Cessna Citation Excel

Listing-based estimates for the 16 Citation Excels on Radar run from about $2.4M to $4.4M, with a middle estimate of $3.5M. They are rough estimates from public listings and market reports, not appraisals.

What moves the price of any one Citation Excel: total time and engine time, engine program enrollment, damage history, avionics and equipment, and complete logbooks. Build year sets the baseline; a Citation Excel with high hours, an engine near overhaul or gaps in its records sells below it, and one with low time, recent inspections and full records above it.

Radar does not list aircraft for sale. It tracks all 277 US-registered Citation Excels by tail number, each with its registration record and a value estimate, so you can check a listing against the value of its build year and look up the aircraft's own history before you call.

277 Citation Excels are on the US civil aircraft register (FAA file of October 2026), built 1998 to 2004. Aircraft registered in other countries are not counted. Radar has a page for each US registration.

As published: up to 10 passengers, a range of 2,080 nm (2,394 statute miles), a high-speed cruise of 431 ktas (496 mph), a ceiling of 45,000 ft, a fuel burn of 1,610 lb/hr (237 US gal/hr), a cabin 5 ft 10 in high, 5 ft 9 in wide and 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545A engines. A given aircraft varies with its completion, weight and modifications.

The Citation Excel's published range is 2,080 nautical miles (2,394 statute miles), with 4 passengers and 2 crew (Cessna Excel specification, 2002). Winds, payload, cruise speed and the reserves a flight carries change what a given trip can do.

Not nonstop between New York and London: that is about 2,986 nm, against a published range of 2,080 nm. Aircraft with less range than the crossing make it in legs, with fuel stops in Canada, Greenland and Iceland.

Not nonstop. Los Angeles to Honolulu is about 2,217 nm over open water, more than the Citation Excel's published range of 2,080 nm.

The Citation Excel cruises at up to 431 knots true airspeed (about 496 mph), and its maximum operating Mach number is 0.752, as published.

1,610 lb/hr (237 US gal/hr), as Cessna publishes it (FL350, 17,000 lb, 429 KTAS (Cessna Excel performance table)). Block fuel for a real trip is higher: taxi, climb, weight, altitude and winds all add to it.

The Citation Excel is certified to 45,000 feet. Heavy aircraft climb there in steps as they burn fuel.

Up to 10 passengers, the most the type is published for. Many aircraft are completed with fewer, larger seats, so a given Citation Excel may seat fewer.

5 ft 10 in high and 5 ft 9 in wide, 23 ft 0 in long, as published.

Of the 277 US-registered Citation Excels, 273 (99%) are registered to companies, trusts and other entities and 4 to individuals. Radar names entity owners only; individuals are shown as privately registered. The most common states of registration are TX (36), NC (28), DE (26).