Textron Aviation Citation X+
The Citation X+ was the fastest civilian aircraft of its era, certified to Mach 0.935 with a stretched cabin, winglets and Garmin G5000 avionics over the original Citation X. Only 24 were delivered before production ended in 2018, making it a rare high-performance option that still outpaces every business jet except the Global 8000.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation X+ is a Super-Midsize Jet with a range of 3,460 nm, a cruise speed of 527 knots and room for 8 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $10M–$15M and costs roughly $3,600 an hour to operate (estimate).
3,460 nm
Range
527 kts
Max cruise
8–12
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Mach 0.935, second-fastest business jet ever
- 3,460 nm range at high speed
- Rare with only 24 built
Performance
- Range
- 3,460 nm
- Max cruise
- 527 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.935
- Max altitude
- 51,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 5,250 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,330 ft
- MTOW
- 36,600 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Rolls-Royce AE 3007C2
- Thrust per engine
- 7,034 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 340 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G5000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 8 / 12
- Cabin length
- 25.2 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.5 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.7 ft
- Cabin volume
- 538 cu ft
- Baggage
- 82 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $3,600
- Fixed cost / yr
- $1,000,000
- First delivery
- 2014
- Out of production
- 2018
- Units built
- 24
- Pre-owned range
- $10M – $15M
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
- 73.6 ft
- Wingspan
- 69.2 ft
- Height
- 19.3 ft
- Max payload
- 2,847 lb
- Max fuel
- 12,931 lb
Programme milestones
- 2010-10Announced · Upgrade (initially 'Citation Ten') revealed at NBAA 2010 airport-technology.com
- 2012-01-17First flight · Prototype first flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2014-06Certification · FAA certification media.txtav.com
- 2014-06First delivery · Initial deliveries media.txtav.com
- 2018Production ended · Final Citation X+ delivered, ending 22-year Citation X run flightglobal.com
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$10M – $15M
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% ≈ $6.9M
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Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Citation X+ · Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons