Cessna 500
12 for sale, 3 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.
What does a Cessna 500 ask?
Not published
12 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.
How far does a Cessna 500 fly?
The 500’s book range is 1,210 nm, about 3 h 23 min at 357 kt.
Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.
What does a Cessna 500 cost to keep?
It depends on how you fly it and where you keep it, so Sprinkle doesn’t give one figure. Work it out on your own numbers.
Go to the cost calculator →Asking price by year built
Each dot is one aircraft's asking price; the line is each year's median, the band its low–high. 1971–1973: 4 for sale, 2 priced.
The figures by year
| Year | For sale | Priced | Median ask | Low–high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 3 | 2 | — | $850,000–$850,000 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 1974 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 1976 | 2 | 1 | — | $550,000–$550,000 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Medians from 5 priced aircraft up. Asks outside 0.6–1.6× their year's median are left out.
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Range by variant
Book ranges from the catalog: still air, full fuel, no reserves, at the confidence shown. Plan with your own numbers.
- 5001,210 nm · 357 kt cruise · medium confidence
The Cessna 500 in brief
12 Cessna 500 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1972–1980.
The middle half were built 1973–1975.
How the Cessna 500 performs
By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 357 knots.
The longest book range across its variants is 1,210 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.
It seats up to 8 passengers.
Buying a Cessna 500
The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 7,741–10,510 hours, from 11 listings.
Before an offer, check
- A pre-buy inspection by a mechanic who knows the type, chosen by you, not the seller.
- Complete logbooks for the airframe, engines and propellers, with any gaps explained.
- Damage history and any repairs, against the logbooks and the registry record.
- Engine time against the overhaul interval, and the shop that did the last overhaul.
- Airworthiness directives and service bulletins: which apply, and how each was closed.
Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.
About the Cessna 500
- Manufacturer
- Cessna, United States
- Category
- Jet airplane
- Variants in the catalog
- 1: 500
- Passengers, at most
- 8
- The farthest the maker says the aircraft can fly on full fuel, in still air with standard reserves. Real trips with passengers and wind come up shorter.
- 1,210 nm
- Cruise speed, fastest
- 357 kt
- The highest altitude at which the aircraft can still climb at 100 feet per minute. Most trips cruise well below it.
- 41,000 ft
- The heaviest the aircraft is certified to weigh at takeoff, with people, bags and fuel on board.
- 5,300 kg (11,684 lb)
- The aviation authority’s approval of an aircraft design, such as the FAA’s or EASA’s. Each model flies under one.
- FAA
From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.
The Cessna 500 fleet
- Registered fleet
- 187
- Median age
- 52 years
- Registration changes, past 12 months
- 2
- Most built in the
- 1970s
From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.
Cessna 500 type certificates
- 500 FAA A22CE
- approved Sep 9, 1971 · Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendments 25-1 through 25-17; · MTOW 5,375 kg · 7 passengers · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
From the regulators' type-certificate data sheets. Figures shown only where the reading is high-confidence.
Cessna 500 manuals and documents
- Cessna Citation 500/501 Type Rating Technical Examination V0.1 (PDF, opens in a new tab)Pilot’s Operating Handbook · 2003 · 16 pages
- Master Minimum Equipment List Cessna Citation CE-500 Series (PDF, opens in a new tab)Checklist · 2008 · 112 pages
- Weight & Balance for Cessna Citation 500 (PDF, opens in a new tab)Weight and balance · 51 pages
- Fdr & Cvr Readouts | Cvr Datalink Messaging Reports (PDF, opens in a new tab)Specifications · 2 pages
- Cessna Aircraft Company Model 500/501 Maintenance Manual (PDF, opens in a new tab)Maintenance · 2010 · 14 pages
- 2019 Colorado Cjp Convention Legacy Citation 500 (PDF, opens in a new tab)Service bulletins · 2019 · 20 pages
- Service Bulletin SB7018 (PDF, opens in a new tab)Service bulletins · 1995 · 3 pages
- SERVICE BULLETIN - Cleveland Wheel & Brake Systems (PDF, opens in a new tab)Service bulletins · 1993
- Airworthiness Directive (PDF, opens in a new tab)Airworthiness directives · 2004 · 1 pages
- Schedule Of Airworthiness Directives (PDF, opens in a new tab)Airworthiness directives · 1981 · 1 pages
- Cessna Citation 500 Model Guide (PDF, opens in a new tab)Model guide · 2026
- Bart: September - 2019 (PDF, opens in a new tab)Document · 2019 · 2 pages
From Sprinkle’s library for this model. PDFs open from Sprinkle’s own files.
What one would cost to fly
Put in your own figures; the totals update as you type.
- A month
- $40,083
- A flight hour, all in
- $1,924
- Flying (fuel and reserve)
- $325,000
- Fixed
- $156,000
- Loan
- $0
Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure for a jet: an assumption, not Sprinkle's data. Replace them with your own.
Not a quote: Sprinkle doesn't hold insurance, hangar or maintenance costs. Asking prices, not sales.
From the listings Sprinkle reads for this model. Read Nov 12, 2026.