Cessna Citation Latitude

what is it?

The Cessna Citation Latitude is a business jet built by Cessna. The Model 680A was announced at the 2011 NBAA convention, the prototype first flew on 18 February 2014, it achieved FAA certification on June 5, 2015, and first deliveries began on August 27. It retains the Model 680 Sovereign wing, twin P&WC PW306D turbofans and cruciform tail and adds a new stand-up circular fuselage with a flat floor, which was kept in the stretched, re-winged, and re-engined Cessna Citation Longitude.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 22.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 826 km/htop speed
• range 5,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 14 tmax take-off weight
• built 400made 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 12 years ago, in 2014.
• 🏎️Top speed is 6.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 22.1 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 5,000 km: 28× 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

2014-02-18

status

in production

number built

400

role

corporate jet

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Pratt Whitney Canada PW306D1

crew

2

length

19 m

wingspan

22.1 m

height

6.4 m

max take-off weight

14 t

top speed

826 km/h

cruise speed

682 km/h

range

5,000 km

ceiling

13,716 m

ICAO code

C68A

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