Aircraft
Citation Latitude Stretches Legs on Flight to Maui
The Hawaii mission took place on the heels of coast-to-coast trips earlier this month.
On July 16, Citation Latitude N684CL carried two crewmembers and five passengers on the 2,147-nm trip from Santa Barbara (Calif.) Airport to Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, making a direct climb to 43,000 feet and completing the flight in five hours 45 minutes, which included a 17-minute hold before arrival. On the July 17 return flight, the aircraft covered the 2,473 nm from Kahului to Scottsdale (Ariz.) Airport in five hours 45 minutes. (Photo: Textron Aviation)
On July 16, Citation Latitude N684CL carried two crewmembers and five passengers on the 2,147-nm trip from Santa Barbara (Calif.) Airport to Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii, making a direct climb to 43,000 feet and completing the flight in five hours 45 minutes, which included a 17-minute hold before arrival. On the July 17 return flight, the aircraft covered the 2,473 nm from Kahului to Scottsdale (Ariz.) Airport in five hours 45 minutes. (Photo: Textron Aviation)

Cessna demonstrated the oceanic capability of the newly FAA-certified Citation Latitude between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii late last week. The flights follow other noteworthy missions with the twinjet, including the first transatlantic crossing in May and nonstop U.S. coast-to-coast flights earlier this month.