Cessna Citation Sovereign and Latitude (680)

The Citation Sovereign (680, 2004-2013, Sovereign+ to 2021) and the Citation Latitude (680A, 2015 on) share a type certificate, wing and engines. The Sovereign is a midsize jet carrying eight or nine passengers 3,000 nautical miles at 458 knots with unusually good runway performance; the Latitude puts an entirely new flat-floor, stand-up circular fuselage on the same wing.

The variants

MODEL	YEARS	ACTIVE	TAILFAX SCORE	WHAT CHANGED
680	2004–2013	253	Partial 12.7/30	Citation Sovereign and Sovereign+
680A	2015–present	398	Partial 21.6/30	Same aircraft recorded under the Textron Aviation name (2014 on)

Family fleet, active

651

FAA registry

NTSB events / 1,000, 10 yrs

9.2

6 events over 651 active aircraft, pooled across the family

Successor

Cessna Citation Longitude (700)

Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · scores Sep 30