Cessna Citation Longitude

what is it?

The Cessna Citation Longitude (Model 700) is a business jet produced by the American aerospace company Cessna, whose parent company is Textron Aviation; it is part of the Cessna Citation family. It remains the largest business jet by Cessna. Announced at the May 2012 EBACE, the Model 700 made its first flight on October 8, 2016, with certification obtained in September 2019.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 21 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 895 km/hcruise speed
• range 6,482 kmwithout refuelling
• size 17.9 tmax take-off weight
• built 100made 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 10 years ago, in 2016.
• 🚗Wingspan of 21 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 6,482 km: Amsterdam to New York (≈5,850 km) without stopping.
• 🏔️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

2016-10-08

introduced

2019

status

in production

number built

100

role

business jet

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Honeywell HTF7700L / Honeywell HTF7000

crew

2

length

22.3 m

wingspan

21 m

height

5.9 m

max take-off weight

17.9 t

top speed

—

cruise speed

895 km/h

range

6,482 km

ceiling

13,716 m

ICAO code

C700

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