Bombardier Challenger 605 Buyer’s Guide

The Bombardier Challenger 605 is a large-cabin business jet. As the fourth incarnation of the original Challenger 600 model, the Challenger 605 was introduced to the market in 2007 as an upgrade on the Challenger 604 and was replaced by the Challenger 650 on Bombardier’s production line in 2015.

While it retains the GE CF34-3B powerplants and range capability of its predecessor, the Challenger 605 offers passengers the luxury of larger cabin windows (equating to a lighter cabin environment), and the cockpit was updated with Collins Aerospace's Pro Line 21 avionics with electronic flight bag capability.

How much does a Bombardier Challenger 605 cost?

The price of a Bombardier Challenger 605 will vary widely, since different factors effect the asking price of a used jet.

These include the year of production, hours flown, flight cycles, avionics and the time remaining before any major maintenance events (such as engine overhauls and hot-section inspections), and the availability of attractive candidates on the used aircraft market at any one time.

The existence and type of in-flight connectivity and entertainment systems may also influence a particular Challenger 605’s price on the used jet market.

Read the full Bombardier Challenger Price Guide here

What’s the range and payload capability of a Bombardier Challenger 605?

The Challenger 605 can fly 4,124nm when carrying four passengers, according to Conklin & de Decker. With its seats full, the maximum range is 3,756nm. Possible city-pairs that operators of this jet can fly include London to Montreal or Dubai to Beijing non-stop.

An aircraft's payload capability is important, too, and the Bombardier Challenger 605 allows 1,298lbs payload when fully fuelled (per Conklin & de Decker).

This leaves plenty of margin for operators to modify fuel, passengers and payload to facilitate different trip requirements. 

The aircraft flies a normal cruise speed of 459kts, while the long-range cruise speed is 425kts.

What are the cabin measurements of a Bombardier Challenger 605?

The Bombardier Challenger 605's cabin measures up well. The cabin spans 8.17ft, stands 6.08ft tall, and stretches 28.4ft in length, and offers an overall volume of 1,146cu.ft. Meanwhile, 115cu.ft of space is provided internally for crew and passenger baggage.

Typically the Challenger 605 seats up to 10 passengers in executive configuration.

What is the Bombardier Challenger 605’s runway performance?

With a balanced field length of 5,950ft, per Conklin & de Decker, and a landing distance of 4,629ft, the Bombardier Challenger 605 offers average runway performance that belies its high cruise speed capabilities.

The maximum take-off weight of the Challenger 605 is 48,200lbs.

So how does the Bombardier Challenger 605 compare against its competitors?

Competing with the Bombardier Challenger 605 in the used jet marketplace is the Dassault Falcon 2000LX. Learn more about how they, and other aircraft compare in our Jets Comparison articles:

• Dassault Falcon 2000LX vs Bombardier Challenger 605
• The Falcon 2000 series vs The Challenger 604 and 605 Jets