Textron Aviation Citation Mustang
The Citation Mustang was Cessna's answer to the very-light-jet boom, an all-new six-seat design with Garmin G1000 avionics and PW615F engines that entered service in 2006. Nearly 480 were built through 2017, and it remains one of the most affordable and reliable jets for owner-pilots making the transition from turboprops.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation Mustang is a Very Light Jet with a range of 1,150 nm, a cruise speed of 340 knots and room for 4 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $1.9M–$3M and costs roughly $950 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,150 nm
Range
340 kts
Max cruise
4–5
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Very-light jet with Cessna reliability
- Garmin G1000 flight deck
- Sub-$1,000 hourly variable cost
Performance
- Range
- 1,150 nm
- Max cruise
- 340 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.63
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,110 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,380 ft
- MTOW
- 8,645 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F
- Thrust per engine
- 1,460 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 90 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G1000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 4 / 5
- Cabin length
- 9.8 ft
- Cabin width
- 4.6 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.5 ft
- Cabin volume
- 170 cu ft
- Baggage
- 57 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $950
- Fixed cost / yr
- $350,000
- First delivery
- 2006
- Out of production
- 2017
- Units built
- 479
- Pre-owned range
- $1.9M – $3M
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
- 40.6 ft
- Wingspan
- 43.2 ft
- Height
- 13.4 ft
- Max payload
- 1,150 lb
- Max fuel
- 2,580 lb
Programme milestones
- 2002Announced · Launched at NBAA convention en.wikipedia.org
- 2005-04-23First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2006-09-08Certification · FAA type certificate en.wikipedia.org
- 2006-11-22First delivery en.wikipedia.org
- 2017-05Production ended · Textron announces end of Mustang production ainonline.com
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$1.9M – $3M
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: 42% ≈ $1.3M
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Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Citation Mustang · MercerMJ · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons