Super-Mid Jets
Cessna Citation Sovereign+
Coast-to-coast with a full cabin out of short or high-elevation runways — a 3,530 ft takeoff roll beats every other super-mid.
Citation Sovereign+ · Model 680
Mission profile
Coast-to-coast with a full cabin out of short or high-elevation runways — a 3,530 ft takeoff roll beats every other super-mid.
Typical routes
- Teterboro → Aspen
- Boca Raton → Los Angeles
- New York → San Francisco
- Palm Beach → Vail
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
- 8
- Maximum seats
- 12
- Full-cabin range
- 2,775 nm
- Manufacturer max range
- 3,200 nm
- Max cruise
- 460 kt
- Planning cruise
- 440 kt
- Ceiling
- 47,000 ft
- Cabin length
- 25 ft 3 in
- Cabin height
- 5 ft 8 in
- Cabin width
- 5 ft 6 in
- Baggage
- 135 cu ft (1,435 lb) — 100 external, 35 internal
- Crew
- Two pilots
About that range figure
A ferry mission at long-range cruise with NBAA IFR reserves. With four passengers, plan about 2,775 nm.
For planning a real trip with the cabin filled, we use 2,775 nm. That is the number the configurator on this site checks against before it recommends this aircraft for your route.
Worth knowing
- The 3,200 nm headline is a ferry number. It is never the number we quote against a full cabin.
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We could not verify the following against a primary source, so we do not publish a figure for it — we confirm it for your specific aircraft when the trip is quoted: published long-range cruise speed.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 Sovereign+ seat?
8 in a typical charter configuration, with a maximum certified capacity of 12. The typical figure is the comfortable one and is what we quote against.
What is the range of the Cessna Citation Sovereign+?
The manufacturer figure is 3,200 nautical miles — A ferry mission at long-range cruise with NBAA IFR reserves. With four passengers, plan about 2,775 nm. For planning a trip with a full cabin, use approximately 2,775 nautical miles.
How fast is the Cessna Citation Sovereign+?
Maximum cruise is 460 knots true airspeed. We plan flight times at 440 knots, which is closer to how the aircraft is actually flown in service.
Can you stand up in the Cessna Citation Sovereign+?
Not fully. The cabin is 5 ft 8 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.
Super-Mid Jets
Others in this category
Coast to coast, full cabin, no stop.
Bombardier Challenger 3500
The stand-up super-mid for transcontinental business travel — the flattest floor and the lowest cabin altitude in the class, at 4,850 ft when cruising at 41,000 ft.
- Seats
- 9
- Range
- 3,000 nm
- Cruise
- 470 kt
Cessna Citation X
The speed play. When arriving forty minutes earlier matters more than cabin width, nothing else in charter is quicker.
- Seats
- 8
- Range
- 2,800 nm
- Cruise
- 525 kt
Ask about the Cessna Citation Sovereign+
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