Cessna Citation XLS

Radar's value model puts a Citation XLS+ at about $4.6M for a 2008 aircraft and $12.9M for a 2021, at typical hours on an engine program. 6 source-reported sales ranged from $6.3M to $16.3M. Hours, programs, damage history and the logbooks move the price of any one aircraft.

What moves the price of any one Citation XLS: total time and engine time, engine program enrollment, damage history, avionics and equipment, and complete logbooks. Build year sets the baseline shown on this page; a Citation XLS 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 437 US-registered Citation XLS 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.

437 Citation XLS are on the US civil aircraft register (FAA file of October 2026), built 2004 to 2025. Aircraft registered in other countries are not counted. Radar has a page for each US registration.

As published for the Cessna Citation XLS+ / XLS Gen2: up to 10 passengers, a range of 2,111 nm (2,429 statute miles), a high-speed cruise of 441 ktas (507 mph), a ceiling of 45,000 ft and 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C engines. A given aircraft varies with its completion, weight and modifications.

The Citation XLS's published range is 2,111 nautical miles (2,429 statute miles), with ferry mission at long-range cruise, NBAA IFR reserves (Cessna XLS+ brochure). 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 2,111 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 XLS's published range of 2,111 nm.

The Citation XLS cruises at up to 441 knots true airspeed (about 507 mph), and its maximum operating Mach number is 0.752, as published for the Cessna Citation XLS+ / XLS Gen2.

The Citation XLS is certified to 45,000 feet for the Cessna Citation XLS+ / XLS Gen2. Heavy aircraft climb there in steps as they burn fuel.

Up to 10 passengers, the most the type is published for (Cessna Citation XLS+ / XLS Gen2). Many aircraft are completed with fewer, larger seats, so a given Citation XLS may seat fewer.

Of the 437 US-registered Citation XLS, 423 (97%) are registered to companies, trusts and other entities and 14 to individuals. Radar names entity owners only; individuals are shown as privately registered. The most common states of registration are TX (43), NC (29), OK (29).

Radar covers the Citation XLS (built 2004 to 2009), the Citation XLS+ (built 2008 to 2022) and the Citation XLS+ / XLS Gen2 (built 2022 to 2025). They share this page because people search for them as one aircraft; each has its own section with its specs, value and tail numbers.