Flying Cessna’s Citation Longitude Business Jet – AIN

AIN editor-in-chief Matt Thurber evaluates Textron Aviation’s flagship Cessna Citation Longitude super-midsize jet. The aircraft was certified in September 2019, and the company had delivered 31 copies of the model as of the end of 2020.

Although it shares the flat-floor cabin width and height dimensions of the Latitude, the Longitude is a fairly big step up from its smaller sibling. With a maximum takeoff weight (mtow) of 39,500 pounds, the Longitude is longer, by about three and a half feet in the cabin and nearly 11 feet overall. Also, the Longitude’s extra 8,700 pounds in mtow enable it to carry another 3,706 pounds of useful load, most of that fuel. Total mtow is 14,500 pounds or 3,106 pounds more than the Latitude's mtow). And that translates into significantly added range, allowing the Longitude to carry a full-fuel payload of 1,600 pounds (1,000 more than the Latitude) and fly 3,500 nautical miles, compared with the Latitude’s 2,700 nautical miles.

Powered by two 7,665-pound thrust Honeywell HFT7700L turbofans, the Longitude has a maximum cruise speed of 483 ktas and a maximum operating limit speed of Mach 0.84, putting it way ahead of the Latitude’s 446 ktas and Mach .80.

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[moiscotv]

You can definitely see the Hawker 4000's influence on the design!

[ppaliwal]

I was hooked onto those 4 whites and saying "little low .. little more .. almost there .. lower the damn thing!" .. Awesome narration, aircraft is amazing!

[aslambuckus]

Just listening to you explain, you are definitely a great pilot and you should teach future pilots. I wish I could be your student.

[JoseOrtega-XOR]

A very complete video!!! Goes through all the bells and whistles without fuzz.

[ashtongilbert]

Hillsboro? You are much closer to me than I thought! Great video!

[redcat]

The Cessna Longitude is an incredible aircraft.

[chiefsimpilot]

I fly this all the time in sim. Thanks for this real world video.

[krypticencoder]

Lovely interpretation of different stages on a flight, along with the flying characteristics and flight envelope protections. Gr8 video & inspires trust & confidence.

[evenios]

one of my fav planes in msflight sim 2020!

[cloudstreets]

I go to training in 2 weeks for my new job. I hope I am assigned this amazing airplane!!

[brent]

Favorite jet in msfs 2020. That's about as close as I will ever get to flying one. lol

[knarfster]

1600 Lbs fuel? I think you miss stated

[krazzielaosboi]

I’ve been building sub assemblies for the longitude at the Cessna plant since it was a experimental but never seen one that was fully assembled in person yet 🤣 and no I don’t feel like wasting 10-15 mins of my lunch break walking across the building to look at it

[rajestate]

Why they are not launching citation hemisphere!?? It could have easily competed with gulf-stream!!

[itsryanj]

Oh look it’s the Hawker 4000 rebranded with a Cessna nose and winglets

[khasan]

Insyaallah semoga aku bisa beli pesawat ini Amiin Ya Robbal 🤲

[jlalbee]

All this can be yours for, oh... about $30 million.

[skincareguide]

"Short time" and "rose quickly' are not helpful metrics. Actual numbers please.

[caca]

great plane but the Preator 500 and 600 are fly-by-wire + and much more capable for short landing and takeoffs.

[DanFrederiksen]

Jet is nice and smooth but this is a bus. And about 25x more fuel burning per distance than an efficient ICE car. Say you are only moving 2-3 people, it is incredibly wasteful. No matter what I could afford, I'd want something more efficient. Way more efficient. I think we could really benefit from car config 4 seater ultra light twin jet. Like a cirrus sr22 but sleeker, lighter, pressurized and two small jets. If you have 4 seats and can do mach 0.7, that to me is much greater freedom than a bus burning 10x more fuel. Even if you want transatlantic range, it can be built for range, not just big.