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Cessna CJ3

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

70 for sale, 7 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Cessna CJ3 ask?

$5,300,000 is the median of 7 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $5,225,000–$5,350,000.

70 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna CJ3 fly?

The 525B’s book range is 2,040 nm.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Cessna CJ3 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. 2009–2011: 12 for sale, 4 priced.

2009–2011$4M$6M$8M$10M$12M20072011201520192010: $5,350,0002010: $5,300,0002020: $10,200,0002009: $4,800,0002009: $5,350,0002007: $5,200,0002008: $5,250,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
200420——
200520——
200650——
2007111—$5,200,000–$5,200,000
200881—$5,250,000–$5,250,000
200972—$4,800,000–$5,350,000
201032—$5,300,000–$5,350,000
201120——
201230——
201310——
201510——
201630——
201830——
201930——
202041—$10,200,000–$10,200,000
202220——
202310——
202410——
202620——
202720——

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.

  • 525B
    2,040 nm · low confidence

The Cessna CJ3 in brief

The Cessna 525B is the Citation CJ3 and its successors, the CJ3+ and the CJ3 Gen2: a light jet in the CitationJet line, flown by a single pilot or a crew.

It sits between the CJ2 and the CJ4 and suits owner-pilots and small flight departments who want more cabin and range than the smaller CJs.

70 Cessna CJ3 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 2004–2027.

The middle half were built 2007–2018.

How the Cessna CJ3 performs

The CJ3 keeps the CitationJet’s straight wing and good field performance, with Williams FJ44 engines. The CJ3+ and Gen2 bring the Garmin G3000 flight deck in place of the original Collins Pro Line.

The longest book range across its variants is 2,040 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 8 passengers.

Buying a Cessna CJ3

Engine program enrollment and the flight deck generation separate otherwise similar CJ3s. A CJ3+ asks more than an early CJ3 for its newer avionics.

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $5,225,000–$5,350,000, around a median of $5,300,000, from 7 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 1,078–4,762 hours, from 44 listings.

Before an offer, check

  • Engine program enrollment, such as Williams TAP, and what it covers.
  • Due dates of the next major inspections.
  • Flight deck generation and whether its databases and software are current.
  • 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 CJ3

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Jet airplane
Variants in the catalog
1: 525B
Passengers, at most
8
2,040 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
Not published
45,000 ft
6,200 kg (13,669 lb)
FAA

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

The Cessna CJ3 fleet

Registered fleet
829
Median age
14 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
54
Most built in the
2000s

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

Cessna CJ3 type certificates

525B FAA A1WI
approved Oct 15, 2004 · Part 23 of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendments 23-1 through 23-54; · MTOW 6,292 kg · 8 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 CJ3 manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 21 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 7 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $4,240,000
A year at these figures
$952,664
A month
$79,389
A flight hour, all in
$3,811
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$325,000
Fixed
$156,000
Loan
$471,664

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.