Specifications
AI Description
- Model: Challenger 601-3A
- Location: Stockton, California
- Condition: Used
- Co-ownership or outright purchase opportunity
- High dispatch reliability, no damage history
- Forward galley, aft lavatory
- Roomy eight (8) passenger ultra-quiet interior with 52Db soundproofing
- Gross weight increase modification
- Entertainment system includes Airshow 400, 10-disc CD player, and DVD player
- APU: Honeywell GTCP36-150, 8,014 hours, on MSP
- Engines: General Electric CF34-3A1, both engines have 3,616 hours since overhaul
- Engine maintenance program: JSSI Catastrophic
- Avionics: Honeywell EDZ-815, ADS-B equipped, WAAS compliant
- Inspection status: 60, 120-Month Inspections completed May 2021; 300 Hour Inspection completed March 2022
- Interior: Light brown leather, high-gloss veneer, neutral carpeting, fully equipped galley
- Exterior: Overall white with dark blue and gray accent striping, painted in 2015
- Features: Serpentine blades, oversized baggage compartment, pulsating lights, and more.
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.