Sky DutyBombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ): US Fleet Statistics
As of the FAA registry snapshot on July 11, 2026, there are 1,653 Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft with a valid US registration — ranking it #25 among all US civil aircraft model families by registration count. Every figure on this page is computed directly from the public FAA aircraft registry.
How many Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft are registered in the United States?
The FAA aircraft registry lists 1,653 Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft with a valid registration as of July 11, 2026. The Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) is a multi-engine airplane, and this family groups every registered variant of the Bombardier CL600 together. It ranks #25 by registration count among the model families tracked in this dataset.
These counts come from the FAA MASTER file and reflect aircraft with an active “valid” registration status. To pull up the current owner, based state, and registration dates for a specific airframe, use the free FAA tail number lookup. To browse every model in this dataset, see the US aircraft fleet statistics index.
Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) registrations by state
Utah has the most registered Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft, with 554. The table below shows the ten states with the most Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) registrations by the owner address on file with the FAA. Delaware frequently over-indexes because many aircraft are registered to Delaware LLCs and owner trusts rather than flown there.
| Rank | State | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utah (UT) | 554 | 33.5% |
| 2 | Texas (TX) | 227 | 13.7% |
| 3 | Georgia (GA) | 172 | 10.4% |
| 4 | Florida (FL) | 83 | 5.0% |
| 5 | Delaware (DE) | 68 | 4.1% |
| 6 | Illinois (IL) | 56 | 3.4% |
| 7 | California (CA) | 44 | 2.7% |
| 8 | Wisconsin (WI) | 38 | 2.3% |
| 9 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 37 | 2.2% |
| 10 | New York (NY) | 26 | 1.6% |
Share is of all 1,653 registered Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft. Based on FAA registered-owner state; not all aircraft are based where they are registered.
How old are registered Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft?
The median registered Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) was manufactured in 2004. Most were built between 1996 and 2016, and manufacture years across the registered fleet span roughly 1982 to 2024. A manufacture year is on file for 1,502 of the 1,653 registered aircraft.
Model year is one of the fields Sky Duty tracks on every tail alongside Hobbs and tach times. See how the app handles aircraft and fleet records.
Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) engine, seats, and aircraft class
The typical registered Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) is a multi-engine airplane with two turbine (jet) engines, configured with 22 seats. The values below are the most common across all registered Bombardier CL-600 (Challenger/CRJ) aircraft in the FAA data; individual airframes vary by variant and configuration.
- Aircraft class
- Fixed Wing Multi-Engine
- Engines
- 2 × Jet
- Typical seats
- 22
- Manufacturer
- Bombardier
Data: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database (registry.faa.gov), snapshot 2026-07-11. Counts reflect US civil aircraft with a valid FAA registration (status codes V, M, and T). Variants of the Bombardier CL600 are grouped into a single model family. Manufacture-year bounds use the 1st and 99th percentiles to exclude data-entry outliers in the FAA year field. Figures update when the registry is re-imported.
Frequently Asked Questions
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