The Challenger 300 is a 5,700 km range business jet made by Bombardier Aerospace.
The baseline Challenger 300 was launched at the 1999 Paris Air Show as the Bombardier Continental, it made its maiden flight on 14 August 2001, received its Canadian type approval on 31 May 2003 and was introduced on 8 January 2004.
An all-new design, it received Transport Canada type approval on 31 May 2003, followed on 4 June by US FAR 25 certification and on 31 July by European JAR 25 approval. Assembled in Wichita, Kansas, it entered commercial service on 8 January 2004 with Flexjet. The new design is not developed from the Challenger 600 or its variants.
Its supercritical wings have a fixed leading-edge and a 27% sweep angle, its 1.15 m winglets reduce cruise lift-induced drag by 17%. It climbs to FL410 in 18 min with a 455 kg fuel burn at MTOW/ISA, where at a 14,330 kg weight it burns 680 kg/h at Mach 0.8 / 445 kn (824 km/h) tas, 875 kg (1,929 lb)/h at Mach 0.83 / 465 kn (861 km/h) tas.