Citation Sovereign+ D-CAWX on the runway at Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2015. · Photo: Markus Eigenheer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cessna · Midsize Jet
Citation Sovereign+ (680)
Second and final version of Cessna's Model 680 Sovereign, built after the original Sovereign.
The Sovereign+ pairs about 3,000 nm of range with the shortest takeoff in its midsize peer group, a 25 ft cabin and a modern Garmin cockpit. You give up a flat floor and six-foot headroom, and it burns more fuel than newer rivals.
Buy it if
You fly four to nine passengers up to about 3,000 nm, including coast to coast, use runways near 4,000 ft, will crew it with two pilots, and want a long midsize cabin for about $11–13M.
Skip it if
You want six feet of headroom and a flat floor (Citation Latitude or Praetor 500), want to fly it yourself, or need the lowest hourly cost in the class (Citation XLS+).
Biggest compromise
Cabin shape and fuel burn. The cabin is 25 ft 3 in long but only 5 ft 8 in tall over a dropped aisle (a lowered center walkway) and 5 ft 6 in wide; the Latitude and Praetor 500 have six-foot flat floors.
The numbers that matter
Purchase price
$10.89M–$13.25M
guide value (JETNET asking-price data on AvBuyer)
What it costs per year
$2.39M
at 300 hrs · two professional pilots
How far it flies
3,200 nm
3,000–3,070 nm with passengers
How fast
460 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
9
9 typical, up to 12 by interior
Pilots needed
2
Certified for two pilots on every flight; there is no single-pilot option.
Price
What one costs to buy
Guide value
$10.89M–$13.25M
Other sites
5.1% of the fleet
Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Only one of seven listed aircraft shows a price: $10.9M for a high-time 2015. JETNET data on AvBuyer puts current asks at $10.9–13.25M.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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Citation Sovereign+ (680) · This aircraft
$10.89M–$13.25M guide
Guide value, not a listed asking price.
Sits between the Citation Sovereign (680) and the Citation Latitude (680A).
For sale now
None listed right now
Cost to own
What it costs per year to run
300hours / year
Per year
Per flight hour
Estimate — your operator will quote actual numbers.
Fuel, airframe maintenance and engine program, both engines rise as you fly more. Two pilots, recurrent training, hangar, insurance, management and subscriptions and miscellaneous stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
- Two pilots$794,59033%
- Recurrent training$45,0002%
- Hangar$72,3403%
- Insurance$43,1722%
- Management$81,0003%
- Subscriptions and miscellaneous$62,5003%
- Fuel$658,38328%
- Airframe maintenance$378,00016%
- Engine program, both engines$250,05010%
Two pilots is the biggest single cost at 33% of the total.
The JetGrade
73 out of 100 — Slightly above its class
Peer group: Cessna Citation Latitude (680A), Embraer Legacy 450, Embraer Praetor 500, Hawker 900XP, Gulfstream G150
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on airport access, weakest on running costs.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-10-28.
Where it flies
Sample trips and reach
Typical trips on a map
Nonstop
8 of 8 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 0.9 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop with ample margin at any load
- 1.7 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · Mountain airport; check summer landing performance
- 2.0 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Nonstop with a wide fuel margin
- 2.3 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Nonstop with a wide fuel margin
- 2.9 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · Nonstop with a wide fuel margin
- 3.4 hr
Teterboro → San Juan
1,410 nm · Over water; plan winds and alternates
- 5.0 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · Nonstop in still air; strong winter headwinds westbound
- 5.3 hr
Los Angeles → Honolulu
2,215 nm · Over water; headwinds and island reserves decide it
Lineage
What came before and after
2013–2021
Cessna Citation Sovereign+ (680)
Winglets, PW306D engines, Garmin G5000 with autothrottles and about 150 nm more range.
What changed from the Cessna Citation Sovereign (680)
- Winglets added, stretching wingspan from 63 ft 2 in to 72 ft 4 in.
- PW306D engines raise takeoff thrust to 5,907 lbf each, from 5,770 lbf.
- Garmin G5000 touch-screen cockpit with autothrottles replaces Honeywell Primus Epic.
- Maximum takeoff weight rises 475 lb to 30,775 lb.
- Range grows by about 150 nm, to about 3,000 nm with four passengers.
- New seats with more recline and a quieter, more efficient cabin climate system.
Size and cabin
How big it is, inside and out
Outside
Silhouette · scaled to length
Length
Wingspan
Height
Inside the cabin
Cabin length
Width
Height
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How it stacks up
This aircraft
Citation Sovereign+ (680)
- JetGrade
- 73
- Price
- $10.89M–$13.25M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.39M
- Range
- 3,200 nm
- Speed
- 460 kt
- Seats
- 9
- Cabin length
- 25′ 3″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2013–2021
← Before
- JetGrade
- 75
- Price
- $6.9M
- Cost per year
- $1.87M
- Range
- 2,847 nm
- Speed
- 445 kt
- Seats
- 9
- Cabin length
- 25′ 3″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2004–2013
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 75
- Price
- $18.75M
- Cost per year
- $2.15M
- Range
- 2,700 nm
- Speed
- 446 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 21′ 9″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2015–now
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 80
- Price
- $17.5M–$20M guide
- Cost per year
- $2.09M
- Range
- 3,340 nm
- Speed
- 466 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 24′ 1″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2019–now
- Cessna Citation Latitude (680A) instead: Six-foot flat-floor cabin with similar runway performance and lower fuel burn, but about 2,700 nm of range and usually a higher price.
- Embraer Praetor 500 instead: Six-foot flat-floor cabin, 466 kt cruise and Embraer's quoted 3,340 nm range, but it needs about 4,222 ft of runway.
- Cessna Citation Sovereign (680) instead: The original version: same cabin and runway strength for less money, with older Honeywell avionics, no winglets and about 150 nm less range.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D · 5,907 lbf each
Engine hours until overhaul
- Inspection Document 2 · 800 hr
- Engine hot section inspection · 3,000 hr
- Engine overhaul · 6,000 hr
- Horizontal stabilizer pivot check · 7,500 hr
- Inspection Document 1 every 12 months
- 48-month inspection every 48 months
- 96-month inspection every 96 months
- 144-month inspection every 144 months
Most airplanes for sale carry PowerAdvantage+; without a program the owner pays for both engines' 3,000-hour hot sections and 6,000-hour overhauls.
Known issues
Engine program coverage
Without PowerAdvantage+, ESP or JSSI, the owner pays for two PW306D hot sections at 3,000 hours and overhauls at 6,000 hours.
Tail bulkhead stiffener fix
A 2017 directive required repeat checks and a stiffener repair on 20 early airplanes; confirm the fix is in the logs.
G5000 software and datalink
Oceanic datalink (FANS 1/A) needs G5000 software 4.8; confirm the software level and datalink status before buying.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 10 checked
Textron Aviation lists more than 20 company service centers, more than 300 authorized shops and more than 80 mobile service units; Pratt & Whitney Canada supports the PW306D worldwide.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Takes off in 3,530 ft at maximum weight, the shortest among its midsize peers, and lands in about 2,600 ft.
- Flies about 3,000 nm with four passengers, enough for Los Angeles to New York or Honolulu nonstop.
- A 25 ft 3 in cabin with nine seats, a private lavatory and 135 cu ft of baggage space.
Limitations
- Cabin height is 5 ft 8 in over a dropped aisle, against six-foot flat floors in the Latitude and Praetor 500.
- Thirstier than newer midsize jets; we estimate about $2.4M a year to run at 300 hours.
- Only about 100 were built and production ended in 2021, so few examples come up for sale.
The Citation Sovereign+ is the second and final version of Cessna's Model 680 Sovereign, the midsize Citation that sits between the smaller XLS+ and the super-midsize Citation X. Cessna announced it in October 2012, delivered the first aircraft in December 2013 and ended production in 2021, when the flat-floor Citation Latitude and the larger Longitude took over its place in the lineup. About 100 were built. Compared with the original Sovereign it added winglets, slightly stronger Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D engines, a Garmin G5000 cockpit with autothrottles, 475 lb more takeoff weight and roughly 150 nm more range.
Pilot's take
The Sovereign+ is a calm, capable airplane to fly. The Garmin G5000 cockpit brings three large displays, touch-screen controllers, synthetic vision and autothrottles, and the trailing-link gear makes landings forgiving on short runways. It climbs directly to 45,000 ft at maximum weight and is certified to 47,000 ft, with a cabin altitude of about 7,230 ft up high. Plan on two pilots every time. On a pre-buy, read the engine program contracts, the G5000 software level and datalink status, and the records for the tail bulkhead and brake directives before you look at the interior.
Who this is for
A family or company flight department with two-pilot crews flying 200–400 hours a year on 1,000–3,000 nm trips with four to nine passengers, often from shorter runways, buying at about $11–13M and budgeting about $2.2–2.6M a year.
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