9
Passengers
861 km/h
Maximum speed
150 cm
Cabin height
Drinks and snacks
Catering
No
Cabin attendant
Yes
Lavatory
Up to 6 bags
Baggage
Light Jet
Category
At 237 in the Learjet 45 has the longest cabin of the four Learjets we charter in this class, ahead of the 40's 212 in and well ahead of the 155 in the two Learjet 31s share. It seats nine — a figure matched here only by the Phenom 300 — at 465 kt, which it shares with the Learjet 40. Range is 2,000 nm and baggage 65 cu ft across six bags. Among the Learjets this is the aircraft that stopped being a four-or-five-seat commuter and became something a full party can use.
What it asks in return is runway. Takeoff is 5,040 ft, the longest requirement of any light jet we charter, and that single figure removes a number of airfields the rest of this category reaches comfortably — the Phenom 300 seats the same nine and leaves the ground in 3,138 ft. Landing is 2,660 ft. The cabin is 61 in wide and 59.1 in high. Specified for nine passengers on a two-to-three hour sector between airports with real runways, the 45 is the most capable Learjet here; specified for a short strip, it is the wrong one.
The full-size Learjet
Longest Learjet cabin here
237 in, against the 40's 212 in and the 31s' 155 in.
Nine seats at 465 kt
Matched on capacity only by the Phenom 300 in this class.
The runway is the trade
5,040 ft on takeoff — the longest requirement in the category, stated plainly.