Cessna
Citation Ascend
- Midsize Jet
- 12 pax
- 1,940 nm
Midsize JetOut of production
Cessna (Textron Aviation)
- Passengers
- 8
- Range
- 1,989 nm
- Max cruise
- 433 ktas
- Cabin height
- 5.7 ft
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
01 · Basic info
Cessna Citation XLS
The Citation XLS is the first update of the Model 560XL Citation Excel, delivered from 2004 to 2009. It added a Honeywell Primus 1000 glass cockpit, a 200 lb gross weight increase and uprated Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B engines. About 330 were built.
- Manufacturer
- Cessna (Textron Aviation)
- Class
- Midsize Jet
- Production
- Out of production
- First delivery
- 2004
- Last delivery
- 2009
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B
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Photo: Textron Aviation · Wikimedia Commons · © Textron Aviation, manufacturer image
02 · Specifications
Technical data
Capacity
- Flight crew
- 2
- Seats (typical)
- 8
- Seats (maximum)
- 10
- Cabin length
- 18.5 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.5 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.7 ft
- Max payload with full fuel
- 860 lb
Weights
- Max take-off weight
- 20,200 lb
- Max fuel
- 6,740 lb
Performance
- Range
- 1,989 nm
- Range conditions
- NBAA IFR reserves (Business Jet Traveler aircraft directory figure)
- Max cruise speed
- 433 ktas
- Max operating altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Take-off distance
- 3,940 ft
Powerplant
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B
- Thrust (each)
- 3,952 lbf
Manufacturer-published or publicly documented type data, for orientation only. Figures vary with configuration, serial number, modifications and operating conditions. Not for flight planning. Values not publicly documented are omitted.
03 · Cabin layout
Cabin plan & cross-section
Cabin width
5.50 ft / 1.68 m
Cabin height
5.70 ft / 1.74 m
- Club seating
- Seating
- Lavatory
- Baggage
04 · Range map
Where the Citation XLS can fly nonstop
Range shown
1,989 nm
Published OEM range (NBAA IFR reserves (Business Jet Traveler aircraft directory figure)): 1,989 nm. Great-circle distances, still air. Real-world range depends on payload, winds, temperature, routing and reserves, always confirm with a flight-planning study.
Nonstop from Dubai (DWC)
- Riyadh461 nm
- Mumbai1,044 nm
- Cairo1,301 nm
- Istanbul1,642 nm
- Nairobi1,898 nm
- Moscow2,004 nm
- Nice2,588 nm
- Geneva2,662 nm
- Paris2,840 nm
- London2,977 nm
- Singapore3,160 nm
- Lagos3,169 nm
- Hong Kong3,211 nm
- Johannesburg3,439 nm
- Dakar4,084 nm
- Tokyo4,305 nm
- New York5,951 nm
- Sydney6,502 nm
- São Paulo6,580 nm
- Miami6,810 nm
- Los Angeles7,240 nm
- Buenos Aires7,365 nm
- Mexico City7,769 nm
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