The Cessna Citation is a family of business jets by Cessna that started in 1972 with the entry into service of the first model.[1] In the fifty years following the 1969 first flight, more than 7,500 Citations were delivered, forming the largest business jet fleet.[2] Deliveries reached 8,000 by 2022, while logging over 41 million flight hours.[3]
The line started with the small Citation I prototype flying on September 15, 1969, and produced until 1985, developed into the 1978-2006 Citation II/Bravo, the 1989-2011 Citation V/Ultra/Encore and the CitationJet since 1993.The standup Citation III/VI/VII was delivered from 1983 to 2000; its fuselage was reused in the Citation X/X+ delivered from 1996 to 2018, the Sovereign from 2004 to 2021 and the Excel since 1998.The Mustang was a Very Light Jet delivered from 2006 to 2017 while the flat floor fuselage Latitude has been delivered since 2015 and the larger Longitude from 2019.
The aircraft are named after Citation, a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the American Triple Crown.[4]
| Citation deliveries timeline | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 510 Mustang < | --MTOW 8,645 lb--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 525 CitationJet/CJ1 < | --MTOW 10,800lb--> | CJ1+ | M2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 500 Citation I / 501 Citation I/SP < | --1971-1985, MTOW 11,850 lb--> | 525A CJ2 < | --2000-2005--> | CJ2+ < | --2005-2016, MTOW 12,500 lb--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CJ3+ < | --MTOW 13,870 lb--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 550 Citation II < | -- 78-94--> | Bravo < | -- 97-2006, MTOW 15,100 lb--> | 525C CJ4 < | --MTOW 17,110 lb--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 560 Citation V < | -- 89- --> | Ultra < | -- 94-99 --> | Encore < | --2000-2006--> | Encore+< | --2007-2011, MTOW 16,300 lb --> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 560XL Excel < | --98-2004--> | XLS < | --2004-2008--> | XLS+ < | --2009-, MTOW 20,200 lb --> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 650 Citation III < | --83-92--> | VI/VII < | -- 92-2000, MTOW 22,002-22,450lb--> | 680 Sovereign < | --2004-2012, MTOW 30,775 lb --> | Sovereign+ < | --2013-2021, MTOW 30,775 lb --> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 680A Latitude < | --2015-, MTOW 30,800 lb --> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 750 Citation X < | -- 96-2012 --> | X+ < | -- 2014-18, MTOW 36,600 lb --> | 700 Longitude < | --2019-, MTOW 39,500 lb--> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fuselage cross-section: = Citation I, = Citation III, = Latitude; projects: Columbus, Hemisphere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See main article: Cessna Citation I.
See main article: Cessna Citation II.
See main article: Cessna Citation III.
See main article: Cessna CitationJet.
See main article: Cessna 526 CitationJet.
The Model 526 CitationJet was a twin-engine, two-seat tandem military trainer developed from the Model 525 as a candidate for the Joint Primary Aircraft Training System competition (JPATS). The two models share 75% of their parts, including wing, engines, landing gear, and other systems. First flown in December 1993, the 526 did not succeed at the JPATS contest, and only two examples were built in total.[5]
See main article: Cessna Citation X.
See main article: Cessna Citation Excel.
See main article: Cessna Citation Sovereign.
See main article: Cessna Citation Mustang.
See main article: Cessna Citation Columbus.
See main article: Cessna Citation Latitude.
See main article: Cessna Citation Longitude.
See main article: Cessna Citation Hemisphere.
| Model | Length | Span | Area | Sweep | Inside | Pax. | MTOW | Cruise | Range | Engines | Thrust |
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| 525 Citation M2[6] | 0 ° | 7 | |||||||||
| 525 Citation CJ3+[7] | 0 ° | 9 | |||||||||
| 525 Citation CJ4[8] | 12.5 ° | 10 | |||||||||
| 560XL Citation XLS+[9] | 0 ° | 9 | |||||||||
| 680A Citation Latitude[10] | 16.3 ° | 9 | |||||||||
| 700 Citation Longitude[11] | 73 ft 2 in 22.30 m | 68 ft 11 in 21.01 m | 537 sq ft 49.91 m2 | 28.6 ° | 77 in 1.96 m | 12 | 39,500 lb 17,917 kg | 476 ktas 882 km/h | 3,500 nmi 6,482 km | ||