Cessna Citation Excel (C56X)
The Cessna Citation Excel is a twin-engined jet aircraft built by Cessna. It seats about 10 passengers, flies up to 3,428 km and cruises around 400 knots. Its card in the Skydex collection is rare. Skydex spotters have caught 7 different airframes of the Cessna Citation Excel so far, by 4 pilots.
Heard by the network
Heard by 7 Skydex receivers (Georgia, North Carolina): 866 different airframes, 15,959 sightings since 24 Aug 2026, last on 11 Nov 2026.
- BakerC - FiberflyTower — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 506 airframes, 4055 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- BakerC - KACJ — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 416 airframes, 2125 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- Asheville NC — 🇺🇸 United States of America · North Carolina · run by @parker-redding — 399 airframes, 1995 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- ebc0045_auburn — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Alabama · run by @ebc1613 — 393 airframes, 1894 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- Auburn — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Alabama · run by @parkercs — 378 airframes, 1377 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- sdf-feed68 — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Kentucky · run by @sdf-feed68 — 362 airframes, 1429 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- Hoyt Clagwell — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Florida · run by @k-han — 355 airframes, 1843 sightings, last 2026-11-11
Operators
- 🇺🇸 Executive Jet Aviation (EJA) — 33 airframes
- JRE (JRE) — 30 airframes
- JTL (JTL) — 17 airframes
- 🇺🇸 Corporate Flight Management Inc (VTE) — 8 airframes
- NJE (NJE) — 8 airframes
- NJU (NJU) — 6 airframes
- PJC (PJC) — 6 airframes
- VJH (VJH) — 6 airframes
- VNT (VNT) — 6 airframes
- LUA (LUA) — 5 airframes
- SCR (SCR) — 5 airframes
- SLH (SLH) — 5 airframes
- KPO (KPO) — 4 airframes
- 🇺🇸 ValuJet Airlines (VJA) — 4 airframes
- 🇳🇪 Air Inter Niger (AWH) — 3 airframes
- 🇳🇴 Coast Aero Center (CST) — 3 airframes
- EJM (EJM) — 3 airframes
- ENG (ENG) — 3 airframes
- GLT (GLT) — 3 airframes
- JXA (JXA) — 3 airframes
- LNX (LNX) — 3 airframes
- RJB (RJB) — 3 airframes
- RMB (RMB) — 3 airframes
- 🇨🇦 Vistajet (VJT) — 3 airframes
- 🇨🇿 Aeropartner (DFC) — 2 airframes
- 🇺🇸 Bristow Offshore Helicopters (BOH) — 2 airframes
- 🇩🇴 Caribair (CBC) — 2 airframes
- EFD (EFD) — 2 airframes
- HLR (HLR) — 2 airframes
- JFL (JFL) — 2 airframes
- MPC (MPC) — 2 airframes
- NCJ (NCJ) — 2 airframes
- 🇨🇦 Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) — 2 airframes
- 🇬🇧 Sabre Airways (SBE) — 2 airframes
- SCJ (SCJ) — 2 airframes
- SUA (SUA) — 2 airframes
- SXN (SXN) — 2 airframes
- VIO (VIO) — 2 airframes
- 🇨🇴 Aeroalas Colombia - Aerolineas Especiales de Colombia (ALE) — 1 airframe
- 🇬🇧 Air Camelot (CME) — 1 airframe
- 🇨🇦 Brock Air Services (BRD) — 1 airframe
- 🇩🇰 Danish Air Transport (DTR) — 1 airframe
- EUL (EUL) — 1 airframe
- 🇺🇸 Executive AirShare (XSR) — 1 airframe
- GES (GES) — 1 airframe
- HRC (HRC) — 1 airframe
- HRN (HRN) — 1 airframe
- 🇬🇧 Intavia (FFL) — 1 airframe
- JIV (JIV) — 1 airframe
- KFB (KFB) — 1 airframe
- MOZ (MOZ) — 1 airframe
- MYJ (MYJ) — 1 airframe
- NJM (NJM) — 1 airframe
- PHN (PHN) — 1 airframe
- PNC (PNC) — 1 airframe
- PXG (PXG) — 1 airframe
- 🇬🇧 RAF Air Cadet Schools (ACW) — 1 airframe
- RSM (RSM) — 1 airframe
- RVJ (RVJ) — 1 airframe
- SCM (SCM) — 1 airframe
- 🇮🇩 Sempati Air (SSR) — 1 airframe
- SFX (SFX) — 1 airframe
- SGP (SGP) — 1 airframe
- 🇺🇸 Sun Jet International (SJI) — 1 airframe
- 🇺🇿 TAPC Aviatrans (CTP) — 1 airframe
- TKK (TKK) — 1 airframe
- TTE (TTE) — 1 airframe
- TTJ (TTJ) — 1 airframe
- TYJ (TYJ) — 1 airframe
- VCJ (VCJ) — 1 airframe
- VET (VET) — 1 airframe
- VLY (VLY) — 1 airframe
- VOK (VOK) — 1 airframe
- WML (WML) — 1 airframe
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 526 private (not named), 108 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- C56X
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Engines
- 2 × jet
- Typical seats
- 10
- Range
- 3,428 km
- Cruise speed
- 400 kt
- Wingspan
- 15.9 m
- Length
- 15.1 m
- MTOW
- 14 t
- Card rarity
- rare