Cessna Citation Longitude Aircraft in Pennsylvania

The Cessna Citation Longitude is a nine-seat large-cabin business jet - two turbofan engines, approximately 473 knots cruise, 3,500 nm range, and an FL450 ceiling. It is the Citation family's large-cabin transcontinental and transatlantic platform, providing non-stop range from the US East Coast to Europe and coast-to-coast US routing without fuel-stop dependence.

3,500 nm: the transatlantic case. At 3,500 nm the Longitude covers New York to London non-stop with favorable winds, opening transatlantic operation for corporate operators who cannot justify a true large-cabin wide-body business aircraft. For a nine-passenger cabin on 3,000-plus nm routes, the Longitude is the top of the Citation range.

Longitude versus Latitude. The Longitude adds roughly 800 nm of range and around 30 knots over the Latitude, at higher fuel burn. For operators whose routes regularly push past 2,700 nm - transatlantic, US West Coast to Hawaii with alternates, or long South American routes - the Longitude's range is operationally necessary; those who plan within 2,700 nm get equivalent cabin quality at lower cost from the Latitude.

Buy it if your mission requires 3,000-plus nm range with nine passengers in a stand-up large-cabin jet - and the Longitude's transatlantic capability is a genuine operational requirement rather than reserve beyond your normal routes.