Bombardier

Bombardier CRJ200

SkyWest Airlines CRJ200 climbing away in American Eagle livery, three-quarter view showing its plain wingtips and stubby, tightly coupled body.
© Eric Salard · CC BY-SA 2.0

From below

The view you'll actually get from high overhead.

American Eagle CRJ200 seen from below on final approach, gear down, showing the plain wingtips and rear-mounted engines.
© ERIC SALARD · CC BY-SA 2.0

Field marks

  1. Engines on the back of the body plus a T-shaped tail separate it (and the ERJ145) from any E-Jet, which has underwing engines and a low tail
  2. The stubbiest body of any regional jet in this fleet — short and tightly coupled, with the tail sitting close behind the wing
  3. No upturned wingtip blade of any kind — a plain tip on a rear-engined, T-tailed regional jet points to this or an ERJ145, never a CRJ700/900/1000
  4. No visible exhaust pipe from the plane's small onboard generator (called the APU) at the tail, unlike the ERJ145

Specs

Length
26.77 m
Wingspan
21.21 m
Engines
General Electric CF34-3B1
Typical seats
50

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

  • Derived from the Challenger 600 business jet — shares its body cross-section and nose shape
  • Delta and American have fully retired it, but roughly 400+ still fly worldwide with SkyWest, Air Wisconsin (American Eagle), and international operators
  • US scope-clause rules that once protected 50-seaters are fading, so surviving airframes skew toward smaller regional and charter operators

Commonly confused with