Textron Aviation Citation Bravo
The Citation Bravo modernized the Citation II airframe with Pratt & Whitney Canada PW530A engines, trailing-link main landing gear and Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics. Deliveries ran from 1997 to 2006, and the straight-wing jet cruises at 402 knots with seating for up to nine passengers.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation Bravo is a Light Jet with a range of 1,720 nm, a cruise speed of 402 knots and room for 7 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $0.8M–$2.9M and costs roughly $1,600 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,720 nm
Range
402 kts
Max cruise
7–9
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- PW530A engines of 2,887 lbf each
- Up to nine passengers on the Citation II airframe
- 336 delivered between 1997 and 2006
Performance
- Range
- 1,720 nm
- Max cruise
- 402 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.7
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,600 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,180 ft
- MTOW
- 14,800 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW530A
- Thrust per engine
- 2,887 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 140 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus 1000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 7 / 9
- Cabin length
- 15.8 ft
- Cabin width
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- 278 cu ft
- Baggage
- Not published
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,600
- Fixed cost / yr
- $420,000
- First delivery
- 1997
- Out of production
- 2006
- Units built
- 336
- Pre-owned range
- $0.8M – $2.9M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 47.2 ft
- Wingspan
- 52.2 ft
- Height
- 15 ft
- Max payload
- 2,100 lb
- Max fuel
- 4,824 lb
Programme milestones
- 1995-04-25First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 1996-08Certification · Type certification businessairnews.com
- 1997-02First delivery · First deliveries businessairnews.com
- 2006Production ended · Production ended after 336 built en.wikipedia.org
Sources (4)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$0.8M – $2.9M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 47% ≈ $1.4M
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