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Textron Aviation Citation XLS Gen2
The XLS Gen2 was the fourth generation of the Citation Excel family, refreshing the cabin with new seats, lighting and a redesigned entry while keeping the Pro Line 21 cockpit and 2,100 nm range. It bridged the gap until the Citation Ascend entered service in late 2025 and inherits the Excel line's reputation for reliability and low costs.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation XLS Gen2 is a Midsize Jet with a range of 2,100 nm, a cruise speed of 441 knots and room for 8 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $11M–$15M and costs roughly $2,300 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,100 nm
Range
441 kts
Max cruise
8–9
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Refined cabin on the proven Excel platform
- 2,100 nm range with short-field capability
- Very low operating costs for a midsize jet
Performance
- Range
- 2,100 nm
- Max cruise
- 441 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.75
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,600 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,180 ft
- MTOW
- 20,330 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C
- Thrust per engine
- 4,119 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 195 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Collins Pro Line 21
Cabin
- Passengers
- 8 / 9
- Cabin length
- 18.5 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.5 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.7 ft
- Cabin volume
- 461 cu ft
- Baggage
- 90 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $2,300
- Fixed cost / yr
- $700,000
- First delivery
- 2022
- Out of production
- 2025
- Units built
- 130
- Pre-owned range
- $11M – $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
- 52.5 ft
- Wingspan
- 56.3 ft
- Height
- 17.2 ft
- Max payload
- 2,370 lb
- Max fuel
- 6,740 lb
Programme milestones
- 2021-10-11Announced · Unveiled on the eve of NBAA-BACE 2021 media.txtav.com
- 2022-05Certification · FAA type certification media.txtav.com
- 2022-05First delivery · First customer delivery media.txtav.com
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$11M – $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: 42% ≈ $6.3M
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Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Citation XLS Gen2 · ZLEA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons