Cessna Citation X+

The Cessna Citation X+ is a long-range medium business jet aircraft that boasts a top speed of Mach 0.935 making it faster than the Gulfstream G650 and currently the world’s fastest civil aircraft.

It can cruise at up to 51,000 ft.

The Citation X+ development project was announced at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) 2010 convention.

The maiden flight of the first prototype was successfully completed in January 2012.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification was awarded in June 2014.

Deliveries began in the same month of that year.

The Citation X+ comes equipped with two dual-channel FADEC controlled Rolls-Royce AE3007C2 turbofan engines.

Each engine is rated at 7,034 pounds of thrust for static take-off at sea level. With these powerful engines, this private business jet requires only 5,250 feet of runway to take off and 3,330 feet of runway to land on a standard day.

The Citation X+ features an impressive climb rate, capable of climbing 4,117 feet per minute and reaching 47,000 feet in just 24 minutes.

The Cessna Citation X+ also features an impressive transcontinental range of 3,460 nautical miles, allowing for many destination options for your business venture.

Additionally, the Citation X+ is the fastest private business jet on the market, capable of maintaining 528 knots in a cruise configuration.

The cabin of Citation X+ has a length of 7.67m, a continuous width of 1.68m, and a height of 1.73m.

Divided from the flight deck by sliding cockpit doors, the cabin extends until the mid-pressure bulkhead.

In addition, the extended cabin offers extra passenger legroom in the forward club seating area.

The cabin is fitted with 13 electrically tinted oval-shaped windows. Each passenger is provided with a dropdown oxygen mask, individual air outlets, and LED task light.

The cabin also offers stowage spaces and closets to accommodate briefcases, hand baggage, and laptop bags.

The passenger seats are provided with a seat belt and a shoulder harness belt. In the aft lavatory, there is a toilet, a vanity sink, and storage compartments.

The lighting scheme of the cabin consists of general LED lighting, dropped aisle LED lighting, as well as entry and emergency exit lights. Customers can select the interior styling according to their own needs.

The Clarity cabin technology solution aboard the Citation X+ offers a touchscreen-based digital entertainment system for the passengers. Passengers can connect their personal devices to the panel fitted on either side of the seat.

The on-board galley offers food and beverage services.

The Cessna Corporation selected the Garmin 5000 avionics suite for the Citation X+. Three 14 inch touchscreen landscape WXGA high-resolution displays can serve interchangeably as primary flight displays (PFDs) or multi-function displays (MFDs).

The most common screen setup is the multi-pane configuration, where the middle pedestal acts as the MFD, and the remaining two displays function as the PFDs.

This advanced avionics suite utilizes Garmin’s Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT), which provides a virtual reality perspective of obstacles, traffic, and terrain even in Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) or nighttime Visual Flight Rule (VFR) conditions.

Components of the Garmin 5000 avionics suite include an Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS), distance measuring equipment, an automatic flight control system, flight management systems, integrated avionics units, Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS II), Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS), a weather radar, transponders with ADS-B Out capability, a radar altimeter, an emergency locator transmitter, a cockpit voice recorder, standby instrumentation, and maintenance diagnostics.

The cost to charter this jet starts at around $5,400 an hour.

Hourly charter rates do not include all taxes, fuel, and other fees. Charter costs will vary based on year of make/model, schedule, routing, passenger & baggage totals, and other factors.