Textron Aviation Citation CJ4
The CJ4 brought a swept wing and 3,621 lbf Williams FJ44-4A engines to the CitationJet line when deliveries began in April 2010. With a Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit, a 2,165 nm range and a 451-knot cruise, it was the largest single-pilot Citation until the CJ4 Gen2 replaced it in 2021.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation CJ4 is a Light Jet with a range of 2,165 nm, a cruise speed of 451 knots and room for 7 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $5.5M–$8M and costs roughly $1,900 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,165 nm
Range
451 kts
Max cruise
7–10
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Swept wing and 451-knot cruise
- 2,165 nm range, single-pilot certified
- Collins Pro Line 21 avionics
Performance
- Range
- 2,165 nm
- Max cruise
- 451 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.77
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,410 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,940 ft
- MTOW
- 17,110 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Williams FJ44-4A
- Thrust per engine
- 3,621 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 175 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Collins Pro Line 21
Cabin
- Passengers
- 7 / 10
- Cabin length
- 17.3 ft
- Cabin width
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- Not published
- Baggage
- 77 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,900
- Fixed cost / yr
- $580,000
- First delivery
- 2010
- Out of production
- 2021
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- $5.5M – $8M
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
- 53.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 50.8 ft
- Height
- 15.4 ft
- Max payload
- 2,220 lb
- Max fuel
- 5,828 lb
Programme milestones
- 2006-10Announced · CJ4 launched at NBAA with cabin mock-up businessairnews.com
- 2008-05-05First flight · Prototype first flight businessairnews.com
- 2010-03-12Certification · FAA type certification businessairnews.com
- 2010-04-20First delivery · First CJ4 delivered media.txtav.com
- 2021-02-09Milestone · Succeeded by the CJ4 Gen2 media.txtav.com
Sources (5)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$5.5M – $8M
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% ≈ $3.8M
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