General Electric CJ-610-8A
9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a General Electric CJ-610-8A engine, rated at about 2,950 pounds of thrust. The Learjet 25 is the model most often fitted with it (5 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1969 and 2002.
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 CJ-610-8A. FAA spelling: CJ-610-8A.
Fitted to model families
Learjet 25 · Classic Fighter Industries Inc ME 262 REPRODUCTION · Gates Lear Jet 24 · Gates Lear Jet 25 · Gates Lear Jet 28
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the General Electric CJ-610-8A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E16, held by General Electric Company). The FAA has issued 6 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 6 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders
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
- Learjet 25 5 with this engine series
- Gates Lear Jet 24 1 with this engine series
- Gates Lear Jet 25 1 with this engine series
- New York 4 of these aircraft
- Massachusetts 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Florida 1 of these aircraft
- California 1 of these aircraft
- Calspan CORP 3 of these aircraft
- Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC 1 of these aircraft
- National Aviation Academy Of Mississippi INC 1 of these aircraft
- Collings Foundation 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the General Electric CJ-610-8A 6 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/general-electric-cj-610-8a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 9
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N330L | Gates Learjet 25D |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | A-C Electric CO Bakersfield, California |
Standard | 2025-11-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N499BS | Gates Learjet 25D |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | National Aviation Academy of Mississippi INC Clearwater, Florida |
Standard | 2024-03-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N769CA | Gates Lear Jet 28 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Wings Over Texas Holdings LLC Denton, Texas |
Standard | 2023-11-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N262AZ | Classic Fighter Industries Inc ME 262 REPRODUCTION |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Collings Foundation Stow, Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2008-07-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N304VS | Gates Learjet 25D |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Calspan CORP Buffalo, New York |
Experimental | 2006-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N203VS | Gates Learjet 25D |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Calspan CORP Buffalo, New York |
Experimental | 2005-04-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N102VS | Gates Lear Jet 25B |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Calspan CORP Buffalo, New York |
Experimental | 2005-03-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N456CG | Gates Learjet 25D |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Ldl Aircraft Leasing LLC Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
Standard | 2004-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N101VS | Gates Lear Jet 24D |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Calspan Corporation Buffalo, New York |
Experimental | 1980-12-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.