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Cessna · Light Jet
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The numbers that matter
Cost per year
$1.14M
at 300 hrs · 2 pilots
Price
Based on 8 listings observed 2026-09-28
Price
No priced listings
Observed on other sites
8 observed on other sites
Price vs. its family
Typical asking, USD
For sale now
Cost to own
Estimate · Two professional pilots · Your operator will quote actual numbers
How many hours a year will you fly?
300hours / year
Per year
$1,139,624
Per flight hour
$3,799
Scales with hours: fuel, maintenance.
Fixed: pilots, other, hangar, training, insurance.
Fuel is the biggest line at 300 hours a year; pilots is the biggest fixed cost.
~300 hr/yr, two professional pilots, United States, price basis 09/27/2026: total $1,001,427-$1,277,820/yr ($3,338-$4,259 per hour). Fuel 182-210 gph block @ $7.52/gal (AirNav national average). No engine program assumed; zero charter revenue. Full ranges and sources in.
The JetGrade
70 = typicalV
Range & payload 75, Cabin & passenger experience 75, Operating economics 70, Reliability & support 70, Airport access & versatility 80, Purchase value & resale 70, Speed & trip efficiency 65
Why 65 on speed & trip efficiency: Below 70: mid-pack at best against a cohort that includes faster swept-wing jets.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-09-28.
Where it can fly
1,960 nm from Carlsbad — seats full
1,644 nm — published max range
NonstopConditionalNeeds a fuel stop
Sample flight times
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
easy hop · 217 nm
Carlsbad → Aspen
conditional — hot/high airport · 654 nm
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
nonstop · 802 nm
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
nonstop · 947 nm
Dallas → Teterboro
nonstop · 1,251 nm
Carlsbad → Teterboro
fuel stop likely · 2,207 nm
Flight times are planning estimates in still air with standard reserves. Conditional trips depend on weight, temperature and the day's weather.
Lineage
7 models in this family. Tap any model to jump to its page.
Size & cabin
Size in perspective
Schematic · same scale
Length
48′ 9″
Wingspan
52′ 2″
Height
15′ 0″
Inside the cabin
Typical 7-seat layout · To scale
Cabin length
17′ 3″
Width
4′ 9″
Height
4′ 7″
you stoop, you don't stand
Compare
S/II instead: cheaper to run; 196 nm more range.
Ultra instead: costs more to run.
Learjet 24 instead: 444 nm less range.
Gold marks the best figure in each row. Tap any aircraft name to open its page.
Owning one
Engines & programs
2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5A turbofans, 2,900 lbf takeoff thrust each (sea level, standard day)
JT15D-5A: 3,500 hr overhaul with 1,750 hr hot section (a 3,600 hr figure also appears). Overhaul quoted at roughly $250k-$575k per engine (vendor blog, undated).
Known issues
Nose-gear shimmy (recurs after rebuilds), gear position switches/proximity sensors, wheels/brakes/anti-skid, bleed-air and pressurization leaks (packs, outflow valves), A/C compressor brush wear (AD 2013-09-11), firm touchdowns with straight-leg gear, and mixed-vintage avionics integration. ADs with recurring items: 2025-11-09 (fire-bottle wiring, every 24 months) and 2013-09-11 (A/C compressor brushes, every 500 hr of motor time). Note: the pitch-trim runaway AD (2003-23-02) applies to Ultras only.
Before you buy
Support & programs
No confirmed airframe maintenance program for the Model 560 V: Textron ProParts/ProTech eligibility not stated for legacy 560s, JSSI Tip-to-Tail eligibility not confirmed.
Legacy Citation phase program: Phases 1-4 every 300 hr or 24 months and Phase 5 every 1,200 hr or 36 months (from a 550 MRO table and a 560-specific statement that Phase 5 is on a roughly three-year clock).
The full review
“The Citation V is the airplane Cessna built in 1989 when the Citation S/II needed more room and more thrust.”
The Citation V is the airplane Cessna built in 1989 when the Citation S/II needed more room and more thrust. It stretched the S/II fuselage, swapped in Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5A engines rated at 2,900 pounds of thrust each, and went back to pneumatic de-ice boots. The type certificate data sheets put the Citation V at serials 560-0001 through 560-0259; about 262 were delivered between 1989 and 1994, and in 1997 B/CA credited the V and its Ultra successor with one of every five new turbofan business aircraft sold over the previous five years.
Pilot's take
The catch is crew. A lot of these airplanes were bought to be flown solo on the exemption, and that ended on September 29, 2026. If you're staffing two pilots anyway, it's a comfortable airplane for four to six people. Respect it in ice, since the 560's AD history is built around icing stalls, and read the engine logs before you look at the paint.
Who this is for · An owner or small operator with a two-pilot crew flying roughly 150-350 hours a year on regional trips who wants more cabin than a Citation II and short-runway access at well under Ultra prices.
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