How the Citation V Ultra fits into the Citation I-V / Encore story
Citation V Ultra is the representative branch of the Cessna Citation 500 / 550 / 560 family, capturing a representative late branch of the original Citation lineage.
This page isolates the Citation V Ultra branch of the Cessna Citation 500 / 550 / 560 family, focusing on the engines, service entry, seating, range, and mission role that justify a dedicated variant page while keeping the family history on the canonical parent URL.
Service entry
1989
Seating
7 to 8
Range
1,960 nm
Variant history
Why it branches from the family
The Citation V Ultra is treated as the representative branch because it captures a representative late branch of the original Citation lineage.
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than the family page so differences in cabin, engines, mission, and market role remain clear without duplicating the full program history.
Fact rows
Reference snapshot
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D
- Type data
- Service entry
- 1989
- Operator records
- Typical seating
- 7 to 8
- Operator layouts
- Range
- 1,960 nm
- Planning data
Return to the family page
Variant pages stay intentionally narrower than family pages. They isolate meaningful technical or commercial differences while the canonical family page holds the broader historical narrative.