The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · turbofan · data as of October 5, 2026

General Electric CF-34-1A

13 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CF-34-1A engine, rated at about 9,140 pounds of thrust. The Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ is the model most often fitted with it (13 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1983 and 2000.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as General Electric CF-34-1A. FAA spelling: CF-34-1A.

Fitted to model families

Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ13

Bombardier CL-600 Challenger and CRJ

Where they are owner's state

Florida3Delaware3Texas2Pennsylvania1New York1Idaho1California1

Kind of aircraft

Business jets10 (77%)Airliners and large jets3 (23%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

02346419806199022000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CF-34-1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E15NE, held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace). The FAA has issued 19 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 115 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 52 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 19 airworthiness directives · newest first

2020-05-152020-08-01 · Turbine Engine Inlet Section · engine
2010-04-302010-01-04 · Fan blade · engine
2010-02-112009-26-09 · Fan disks · engine
2010-01-042009-24-11 · Fan blades · engine
2009-05-072009-07-12 · High-pressure (HP) · engine
2007-09-122007-07-07R1 · Fan disks · engine

All orders naming the General Electric CF-34-1A

Failure reports 115 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

05101520960106410

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Actuator10Engine7Check Valve3Connector3Generator3Aileron2Apu2Bearing2Brake2Bulkhead2

Latest reports

2010-12-15Smoke Detector: false indication
2010-10-10Lamp: burned out
2010-07-18Attach Fitting: cracked
2010-02-27Bulkhead: cracked
2009-08-18Signal Cond Unit: faulty

Certificates and bulletins

E15NEType certificate held by General Electric Company Ge Aerospace · 6 models listed · revised July 9, 2024

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

2004-08-12NE-04-77 ·

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

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Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cf-34-1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 13

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N275MT Canadair Ltd
CL-600 CHALLENGER
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aerotrust Services CORP Trustee
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2026-07-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N800LB Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2B16
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Rj Logistics II LLC
Meridian, Idaho
Standard 2026-07-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N883CA Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2B16
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Adlakha Aviation LLC
Pflugerville, Texas
Standard 2026-03-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N657GF Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2A12
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Challenger 601 - 3045 INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2026-02-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N999YG Canadair
CL-600-2B19
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Slate 999 LLC
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Standard 2025-10-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N113SR Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2B16
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Adams Aviation Services INC Trustee
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2024-12-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3726 Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2B16
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Canyons Aviation Group LLC
Orlando, Florida
Standard 2022-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N654CM Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2B16
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Pacific States Industries INC
Morgan Hill, California
Standard 2021-07-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N893TA Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2A12
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Sta Aviation Management
New York City, New York
Standard 2020-12-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N773CL Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2A12
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Pollard Spares LLC
Roanoke, Texas
Standard 2020-04-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N9191 Canadair Ltd
CL-600-2B16
Fixed-wing, multi-engine
Standard 2019-09-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8432A Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2B19
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes
N8444F Bombardier Inc
CL-600-2B19
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.