Citation XLS Gen2 D-CIBI landing at Berlin Brandenburg Airport in July 2025. · Photo: André Gerwing, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cessna · Midsize Jet
Citation XLS Gen2 (560XL)
Fourth of five versions of Cessna's Model 560XL, between the XLS+ and the Ascend.
The Gen2 is the last and best-equipped Pro Line 21 version of Cessna's best-selling midsize line, with short-runway ability, low running costs and a modern cabin. It flies no farther than an XLS+, and $15M also buys a roomier Legacy 450 or Latitude.
Buy it if
You want a young, warrantied midsize jet for trips under 1,500 nm with up to eight passengers, use shorter runways, will crew it with two pilots and value Textron's support network over cabin size.
Skip it if
You need nonstop coast to coast or a six-foot flat-floor cabin (Legacy 450, Latitude), want a Garmin G5000 cockpit with autothrottles (Ascend), or want the same performance for far less (XLS+).
Biggest compromise
Range for the money. With four passengers and NBAA IFR reserves (the standard fuel safety margin) the Gen2 flies about 1,858 nm, the same as an XLS+, and about 1,490 nm with every seat full.
The numbers that matter
What it costs per year
$1.57M
at 300 hrs · two professional pilots
How far it flies
2,100 nm
1,490–1,858 nm with passengers
How fast
436 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
8
8 typical, 9 with aft seat
Pilots needed
2
Certified for two pilots on every flight.
Price
What one costs to buy
Typical asking price
$0
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Priced vs call
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Two of five for-sale aircraft show prices: $14.6M for a 2023 and $15.5M for a 2025. Broker reports put 2026 sales at $14.5–16.3M.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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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, engine program, both engines, apu program, proparts and protech and training, management and subscriptions rise as you fly more. Two pilots, hangar and insurance stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
- Two pilots$324,70521%
- Hangar$52,1003%
- Insurance$57,5754%
- Fuel$534,97234%
- Engine program, both engines$208,80013%
- APU program$29,7002%
- ProParts and ProTech$234,60015%
- Training, management and subscriptions$125,0008%
Fuel is the biggest single cost at 34% of the total.
The JetGrade
68 out of 100 — Below its class average
Peer group: Embraer Praetor 500, Embraer Legacy 450, Cessna Citation Latitude (680A)
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on running costs, weakest on range & payload.
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
Depends on weight or weather
Fuel stop likely
Out of reach
5 of 8 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 1.0 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop with margin at any load
- 2.0 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · Hot-and-high; depends on weight and weather
- 2.4 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Nonstop with comfortable fuel margin
- 2.7 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Nonstop with margin
- 3.4 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · Nonstop with margin in still air
- 3.9 hr
Teterboro → San Juan
1,410 nm · Over water; plan winds and alternates
- 5.9 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · One stop in still air; tailwinds sometimes help
Los Angeles → Honolulu
2,215 nm · Beyond range; no fuel stop available
Lineage
What came before and after
2022–2025
Cessna Citation XLS Gen2 (560XL)
Same engines and cockpit with a redesigned cabin and higher weights.
What changed from the Cessna Citation XLS+ (560XL)
- Maximum takeoff weight rises 130 lb to 20,330 lb; zero-fuel weight rises 260 lb to 15,360 lb.
- New pedestal seats from the Citation X+ and Sovereign+ that track along the floor and swivel.
- Wireless cabin management with a touchscreen moving map, plus wireless charging and USB-C at every seat.
- Lighted airstair door with a weather curtain, and quieter cabin acoustics.
- Optional fold-down front couch for in-flight baggage access and optional speakerless Bongiovi sound.
- Same PW545C engines and Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit, so speed and range are unchanged.
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
Compare
How it stacks up
This aircraft
Citation XLS Gen2 (560XL)
- JetGrade
- 68
- Cost per year
- $1.57M
- Range
- 2,100 nm
- Speed
- 436 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 18′ 6″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2022–2025
← Before
- JetGrade
- Not yet graded
- Price
- $8.92M
- Range
- 2,100 nm
- Speed
- 440 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Years built
- 2008–2020
After →
- JetGrade
- 68
- Price
- $17M–$19.45M guide
- Cost per year
- $1.53M
- Range
- 2,100 nm
- Speed
- 441 kt
- Seats
- 9
- Cabin length
- 18′ 6″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2025–now
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 75
- Price
- $11.5M–$15.5M guide
- Cost per year
- $1.93M
- Range
- 2,904 nm
- Speed
- 462 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 24′ 0″
- Pilots
- 2
- Years built
- 2015–2019
- Cessna Citation Ascend (560XL) instead: Same cabin length with Garmin G5000, autothrottles, a flat-floor option and about 1,940 nm with four passengers, at a higher new price.
- Embraer Legacy 450 instead: Six-foot flat-floor cabin and about 2,450 nm seats-full at a similar pre-owned price, but published hourly costs run about $1,260 higher.
- Cessna Citation XLS+ (560XL) instead: Same engines, range and runway performance with asks of $6.5–9.2M in October 2026, but older interiors and no factory warranty.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C · 4,119 lbf each
Engine hours until overhaul
- Inspection Document 1 · 800 hr
- Inspection Document MD · 2,400 hr
- Engine hot section inspection · 2,500 hr
- Engine overhaul · 5,000 hr
- Inspection Document 13 every 72 months
- Inspection Document 16 every 96 months
- Engine low-utilization borescope every 24 months
- Fire-bottle wiring check every 24 months
Most Gen2s carry Textron PowerAdvantage+, listed at $383 per engine-hour on a 2024 example; confirm both engines are enrolled and the contract transfers.
Known issues
Engine program terms
Off-program PW545C overhauls cost $850,000–$1.1M per engine at 2019 prices; confirm program level and transferability before closing.
Warranty end dates
Factory warranty runs five years from delivery, so 2022 airplanes lose airframe and engine coverage during 2027.
Outgoing avionics generation
Pro Line 21 without autothrottles; the Ascend's Garmin G5000 cockpit is likely to weigh on Gen2 resale.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 8 checked
Broad support: Textron Aviation service centers and mobile units, factory parts and labor programs, and the same engines, avionics and airframe as more than 1,000 other Model 560XLs.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Takes off in about 3,600 ft at maximum weight and lands in 3,180 ft at sea level.
- Costs about $5,225 an hour at 300 hours a year, roughly 12% below midsize peers on comparable published figures.
- Five-year factory warranty from delivery, backed by the service network behind more than 1,000 Model 560XLs.
Limitations
- About 1,490 nm with every seat full, roughly 45% less than a Legacy 450, Praetor 500 or Citation Latitude.
- The cabin is 5 ft 6 in wide and reaches 5 ft 8 in only in the dropped aisle; no flat floor.
- Pro Line 21 cockpit without autothrottles; the Garmin-equipped Ascend replaced it after about 61 were built.
The Citation XLS Gen2 is the fourth of five versions of Cessna's Model 560XL, the straight-wing midsize line that began with the Excel in 1998. Textron unveiled it in October 2021 at a list price of about $15.5M, the FAA approved it in spring 2022 and the first customer airplane was delivered in May 2022. Industry shipment figures show about 61 were built before the Citation Ascend took over in late 2025, which makes the Gen2 one of the shortest production runs in the family. It keeps the XLS+ engines, Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545Cs rated at 4,119 lbf each, and the four-screen Collins Pro Line 21 cockpit.
Pilot's take
From the cockpit the Gen2 is an XLS+ with a nicer cabin behind you. FADEC handles starts and power setting, the Pro Line 21 suite puts four large displays in front of two pilots, and trailing-link main gear makes landings forgiving. It needs about 3,600 ft to take off at maximum weight, which is the reason to own one. There are no autothrottles, and the Mach 0.75 limit keeps cruise near 430–440 kt, so plan legs accordingly. On a pre-buy, read the program contracts and warranty dates before you look at the interior.
Who this is for
A company or family flight department with two-pilot crews flying 200–400 hours a year on 500–1,500 nm trips, buying at about $14.5–15.5M and budgeting roughly $1.4–1.75M a year, that wants a nearly new airplane under warranty.
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