Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign
The Citation Sovereign combined a stretched Citation Excel fuselage with an all-new, larger wing and Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C engines, entering service in 2004 with a Honeywell Primus Epic cockpit. It pairs short-field performance with near-transcontinental range, and 349 were built before the Sovereign+ took over in 2013.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign is a Super-Midsize Jet with a range of 2,840 nm, a cruise speed of 458 knots and room for 9 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $5M–$9M and costs roughly $2,700 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,840 nm
Range
458 kts
Max cruise
9–12
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Stretched Excel fuselage with a new, larger wing
- 47,000 ft certified ceiling
- 349 built from 2004 to 2013
Performance
- Range
- 2,840 nm
- Max cruise
- 458 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.8
- Max altitude
- 47,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,640 ft
- Landing distance
- Not published
- MTOW
- 30,300 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C
- Thrust per engine
- 5,770 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 230 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus Epic
Cabin
- Passengers
- 9 / 12
- Cabin length
- 25.3 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.5 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.7 ft
- Cabin volume
- Not published
- Baggage
- 135 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $2,700
- Fixed cost / yr
- $820,000
- First delivery
- 2004
- Out of production
- 2013
- Units built
- 349
- Pre-owned range
- $5M – $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
- 63.6 ft
- Wingspan
- 63.2 ft
- Height
- 20.4 ft
Programme milestones
- 1998-10Announced · Announced at NBAA convention airport-technology.com
- 2002-02First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2004-06-02Certification · FAA certification en.wikipedia.org
- 2004-09First delivery · Deliveries begin en.wikipedia.org
- 2005-04Milestone · EASA certification airport-technology.com
Sources (4)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$5M – $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: 46% ≈ $4.1M
Compare with similar private jets
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Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign · MarcelX42 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons