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Cessna Bravo

Type-certificate model Cessna 550: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

95 for sale, 23 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Cessna Bravo ask?

$995,000 is the median of 23 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $772,000–$1,500,000.

95 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna Bravo fly?

The 550’s book range is 2,300 nm, about 5 h 42 min at 403 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Cessna Bravo 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. 1980–1982: 25 for sale, 8 priced.

1980–1982$0$500k$1M$1.5M$2M$2.5M$3M19791986199320001983: $695,0001999: $2,295,0001999: $1,000,0001999: $1,500,0002001: $1,198,0001985: $749,0001981: $795,0001981: $799,0001981: $699,0001981: $575,0002005: $2,650,0002005: $2,650,0001990: $1,500,0001990: $1,500,0001989: $895,0001989: $395,0001980: $825,0001980: $995,0001980: $895,0002006: $2,475,0001982: $1,050,0002000: $1,900,0001979: $725,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
197510——
197810——
197921—$725,000–$725,000
1980103—$825,000–$995,000
1981104—$575,000–$799,000
198251—$1,050,000–$1,050,000
198331—$695,000–$695,000
198511—$749,000–$749,000
198610——
198820——
198932—$395,000–$895,000
199032—$1,500,000–$1,500,000
199240——
199310——
199610——
199710——
199860——
199963—$1,000,000–$2,295,000
200041—$1,900,000–$1,900,000
2001111—$1,198,000–$1,198,000
200250——
200310——
200430——
200562—$2,650,000–$2,650,000
200631—$2,475,000–$2,475,000

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.

  • 550
    2,300 nm · 403 kt cruise · low confidence

The Cessna Bravo in brief

The Cessna 550 is the Citation II and its successor, the Citation Bravo: a straight-wing light jet with Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D engines on the Citation II and PW530A engines on the Bravo.

It suits owner-flown and charter operations that want jet speed from shorter runways. Many Citation IIs are flown single-pilot under an exemption, which keeps them popular with owner-pilots.

95 Cessna Bravo listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1975–2006.

The middle half were built 1981–2001.

How the Cessna Bravo performs

The straight wing gives the 550 gentle low-speed handling and good short-field numbers for a jet, at the cost of cruise speed against swept-wing light jets. The Bravo adds newer engines, trailing-link gear and an updated cockpit.

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 403 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 2,300 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 12 passengers.

Buying a Cessna Bravo

Most of the difference between two 550s sits in engine times, program enrollment and avionics. Many have been upgraded to modern flight decks, which shows in what they ask.

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $772,000–$1,500,000, around a median of $995,000, from 23 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 5,736–9,652 hours, from 62 listings.

Before an offer, check

  • Engine times and whether the engines are on a program such as ESP or JSSI.
  • Avionics: original or upgraded, and whether the aircraft meets current airspace mandates.
  • Corrosion and the condition of the wing and landing gear on older Citation IIs.
  • 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 Bravo

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Jet airplane
Variants in the catalog
1: 550
Passengers, at most
12
2,300 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
403 kt
45,000 ft
6,800 kg (14,991 lb)
FAA

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

The Cessna Bravo fleet

Registered fleet
864
Median age
35 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
35
Most built in the
1980s

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

Cessna Bravo type certificates

550 FAA A22CE
approved Mar 24, 1978 · Part 25 of the Federal Aviation Regulations effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendments 25-1 through 25-17; · MTOW 6,396 kg · 11 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 Bravo manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 45 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 23 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $796,000
A year at these figures
$569,548
A month
$47,462
A flight hour, all in
$2,278
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$325,000
Fixed
$156,000
Loan
$88,548

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.