Textron Aviation Citation XLS+
The Citation XLS+ updated the 560XL with a longer nose, FADEC-controlled Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C engines and a Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit when it was certified in May 2008. It seats up to nine passengers in a stand-up cabin, flies 1,858 nm with NBAA IFR reserves and remained in production until the XLS Gen2 replaced it.
In short: The Textron Aviation Citation XLS+ is a Midsize Jet with a range of 1,858 nm, a cruise speed of 441 knots and room for 8 passengers. Pre-owned examples trade around $5M–$9M and costs roughly $2,250 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,858 nm
Range
441 kts
Max cruise
8–9
Passengers
—
New price
Highlights
- Collins Pro Line 21 and FADEC engines
- Stand-up cabin for up to nine passengers
- 1,858 nm NBAA IFR range
Performance
- Range
- 1,858 nm
- Max cruise
- 441 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.75
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,560 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,180 ft
- MTOW
- 20,200 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
- 80 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 2
Economics
- New price
- —
- Variable cost / hr
- $2,250
- Fixed cost / yr
- $680,000
- First delivery
- 2008
- Units built
- Not published
- 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
- 52.5 ft
- Wingspan
- 56.3 ft
- Height
- 17.2 ft
- Max fuel
- 6,740 lb
Programme milestones
- 2006Announced · Citation XLS+ announced airport-technology.com
- 2007First flight airport-technology.com
- 2008-05-30Certification · FAA certification airport-technology.com
- 2008First delivery · Deliveries begin en.wikipedia.org
- 2009-03Milestone · EASA certification airport-technology.com
Sources (5)
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: 42% ≈ $3.8M
Compare with similar private jets
Compare: Citation XLS+ vs Citation Excel/XLS vs Citation Ascend vs Citation XLS Gen2 →
Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Citation XLS+ · Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons