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Cessna CJ4

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

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

What does a Cessna CJ4 ask?

$7,250,000 is the median of 7 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $6,250,000–$9,000,000.

47 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna CJ4 fly?

The 525C’s book range is 2,165 nm.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Cessna CJ4 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. 2017–2019: 10 for sale, 2 priced.

2017–2019$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M$12.5M20022008201420202022: $11,200,0002013: $6,250,0002014: $6,250,0002018: $8,700,0002018: $7,250,0002002: $1,199,0002020: $9,300,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
200211—$1,199,000–$1,199,000
201030——
201120——
201210——
201321—$6,250,000–$6,250,000
201431—$6,250,000–$6,250,000
201510——
201640——
201730——
201852—$7,250,000–$8,700,000
201920——
202011—$9,300,000–$9,300,000
202150——
202261—$11,200,000–$11,200,000
202330——
202420——
202510——

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.

  • 525C
    2,165 nm · low confidence

The Cessna CJ4 in brief

47 Cessna CJ4 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 2002–2025.

The middle half were built 2014–2022.

How the Cessna CJ4 performs

The longest book range across its variants is 2,165 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 9 passengers.

Buying a Cessna CJ4

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $6,250,000–$9,000,000, around a median of $7,250,000, from 7 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 1,039–2,650 hours, from 29 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 CJ4

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Jet airplane
Variants in the catalog
1: 525C
Passengers, at most
9
2,165 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
Not published
45,000 ft
7,700 kg (16,976 lb)
FAA

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

The Cessna CJ4 fleet

Registered fleet
635
Median age
9 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
40
Most built in the
2010s

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

Cessna CJ4 type certificates

525C FAA A1WI
approved Mar 12, 2010 · 14 CFR Part 23 of the Commuter Category as amended by Amendments 23-1 through 23-57, with exceptions addressed in Special Conditions, ELOSs, and Exemptions. · MTOW 7,690 kg · 9 passengers · Two Williams International, L.L.C. FJ44-4A turbofans · 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 CJ4 manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 19 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: $5,800,000
A year at these figures
$1,126,201
A month
$93,850
A flight hour, all in
$4,505
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$325,000
Fixed
$156,000
Loan
$645,201

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.