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Cessna Citation XLS

Type (Muster)
Mid-sized business-jet (Geschäftsreiseflugzeug)

Country (Land)
USA

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Cessna Aircraft Company
One Cessna Boulevard
Wichita, Kansas 67215
USA

Phone: 001-316/941-6488
Fax: 001-316/941-7812
Internet: www.cessna.textron.com

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Passengers (Passagiere): up to ten in various seat layouts. A nine-place interior features a six-place center club-seating configuration, with a two-seat belted couch and aft left-hand belted seat.
Baggage volume (Gepäckraum): 2,4 cu m in aft compartment

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545B turbofans
Thrust (Schub): 2 x 17,73 kN (3991 lbs)
TBO: 5000 hours, with a hot section inspection after 2500 hours.

Take-off noise: 72,4 EPNdB
Approach noise: 93,1 EPNdB
Sideline noise: 85,3 EPNdB

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 15,79 m
Height (Höhe): 5,24 m
Span (Spannweite): 16,98 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 34,35 sq m

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 5,69 m excluding the cockpit
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 1,69 m (half height / in halber Höhe)
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,73 m

Weights (Massen)
Basic operating weight (Einsatz-Leermasse): 5779 kg
Payload with max. fuel (Nutzlast mit max. Kraftstoff): 417 kg
Usefull load (Zuladung): 3474 kg
Max. usable fuel (Kraftstoff): 3057 kg
Max. zero-fuel weight (max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 6849 kg
Max. take-off weight (Max. Startmasse): 9162 kg
Max. landing weight (Max. Landemasse): 8482 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. cruise speed (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): 792 km/h (428 KTAS) / Mach 0.755 at 10700 m
Stall speed (Überziehgeschwindigkeit): 167 km/h
Climb to 45000 ft (Steigzeit auf 13715 m): 29 min direct
Max. operating altitude (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 13715 m
Balanced field length (Startstrecke): about 1095 m
Landing distance at max landing weight (Landestrecke): about 970 m
Range (Reichweite):
- 3600 km (1945 NM) IFR with five passengers, two pilots

Costs (Kosten)
A price of 9,895 million US-Dollars was announced in October 2003.

Customers (Kunden)
No details available yet.

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The Citation XLS is an improved version of the Citation Excel, which it will replace. Major differences are:

·PW545B engines, delivering 4,9 per cent more thrust. Its development began in mid-2002 and it flew on the Boeing test bed in January 2003. Certification was targeted for December 2003 (in Canada).
Honeywell Primus 1000 Control Display System with three 8 x 10 inch liquid crystall displays (one for each pilot and one MFD in the center)
More equipment as standard fit, like APU, UNS-1ESP, TCAS II, EGPWS
LED lights in the cabin

The XLS will be delivered with a comprehensive standard warranty: five years or 5,000 hours on the airframe and Honeywell Primus 1000 CDS avionics; five years or 2,500 hours on the Pratt & Whitney engines; and one year for paint, interior, and other supplier items.

History (Geschichte)
The Cessna Citation XLS was announced on 7 October 2003 at the NBAA Convention in Orlando, Florida and was billed as “a logical step up for customers moving up from smaller light jets”. At the NBAA, Cessna anticipated the certification in the first quarter of 2004 with first deliveries in mid-2004.
On March 23, 2004, Cessna announced that the Citation XLS had received its FAA program approval. It also said that final performance numbers were better than or identical to those announced at NBAA.

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Last updated 7 October 2003

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