile; Pro Line 21 Advanced and connectivity upgrades exist, but equipage must be confirmed by tail. The direct carrier calculates actual nonstop capability from payload, runway, weather, routing and reserves.
- Range reference
- Approximately 3,100 nm
- Published Challenger 300 NBAA IFR planning reference; passenger count, alternate, weather and cruise profile affect the result.
- Cruise speed reference
- Up to approximately 470 KTAS
- Maximum-cruise planning reference; not block speed.
- Engines and efficiency context
- Two Honeywell HTF7000-series turbofans
- Installed engine standard, thrust setting, altitude, payload and cruise profile determine fuel burn; the model-level engine identity is not a trip fuel-consumption guarantee.
- Avionics
- Collins Pro Line 21 originally; OEM-supported Pro Line 21 Advanced options and other upgrades vary by tail
- Aerodynamic design
- Swept low wing; later Challenger 350 canted-winglet changes are not assumed
Performance, engine and avionics sources: Transport Canada — Bombardier CL30 — Challenger 300 and Challenger 350 operational evaluation; Bombardier Aerospace (archived manufacturer factsheet) — Bombardier Challenger 300 factsheet; Bombardier / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — Bombardier 2003 annual report — Challenger 300 and Global Express XRS program data; Bombardier — Pro Line 21 Advanced for Challenger 300 aircraft.
Is the Challenger 300 right for your charter?
The Challenger 300 can fit an eight-person coast-to-coast itinerary when a wide floor, accessible baggage and a productive club layout matter more than having the newest cabin technology. Jet Partners can compare a proposed 300 with later Challenger variants and other super-midsize aircraft, with the direct carrier, actual tail, schedule, firm price and terms disclosed in the proposal.
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Confirm these details in writing
- Aircraft, cabin layout, passenger count and baggage fit.
- Named direct air carrier and available trip-specific safety information.
- Runway, payload, weather, routing and possible technical-stop limits.
- Total price, inclusions, conditional charges and cancellation terms.
The properly licensed direct air carrier identified in the proposal retains operational control and makes the final flight-operational decisions.
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Challenger 300 technical sources
This editorial profile was reviewed August 28, 2026 against the manufacturer, regulator, operator-provided and other technical references identified below. Performance and cabin figures remain planning references; the proposed aircraft records and direct carrier control the accepted trip.
Some external technical or market references contain aircraft purchase values or operating-cost estimates. Those third-party figures are not Jet Partners charter quotes and are not reproduced on this page.
View reviewed references
Transport Canada
Bombardier CL30 — Challenger 300 and Challenger 350 operational evaluation
Reviewed August 28, 2026 for history, production, engines, avionics.
Bombardier Aerospace (archived manufacturer factsheet)
Bombardier Challenger 300 factsheet
Reviewed August 28, 2026 for cabin, performance, engines, avionics.
Bombardier / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Bombardier 2003 annual report — Challenger 300 and Global Express XRS program data
Reviewed August 28, 2026 for history, production, cabin, performance, engines.
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