The Cessna Citation CJ3 is part of the Citation business jet family. The aircraft was unveiled in September 2002 at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention. It took its first and second flight on the same day on April 17, 2003. It was FAA certifed in October 2004 and delivery of the CJ3 began in December of that year. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... For other uses, see number 17. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... FAA may refer to: Federal Aviation Administration in the United States Fleet Air Arm in the UK Royal Navy Fuerza Aérea Argentina in Argentina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

The CJ3's cabin comes standard with six club seats in a center-style configuration, altough it is customizable to the owner's specs. The cockpit was originally designed for a single pilot operation, but it can accommodate up to two crew members. It's flight deck is composed of a state of the art avionics system, which was built by Rockwell. The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Collins Radio Company. ...

It has external baggage access for added convenience. There is also a cabin baggage compartment which is accessible in flight. It also features a trailing-link trycicle landing gear.

General Specs

Citation CJ3

Specs

Maximum Cruise Speed: 417 KTAS (773 km/h), 33,000 ft (10,058 m)

Ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,716 m) maximum certified

Rates of Climb: 1,090 ft/min (332 m/min) per engine

Pressurization Nominal pressure differential: 8.9 psi (.61 Bar)

Engines: Williams-Rolls FJ44-3A Turbofan Takeoff thrust 2,780 lbf (12.37 kN) each

Dimensions

Wingspan: 53 ft 4 in (16.26 m)

Overall Height: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)

Overall Length: 50 ft 2 in (15.29 m)

Cabin Dimensions

Cabin Height: 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)

Cabin Width: 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)

Cabin Length: (forward pressure bulkhead to aft pressure bulkhead) 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)

Weights and Fuel Capacities

Max Ramp Weight: 14,070 lb (6,382 kg)

Max Takeoff Weight: 13,870 lb (6,291 kg)

Max Landing Weight: 12,750 lb (5,783 kg)

Max Zero Fuel Weight: 10,510 lb (4,767 kg)

Max Fuel Capacity (6.7 lb/US gal): 4,710 lb (2,136 kg)

Typical Empty Weight: 8,190 lb (3,715 kg)

Basic Operating Weight (BOW): 8,590 lb (3,896 kg) (2 pilots)

Max Payload: 1,920 lb (371 kg)

Performance

Takeoff Performance

(15° Flaps) Required Field Length per FAR 25

 TAKEOFF DISTANCE (ft) 

 WEIGHT (lbs) SEA LEVEL 59 ºF 5000 ft 41 ºF 5000 ft 77 ºF 13,870 3,180 3,810 4,750 13,400 2,990 3,580 4,370 12,500 2,740 3,170 3,820 11,500 2,600 2,890 3,290 

Landing Performance

Sea Level, Standard Day; Distance From 50 ft Above the Runway

 WEIGHT (lbs) DISTANCE (ft) 12,750 2,770 

Climb Performance

 TIME (min) TAKEOFF WEIGHT (lb) Altitude (ft) 11,000 12,000 13,870 25,000 6 7 8 33,000 9 10 12 37,000 11 12 15 41,000 14 15 19 45,000 17 20 27 

 DISTANCE (NM) TAKEOFF WEIGHT (lb) Altitude (ft) 11,000 12,000 13,870 25,000 28 30 36 33,000 44 49 58 37,000 54 60 73 41,000 67 76 95 45,000 88 101 139 

 FUEL (lbs) TAKEOFF WEIGHT (lb) Altitude (ft) 11,000 12,000 13,870 25,000 215 237 281 33,000 285 315 376 37,000 319 354 425 41,000 358 399 488 45,000 406 460 591 

Cruise Performance*

 WEIGHT (lb) 11,000 12,000 13,870 Altitude (ft) Speed (KTAS)/Fuel Flow (lbs/h) 33,000 417/1,289 416/1,287 413/1,285 37,000 413/1,089 413/1,103 408/1,096 41,000 407/901 404/899 395/893 43,000 400/808 396/807 385/804 47,000 391/722 384/718 -- / -- 

*Maximum Cruise Thrust

Limiting and Recommended Airspeeds

 VR (rotation) 102 KIAS V1 (takeoff decision speed) 105 KIAS V2 (takeoff safety speed) 114 KIAS VFE (max flap extended) 35 deg 160 KIAS 15 deg 200 KIAS VLE (max gear extended) 250 KIAS VLO (max gear operating) Extend 250 KIAS Retract 200 KIAS Vref (reference speed, final approach) 107 KIAS VMO (max operating speed) SL to 8,000 ft, 260 KIAS 8,000 ft to 29,300 ft 275 KIAS Mmo (max Mach number) 0.72 M Vso (stall speed in landing configuration) 86 KIAS