Citation CJ1 / CJ1+
Enhanced performance and payload over the original CJ
Overview
The Citation CJ1 (2000-2005, 198 produced) features a 200 lb gross weight improvement as well as an upgraded EFIS panel with a hybrid Pro Line 21 avionics suite featuring 2 or 3 large panel displays.
The CJ1+ (2006-2011, 102 produced) incorporates FADEC engines easing pilot workload with power settings, also increasing performance at altitude with roughly 65 lb of additional thrust. Cruise improves modestly over the original CJ, and gross weight gains another 100 lb.
Both variants maintain the proven CJ platform with 2 cockpit seats, 4 club seats, 1 side-facing seat, and optional belted lavatory — eight seats in all, so up to seven passengers when flown single-pilot. These aircraft deliver impressive capability in the light jet category with excellent economics and reliability.
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Key features
- Single-pilot certified with modern avionics
- CJ1: Hybrid Pro Line 21 EFIS with 2–3 large displays
- CJ1+: FADEC, ~65 lb more thrust, and a modest cruise gain over the CJ
- Fuel burn planned around the 130-GPH class, varying with altitude, weight, and mission
- Strong short-field performance
- Williams FJ44-1A engines on the CJ1; FADEC-equipped FJ44-1AP on the CJ1+
Specifications
Speed, weights, and ceiling are published manufacturer figures. Passenger counts run from typical cabin seating to the single-pilot maximum, which counts the belted lavatory seat and the right-hand cockpit seat; flown with two pilots, the maximum is one fewer. Range is the figure we use for first-pass comparison; where it differs materially from the published NBAA IFR maximum, the overview above gives both and the assumptions behind each. Reviewed September 2026.
Range rings from your airport
The CJ1 / CJ1+’s spec-sheet comparison range is 1,100 nm.
The rings are illustrative: great-circle distance in still air. The solid ring is the figure named beside it; the dashed ring, where shown, is the upper end of the passenger-trip range we plan around for that model. Variants differ, and headwinds, payload, runway length and IFR reserves all shorten a real trip — westbound in winter most of all. An airport inside a ring is not a verified nonstop mission.
Dimensions
| Cabin width | 4 ft 10 in |
| Cabin height | 4 ft 9 in |
Weights & capacities
| Max ramp weight | 10,700 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 10,600 lb |
| Max landing weight | 9,800 lb |
| Zero fuel weight | 8,400 lb |
| Empty weight | 6,800 lb |
| Usable fuel | 3,220 lb |
| Baggage capacity | 54 cu ft |