Specifications
AI Description
- Maintenance:
- Maintained under FAR Part 91
- Airframe tracking program: CAMP
- RVSM certified
- No damage history
- Left and Right Engine Overhaul due
- APU Inspection due
- Certificate of Airworthiness issued on March 23, 2016
- Landing Gear Overhaul completed on August 1, 2022
- Additional Equipment:
- Winglets
- Extended-range fuel
- Increased gross weight modification
- Tail compartment storage box
- Cargo compartment
- Engine:
- Model: CF34-3A2
- Engine maintenance program: Unknown
- Avionics:
- Dual Collins ADF
- Triple Collins communication radios
- Honeywell dual DME
- Honeywell 2-tube EFIS
- Dual Honeywell FMS and GPS
- Honeywell EGPWS TAWS
- Dual Mode S transponder
- Interior:
- Capacity: 12 passengers
- Executive configuration
- Full-service forward galley
- Entertainment: Airshow, multiple monitors
- Fully-enclosed aft lavatory
- Exterior:
- Paint completed in July 2011
- Color scheme: Alpine white with dark tail and black lower section
About this Model
Overview
The Challenger 601-3A is a development of the original Challenger concept aimed at delivering a wide, comfortable cabin and airline-style systems in a business-jet package. In buyer terms, it typically appeals to operators who value cabin comfort, baggage volume, and stable long-range cruise over the latest avionics integrations or the lowest fuel burn seen in newer designs.
Mission Fit
Most 601-3A missions center on comfortable point-to-point travel with a true large-cabin feel, often with a small group and room to work en route. It can cover long stage lengths, but real-world payload/range performance is sensitive to interior weight, reserves, and hot/high conditions—so the best use case is planned long legs with realistic passenger and baggage assumptions rather than maximum-range marketing scenarios.
Cabin
The 601-3A’s defining trait is cabin cross-section: a wide aisle and seating that tends to feel less confining than midsize aircraft. Typical interiors support club seating with additional chairs or a divan, and most configurations provide an enclosed aft lavatory. The cabin supports productive travel—space for laptops, documents, and carry-ons—while the baggage areas (including external baggage) are generally helpful for longer trips.