Textron Aviation Citation Longitude
The Citation Longitude is Cessna's super-midsize flagship, with a quiet flat-floor cabin, Garmin G5000 avionics and a 3,500 nm range that links New York with London. Since 2019 it has become a major fleet aircraft for NetJets and has been adopted by the US Air Force as the T-54A trainer, underscoring its low operating costs.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation Longitude is a Super-Midsize Jet with a range of 3,500 nm, a cruise speed of 483 knots and room for 8 passengers. It lists at about $30M new and costs roughly $3,000 an hour to operate (estimate).
3,500 nm
Range
483 kts
Max cruise
8–12
Passengers
$30M
New price
Highlights
- Quietest cabin in the super-midsize class
- 3,500 nm range with Garmin G5000
- Lowest operating cost in its segment
Performance
- Range
- 3,500 nm
- Max cruise
- 483 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.84
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 4,810 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,170 ft
- MTOW
- 39,500 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Honeywell HTF7700L
- Thrust per engine
- 7,665 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 250 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G5000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 8 / 12
- Cabin length
- 25.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 6.4 ft
- Cabin height
- 6 ft
- Cabin volume
- 780 cu ft
- Baggage
- 112 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 5,950 ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- $30M
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,000
- Fixed cost / yr
- $900,000
- First delivery
- 2019
- Units built
- 290
- Pre-owned range
- $20M – $27M
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
- 73.2 ft
- Wingspan
- 68.9 ft
- Height
- 19.4 ft
- Max payload
- 3,200 lb
- Max fuel
- 14,500 lb
Programme milestones
- 2012-05-14Announced · Original Citation Longitude concept announced by Cessna en.wikipedia.org
- 2015-11Milestone · Redesigned Citation Longitude debuts at NBAA 2015 media.txtav.com
- 2016-10First flight · Prototype first flight, Wichita media.txtav.com
- 2019-09-21Certification · FAA type certificate media.txtav.com
- 2019-10First delivery · Enters service with first customer deliveries investor.textron.com
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$20M – $27M
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: 46% ≈ $13.8M
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Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Citation Longitude · MarcelX42 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons