page_title: Cessna Citation Excel
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Cessna Citation Excel / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: ABC Bedarfsflug Cessna 560XL Citation XLS taking off from Innsbruck Airport
context_page_description: The Cessna Citation Excel is an American 2,100 nmi-range, midsize business jet built by Cessna, part of the Citation Family.
  Announced in October 1994, it first flew on February 29, 1996, certification was granted in April 1998 and over 900 have been delivered.
  The 20,200 lb MTOW jet is powered by two 3,650–4,080 lbf PW500 turbofans, has the Citation V cruciform tail and unswept supercritical wing of 370 sq ft, and the Citation X stand-up cabin slightly shortened.
  The XLS 2004 update had upgraded engines and a glass cockpit and the 2008 XLS+ had upgraded engines and a revised nose.
context_section_description: Rather than being a direct variant of another Citation airframe, the Excel was a combination of technologies and designs. To produce the Excel, Cessna took the X's wide, stand-up cabin fuselage, shortened it to about 2 feet (0.61 m) and mated it with an unswept wing utilizing a supercritical airfoil (based on the Citation V Ultra's wing) and the tail from the Citation V.
  The Excel has the roomiest cabin in its class of light corporate jets and can seat up to 10 passengers (in high-density configuration; typically the number is six to eight in a corporate configuration), while being flown by a crew of two.
  To power the aircraft, Cessna chose the Pratt & Whitney Canada PW500 turbofan.
  The original version had two cockpit configurations involving where the landing gear was on the panel. With the gear on the left hand side, the MFD was moved to the right slightly and both radios were moved to the right of the MFD next to each other. With the gear handle on the right side, the MFD remained centered with the radios on either side. The Excel uses Honeywell avionics and an optional Auxiliary power unit also powered by Honeywell.
caption: Cessna Model 560XL Citation XLS taking off from Innsbruck Airport (February 2014)
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