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Cessna Citation CJ

Type-certificate model Cessna 525: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

130 for sale, 27 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Cessna Citation CJ ask?

$2,495,000 is the median of 27 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $1,397,000–$4,600,000.

130 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna Citation CJ fly?

The 525’s book range is 1,781 nm, about 4 h 43 min at 378 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Cessna Citation CJ 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.

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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. 2021–2023: 15 for sale, 6 priced.

2021–2023$0$2M$4M$6M$8M19932002201120202026: $7,395,0002003: $1,675,0002014: $4,350,0002014: $3,000,0002014: $3,795,0002016: $4,350,0002016: $4,096,9421996: $1,195,0002022: $5,625,0002022: $5,500,0002022: $5,500,0002022: $5,625,0002001: $2,750,0002001: $2,030,0002007: $2,375,0001993: $995,0001993: $1,100,0001993: $1,299,0001995: $1,495,0001999: $1,190,0002021: $4,895,0002021: $4,850,0002006: $2,495,0002000: $1,995,0002000: $2,250,0001994: $600,0002002: $795,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
197310——
197410——
198010——
199110——
199373—$995,000–$1,299,000
199451—$600,000–$600,000
199551—$1,495,000–$1,495,000
199621—$1,195,000–$1,195,000
199750——
199840——
199961—$1,190,000–$1,190,000
200032—$1,995,000–$2,250,000
200172—$2,030,000–$2,750,000
200281—$795,000–$795,000
200341—$1,675,000–$1,675,000
200510——
200651—$2,495,000–$2,495,000
200781—$2,375,000–$2,375,000
200840——
200910——
201340——
201473—$3,000,000–$4,350,000
201570——
201622—$4,096,942–$4,350,000
201840——
201940——
202020——
202152—$4,850,000–$4,895,000
202264—$5,500,000–$5,625,000
202340——
202410——
202520——
202621—$7,395,000–$7,395,000

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.

  • 525
    1,781 nm · 378 kt cruise · low confidence

The Cessna Citation CJ in brief

The Cessna 525 listings are the original CitationJet and the CJ1, CJ1+, and the M2 and M2 Gen2: light jets built for a single pilot. The larger CJ2, CJ3 and CJ4 have their own pages.

Owner-pilots step up to them from turboprops and high-performance singles, and some fly charter.

130 Cessna Citation CJ listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1973–2026.

The middle half were built 1999–2015.

How the Cessna Citation CJ performs

These are the smallest Citations: short-field capable and simple to fly, with a modest cabin and range. The M2 adds speed and newer avionics over the CJ1.

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 378 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 1,781 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 7 passengers.

Buying a Cessna Citation CJ

Variant and avionics generation set the asking price first; engine program enrollment and inspection status then separate similar aircraft.

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $1,397,000–$4,600,000, around a median of $2,495,000, from 27 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 1,488–5,169 hours, from 99 listings.

Before an offer, check

  • Engine program enrollment, and what it covers.
  • Avionics: the suite installed and its upgrade history.
  • Due dates of the next phase inspections.
  • 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.

Written by Sprinkle’s editors, reviewed Oct 29, 2026. Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.

About the Cessna Citation CJ

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Jet airplane
Variants in the catalog
1: 525
Passengers, at most
7
1,781 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
378 kt
45,000 ft
5,600 kg (12,346 lb)
FAA

From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.

The Cessna Citation CJ fleet

Registered fleet
1,122
Median age
21 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
59
Most built in the
1990s

From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.

Cessna Citation CJ type certificates

525 FAA A1WI
approved Oct 15, 1992 · Title 14, Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendments 23-1 through 23-38, and 23-40; · MTOW 4,717 kg · 6 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 Citation CJ manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 35 documents in 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.

Flying
Overhaul cost over hours to overhaul
Fixed
Databases, subscriptions, cleaning
Buying
The median of 27 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $1,996,000
A year at these figures
$703,038
A month
$58,587
A flight hour, all in
$2,812
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$325,000
Fixed
$156,000
Loan
$222,038

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.