Challenger 650

The Challenger 650’s cabin is celebrated as the widest in its class, measuring 7.9 feet wide, 6 feet high, and 25.5 feet long with a total volume of 1,146 cubic feet. Guests have more than enough room to move about the cabin and stretch their legs, and they can store and access their luggage safely in flight with the jet’s 115 cubic feet of internal baggage space. A fully-enclosed lavatory features a large backlit mirror, vanity, sink, and faucet.

A typical cabin arrangement includes four club-facing executive seats that swivel 180 degrees and recline, with a three-seat divan and two more individual seats behind. Passengers enjoy fold-out work tables, angled touch screens, and large windows. Blu-ray, HDMI, and Wi-Fi capabilities, including a Ka-band internet connectivity system, ensure those aboard can stay productive or entertained, even on long-leg flights. A special wing design ensures an extremely comfortable ride—as a Bombardier sales engineer explained to Robb Report on a press flight in 2017, the jet’s shortened wing allows the jet to glide through the air smoothly and easily.

Twin General Electric CF34-3B MTO engines carry the Challenger 650 to a top speed of .85 mach and a 4,000-nautical-mile range when flying with NBAA IFR reserves and carrying six passengers and two crew members. This global range capability links world financial capitals and allows the aircraft to manage long trips like New York to London or Dubai to Singapore. The engines put out 9,220 lbs of thrust each, allowing the Challenger 650 to take off in only 5,640 feet despite it’s great size. The aircraft is steep-approach certified and can reach even the most challenging airports, requiring only 2,402 feet to land.

Bombardier touts the Challenger 650’s “industry-leading” 99.9 percent, low parts cost, long maintenance intervals, and great fuel efficiency as factors that make it a favorite corporate flight department standby.

According to Altitudes Magazine, pilots are happy with the “wide and very comfortable” cockpit, and the aircraft is equipped with the latest navigational equipment. The jet features the Rockwell-Collins Pro Line 21 advanced avionics suite, with information spread conveniently across four large displays. Also included are a Dual Flight Management System with LPV and RNP approach capabilities, a Synthetic Vision System, MultiScan weather radar, dual Inertial Reference System, and dual SBAS/WAAS GPS.