N243JP

This entry describes a single airframe, N243JP, a Canadair/Bombardier-built Challenger registered in the United States. The airframe is a production-year 1991 Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 601-3A with manufacturer serial number 5101. Ownership is recorded to ORANGE SKIES LLC of New Carrollton, MD, US, which serves as the listed owner and operational base in available records. The aircraft is US-registered and is valued in current references at $2,000,000, reflecting its age, configuration, and market position.

The airframe is certificated for a 22-seat cabin, though operator listings and charter advertisements reference an approximately 8-passenger VIP charter configuration, indicating an interior re-fit for higher comfort and fewer passengers. Typical missions for this airframe in its current operator context would include domestic and transcontinental executive or charter flights within its 3,430 nm range, operating from the owner’s New Carrollton, MD area as a likely base. No specific avionics fit is published in the supplied data; maintenance considerations appropriate to a 1991 Challenger 601-3A with CF34-3A engines include aging-airframe inspections and engine program enrollment to maintain dispatch reliability. The value noted reflects market factors for older large-cabin business jets that have been reconfigured from their certificated layouts.

The Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 601-3A occupies the large-cabin, long-range business jet niche, offering a cruise near 424 kts and a practical ceiling of 41,000 ft. Competing models in this segment historically include later Challenger variants and comparable heavy-cabin types from other manufacturers; resale and maintenance considerations often center on interior refurbishment, avionics upgrades, and life-limited component status for aircraft of the 1991 vintage. The listed valuation of $2,000,000 signals a market for cost-conscious buyers or charter operators seeking a classic Challenger platform with VIP interior potential.