Cessna Citation Excel

what is it?

The Cessna Citation Excel is an American midsize business jet in the Cessna Citation family. Announced in October 1994, the Model 560XL first flew on February 29, 1996, certification was granted in April 1998, and over 1,000 have been delivered. The 2,100 nmi-range (3,900 km), 20,200 lb (9,200 kg) MTOW jet is powered by two 3,650–4,080 lbf (16.2–18.1 kN) PW545 turbofans, has the cruciform tail and unswept supercritical wing of the Citation V (560), and a slightly shortened Citation X stand-up cabin.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 17.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 816 km/hcruise speed
• range 3,441 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 9passengers
• size 9,163 kgmax take-off weight
• built 575made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🚗Wingspan of 17.2 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,441 km: 19× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.6× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1996-02-29

introduced

1998

status

in production

number built

575

role

business jet

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C

crew

2

passengers

9

length

16 m

wingspan

17.2 m

height

5.2 m

max take-off weight

9,163 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

816 km/h

range

3,441 km

ceiling

13,716 m

ICAO code

C56X

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.