Can I really stand up in a Citation Latitude?

Yes, and it is the reason the type exists. The cabin is 1.83 m high over a flat floor and 1.96 m wide — no trenched aisle like the Hawker 900XP or the Citation Sovereign, no stooping like a Phenom 300. It is the only genuine stand-up cabin in the midsize class, and clients who priced a super-midsize often end up here.

How far does it go with eight people aboard?

The 5,000 km headline is a four-passenger figure at high-speed cruise with NBAA IFR reserves. With every seat sold and real luggage, plan on about 4,500 km. Payload with full fuel is around 1,000 lb, so a full cabin is paid for in fuel. London to Larnaca is comfortable; Geneva to Dubai with eight is not.

Can it use London City?

Yes. The Latitude was certified by the FAA and EASA on 1 March 2017 for approach angles up to 6.65 degrees, against the 5.5 degrees London City requires, and Textron named both London City and Lugano. The approval to use the airport sits with the operator and crew rather than the type, so we confirm it on the individual aircraft before quoting.

Can I get to my luggage in flight?

Mostly not. Of the 3.60 m³ total, 2.83 m³ is the external heated hold, and that is sealed once the door closes; about 0.76 m³ inside the cabin is reachable. Volume is not the constraint — skis and golf bags are routine — so pack anything you want during the flight into a cabin bag.

Midsize jet

Cessna Citation Latitude

Full standing height, flat floor

€4,600–6,200/ flight hour

Estimated hourly rate — exact price on request.

Passengers: 8
Range: 5,000 km
Cruise speed: ≈ 825 km/h
Max flight time: ≈ 6 h
Cabin length: 6.63 m
Cabin width: 1.96 m
Cabin height: 1.83 m
Aircraft length: 18.97 m

Cruise speed is high-speed cruise. Manufacturers calculate range at the slower long-range cruise, with four passengers and NBAA IFR reserves — so a maximum-range leg takes longer than range ÷ speed, and a full cabin flies less far.

The Cessna Citation Latitude is the modern answer in this class: a 1.83 m flat-floor cabin you walk through upright, eight seats, about 5,000 km, and steep-approach certification that opens London City.

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In detail

The Cessna Citation Latitude in practice

The Citation Latitude is the aircraft that makes the midsize class worth explaining. Eight seats, about 5,000 km, around 825 km/h — and, unlike anything else at the price, a cabin you can stand up in: 1.83 m of headroom over a genuinely flat floor, 1.96 m wide. That one fact settles most Latitude conversations. It is a super-midsize cabin feeling at a midsize hourly rate, roughly €1,300 an hour below a Challenger 350. What it lacks is the Challenger's in-flight baggage access and its full-cabin range. Charter from around €4,600 per flight hour, exact quote on request. Avily does not own aircraft; we charter across a large operator network, so the individual tail matters as much as the type.

Where it came from

Cessna announced the Latitude at the NBAA convention in October 2011, and the brief was unusual for Wichita: keep the Sovereign's wing, engines and tail, and build an entirely new fuselage on top of them. The old Citation cross-section had a trenched aisle and no standing room. The new one is a circular tube with a flat floor and 1.83 m of headroom — what the midsize market had been asking for since the Hawker 800 defined the class.

The prototype flew at Wichita on 18 February 2014, the FAA certified the type on 5 June 2015, and the first customer aircraft was handed over on 27 August 2015. Steep-approach certification followed on 1 March 2017, granted by both the FAA and EASA for approach angles up to 6.65 degrees; Textron named London City and Lugano in the announcement.

The market answered. Around 400 aircraft had been delivered by May 2024, the Latitude has led midsize deliveries for nine consecutive years, and it is still in production — which for a charter client means operators on every major European ramp and several tails bidding for the same trip.

Who charters a Citation Latitude

The midsize class is a specific bargain: roughly 5,000 km, eight seats, a cabin at full standing height, and an hourly rate well below super-midsize. The Latitude is the newest way to buy it, and the only one of the three midsize types here you can stand up in.

Most bookings are six to eight people crossing Europe for a few days, or a smaller group who want to land at London City. Against the Citation XLS+ one class down, the Latitude buys 1,600 km of range, 28 cm of width and 10 cm of headroom for about €1,000 more an hour. Against the Challenger 350 above it the argument is money: the Challenger is wider at 2.19 m, keeps its range with the cabin full and lets you reach your bag in flight, at around €5,900.

Range with a full cabin

Textron's 2,700 nm — 5,000 km — is a four-passenger figure, flown at high-speed cruise to NBAA IFR reserves. This is where the Latitude gives ground to its older rivals: payload with full fuel is only about 1,000 lb, so eight people and real luggage are paid for in fuel. Plan on roughly 4,500 km rather than 5,000, a haircut of about 770 km and the largest in the class.

In practice that is the difference between a comfortable London to Larnaca and an honest no on Geneva to Dubai with the seats sold. Sector time tops out near six hours.

The cabin, the bags and the lavatory

6.63 m long, 1.96 m wide, 1.83 m high, flat floor, ten windows at eye level and an electric airstair door. Nobody stoops. The lavatory is aft behind a solid door and, by Textron's account, 60 percent larger than its nearest rival's; the belted seat in it is what makes the ninth place, and it suits a short leg rather than five hours.

Baggage is the mirror image of the Hawker 900XP's. The Latitude has far more of it — 3.60 m³ against 1.42 — but 2.83 m³ is the external hold, sealed once the door closes, and only about 0.76 m³ inside the cabin is reachable in flight. Cabin altitude is 5,950 ft at the 45,000 ft ceiling and 4,950 ft at a more usual 41,000 ft.

The corridors it actually flies

With eight aboard and no fuel stop: London to Geneva about 1h 25m, London to Nice 1h 40m, London to Milan 1h 50m, London to Ibiza 2h 30m, London to Larnaca 4h 30m. Larnaca at 3,260 km sits comfortably inside the realistic full-cabin figure; Dubai at 5,500 km does not.

Airport access is the second selling point. The Latitude needs 1,091 m to take off at maximum weight and 756 m to land — the best field performance in its class — and it holds FAA and EASA steep-approach certification to 6.65 degrees, which is what London City's 5.5-degree glidepath requires. The operator still has to hold the airport approval, so we confirm it on the specific aircraft. Cannes-Mandelieu at 1,610 m, Sion and Ibiza are comfortable; Samedan is realistic with normal weight planning.

What moves the price

From around €4,600 per flight hour, and the hourly rate is the smallest part of the answer.

Positioning comes first: the aircraft is rarely parked where you are, and the legs flown to collect you and go home are on the quote, which is why a same-day return often costs less than two one-ways. Crew duty is next — an early departure with a late return can push a two-pilot crew past its legal day, and a night stop or a second crew changes the number. Then the calendar — Cannes in May, the Alps at half-term, the Riviera in August — and the airport itself: slots, parking and handling at London City are not Farnborough's, and Nice on a Grand Prix weekend is not Nice in November. Every trip is quoted individually.

What it does well

1.83 m of headroom over a genuinely flat floor, 1.96 m wide — the only stand-up cabin in the midsize class.
1,091 m to take off at maximum weight and 756 m to land, the best field performance in the class.
FAA and EASA steep-approach certification to 6.65 degrees, which puts London City and Lugano on the map.
Cabin altitude of 5,950 ft at the 45,000 ft ceiling, and 4,950 ft at a normal cruising 41,000 ft.
In production since 2015 and the class delivery leader for nine years, so a European trip usually draws several competing tails.

Where it gives ground

A full cabin costs about 770 km of range — plan on 4,500 km rather than the published 5,000.
2.83 m³ of the 3.60 m³ hold is external and sealed in flight; only about 0.76 m³ inside the cabin is reachable.
The most expensive hour in the midsize class, from around €4,600 against €4,200 for a Hawker 900XP with a similar seat count.

The Cessna Citation Latitude against the alternatives

Bombardier Challenger 3509 · 5,900 km
The step up when the group is nine, the sector runs past four hours, or the bag has to be reachable in flight. 2.19 m of cabin width and 5,900 km that survives a full load, from around €5,900 per hour.
Cessna Citation XLS+8 · 3,400 km
About €1,000 an hour cheaper and enough aeroplane for anything under three hours. You give up 1,600 km of range and the standing height: the XLS+ cabin is 1.73 m high and 1.68 m wide.
Cessna Citation Sovereign9 · 5,300 km
Worth quoting when the party is nine rather than eight, or the sector needs the extra range on paper. The cabin is a metre longer, but narrower at 1.68 m and not one you can stand up in.

Routes the Cessna Citation Latitude flies

Flight times are typical for this type with a full cabin. Headwinds, payload and slot restrictions move them.