Light Jets
Cessna Citation CJ4
The longest-legged light jet in the fleet — near mid-size speed and reach on light-jet operating economics.
Citation CJ4 / CJ4 Gen2 · Model 525C
Mission profile
The longest-legged light jet in the fleet — near mid-size speed and reach on light-jet operating economics.
Typical routes
- New York → Denver
- Boston → Miami
- Boca Raton → Chicago
- Los Angeles → Chicago
Verified specifications
The numbers, with their conditions attached.
A manufacturer's headline range assumes a lightly loaded aircraft at long-range cruise. Publishing that figure beside a seat count is how buyers get misled, so we publish both and plan against the realistic one.
- Typical seats
- 7
- Maximum seats
- 9
- Full-cabin range
- 1,600 nm
- Manufacturer max range
- 2,165 nm
- Max cruise
- 451 kt
- Planning cruise
- 425 kt
- Ceiling
- 45,000 ft
- Cabin length
- 17 ft 4 in
- Cabin height
- 4 ft 9 in
- Cabin width
- 4 ft 10 in
- Baggage
- 77 cu ft (1,040 lb)
- Crew
- Two pilots
About that range figure
Ferry mission with NBAA IFR reserves and a 100 nm alternate, no wind, standard day.
For planning a real trip with the cabin filled, we use 1,600 nm. That is the number the configurator on this site checks against before it recommends this aircraft for your route.
Worth knowing
- Textron does not publish a long-range cruise figure for the CJ4, and aggregators disagree by 14 knots. We quote maximum cruise only.
Confirmed at quote rather than published
We could not verify the following against a primary source, so we do not publish a figure for it — we confirm it for your specific aircraft when the trip is quoted: long-range cruise speed. Publishing an unsourced number is how the previous version of this site ended up with eight inaccurate specification sets.
Common questions
How many passengers does the Cessna Citation CJ4 seat?
7 in a typical charter configuration, with a maximum certified capacity of 9. The typical figure is the comfortable one and is what we quote against.
What is the range of the Cessna Citation CJ4?
The manufacturer figure is 2,165 nautical miles — Ferry mission with NBAA IFR reserves and a 100 nm alternate, no wind, standard day. For planning a trip with a full cabin, use approximately 1,600 nautical miles.
How fast is the Cessna Citation CJ4?
Maximum cruise is 451 knots true airspeed. We plan flight times at 425 knots, which is closer to how the aircraft is actually flown in service.
Can you stand up in the Cessna Citation CJ4?
Not fully. The cabin is 4 ft 9 in high, so you stoop to move between seats. On flights of two or three hours most people find that entirely acceptable; on longer legs a larger category is worth the additional cost.
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- Range
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- Cruise
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- Range
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- Cruise
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Ask about the Cessna Citation CJ4
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