Overhead

Bombardier

Bombardier CRJ700/900/1000

Mesa Airlines CRJ900 climbing away in US Airways Express livery, three-quarter view showing its upturned wingtip blades and stretched body.
© Eric Salard · CC BY-SA 2.0

From below

The view you'll actually get from high overhead.

American Eagle CRJ900 seen from below on final approach, gear down, showing the upturned wingtip blades and rear-mounted engines.
© ERIC SALARD · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field marks

  1. Engines mounted on the back of the body plus a T-shaped tail is the fastest way to separate any CRJ from an E-Jet, which has underwing engines and a low tail — the classic regional-jet split
  2. Small upturned wingtip blades, angled about 25 degrees, appear on most 700/900/1000s built after 2005; earlier CRJ700s and any CRJ200 instead show a plain tip
  3. Body length varies a lot across the family — a CRJ700 looks close to standard regional-jet proportions, while a CRJ1000 stretches noticeably longer
  4. Narrow, curved four-window cockpit glazing carries over unchanged from the CRJ200

Specs

Length
36.20 m
Wingspan
24.85 m
Engines
General Electric CF34-8C5 / CF34-8C5A1
Typical seats
64–104

Size and shape, to scale

Photos can't hold a consistent scale from shot to shot — these silhouettes are all drawn at the same 10 px = 1 m scale, so the proportions here are trustworthy even though the photos above aren't.

Variant notes

  • The CRJ900 (36.2 m, 24.9 m span) is the most numerous variant and the dominant type at North American regional carriers (Endeavor, PSA, SkyWest, GoJet)
  • The CRJ700 (32.3 m) is the shortest and oldest of the three; many early-build CRJ700s kept the CRJ200-style straight wingtip blades before the 2005 NextGen wing revision
  • The CRJ1000 (39.1 m, 104 seats) is the longest and rarest, flown mostly outside North America (Air Nostrum, SAS) — it adds a third overwing exit not found on the 700/900

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