Aiken to Sarasota. Jeffersonville to Kenora. Penn Yan to Alpena. If the place names on this page mean nothing to you, that is the point: the Bravo works the airfields the larger jets never see.
Checking availability on this type...
The Bravo was Cessna's straight wing light jet, and a straight wing means short runways. In our record that shows as a route list of county airports across the American south, midwest and Great Lakes, with the odd Canadian lake town, almost none of which has a page of its own on this site because almost none of them sees another aircraft type. If you live near one of those fields, this is the page to watch and the alert to set.
Published figures are absent on the Bravo in our record. Notice is on the short side and the listings do not linger. Expect to ask, and to ask promptly.
Production ended in 2006 when the CJ3 took its place in the range. The Bravo's contemporaries on this board are the Ultra and the older V; the Ultra in particular flies the same kind of sector with far more legs behind it. Specification: Citation Bravo, GlobalAir.
The Bravo replaced the Citation II in 1997, keeping the straight wing and the roomy for its size cabin and adding Pratt & Whitney PW530A engines and a Primus 1000 cockpit. It was built until 2006, when the CJ3 took over its place in the range, and 337 were made. A short field aircraft first and foremost, which is why on this board it appears at county airports the larger Citations never see.
| Manufacturer | Cessna |
|---|---|
| Engines | 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW530A |
| Passengers | 7 maximum |
| Baggage | 28 cu ft |
| Range | 1,720 nm maximum, 1,290 nm on the normal profile |
| Maximum cruise | 405 knots |
| Ceiling | 43,000 ft |
| Take-off distance | 4,160 ft |
| Landing distance | 4,295 ft |
| Maximum take-off weight | 14,800 lb |
| History | first flight 1995, in service 1997, 337 built |
Source: GlobalAir.