Mid-Size Jets
Cessna Citation Excel
The classic near-stand-up mid-size for seven or eight passengers on three-hour legs, at a materially lower charter rate than a Latitude.
Citation Excel · Model 560XL
Mission profile
The classic near-stand-up mid-size for seven or eight passengers on three-hour legs, at a materially lower charter rate than a Latitude.
Typical routes
- Boca Raton → New York
- Teterboro → Chicago
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Palm Beach → Nashville
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
- 1,700 nm
- Manufacturer max range
- 1,850 nm
- Max cruise
- 430 kt
- Planning cruise
- 410 kt
- Ceiling
- 45,000 ft
- Cabin length
- 18 ft 5 in
- Cabin height
- 5 ft 7 in
- Cabin width
- 5 ft 5 in
- Baggage
- 90 cu ft total (80 external, 10 internal)
- Crew
- Two pilots
About that range figure
Maximum range, lightly loaded. With four passengers and IFR reserves, plan about 1,700 nm.
For planning a real trip with the cabin filled, we use 1,700 nm. That is the number the configurator on this site checks against before it recommends this aircraft for your route.
Worth knowing
- Cruise speed varies with engine variant across the 560XL family; the Excel flew the least powerful of the three. We publish 430 ktas and never the XLS+ figure of 441.
- Widely republished claims of 2,100 nm for an Excel are the XLS+ number misattributed. We do not publish it.
Common questions
How many passengers does the Cessna Citation Excel 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 Excel?
The manufacturer figure is 1,850 nautical miles — Maximum range, lightly loaded. With four passengers and IFR reserves, plan about 1,700 nm. For planning a trip with a full cabin, use approximately 1,700 nautical miles.
How fast is the Cessna Citation Excel?
Maximum cruise is 430 knots true airspeed. We plan flight times at 410 knots, which is closer to how the aircraft is actually flown in service.
Can you stand up in the Cessna Citation Excel?
Not fully. The cabin is 5 ft 7 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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Others in this category
Stand-up cabin. Three and a half hours in comfort.
Cessna Citation Latitude
The flagship mid-size: a genuine six-foot flat-floor stand-up cabin, the largest baggage hold in the category, and transcontinental reach with a full cabin.
- Seats
- 8
- Range
- 2,200 nm
- Cruise
- 446 kt
Cessna Citation XLS+
The most-chartered mid-size jet in North America — eight passengers, near stand-up cabin, excellent short-field performance, and the best availability of anything in the class.
- Seats
- 8
- Range
- 1,720 nm
- Cruise
- 441 kt
Ask about the Cessna Citation Excel
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