Sell-side representation
We price against live market data, present the aircraft honestly, and manage the transaction end to end — so it moves quickly and closes cleanly, at the number it should.
Sell your Citation
Citation aircraft, guided by people who fly them
Buy or sell with operator-level expertise — from the Mustang and the CJ family to the midsize XLS.
- Flying Citations since
- 2008
- Total flight hours
- 7,000+
- Hours in Citations
- 2,200+
- Career transactions closed
- 100+
Our Citation expertise spans the left seat, the hangar, and the closing table.
Real fuel burns, day-to-day dispatch experience, and the maintenance events we’ve lived through firsthand — the difference between selling an aircraft and understanding one.
Whether you want to buy a Citation or sell the one you have, the same discipline applies: trends and comps inform the number, but reading the live market — what’s actually trading, and what an airplane is worth today — is what gets the deal done.
Corey Tomczak, founder. An ATP who has flown Citations since 2008, backed by the pilots and managers of Gateway Jets. More about Corey
Sellers and buyers, represented properly
Buy-side acquisition
We draw on decades of Citation operation and a network that reaches well beyond public listings to find the right airplane — then quarterback the pre-buy and the close on your behalf.
How acquisition worksWe represent one side of each transaction — never both.
Mustang to XLS.
One specialty.
Every variant in between, from single-pilot light jets to a true midsize cabin — each known by its real numbers, not its brochure.
Aircraft we know by heart
Explore the Citations we specialize in — specifications, real-world performance, and where each one fits.
Citation Mustang
4–5passengers340KTAS1,150nm
Citation CJ
5–7passengers370KTAS1,100nm
Citation CJ1 / CJ1+
5–7passengers370KTAS1,100nm
Citation M2
5–7passengers404KTAS1,300nm
Citation CJ2 / CJ2+
6–9passengers410KTAS1,500nm
Citation CJ3 / CJ3+
6–9passengers416KTAS1,900nm
Citation CJ4
7–10passengers451KTAS2,165nm
Citation XLS / XLS+ / Excel
7–9passengers433KTAS1,700nmSeats run from typical cabin seating to the maximum. On the Mustang, M2 and CJ series the maximum is with one pilot, using the right-hand cockpit seat and, on the M2 and CJs, the belted lavatory. Range is our first-pass comparison figure; each guide gives the published maximum and the range we plan around.
These are the Citations we work in day to day — flying them, managing them, and overseeing their maintenance. Our representation extends across the wider family, from legacy straight-wing models through the Latitude, with the same discipline.
How far each Citation goes
Choose an aircraft and a departure point to see which airports fall inside its range rings — published figures against the trips we actually plan.
- Mustang — 1,150 nm
- CJ — 1,100 nm
- CJ1 / CJ1+ — 1,100 nm
- M2 — 1,300 nm
- CJ2 / CJ2+ — 1,500 nm
- CJ3 / CJ3+ — 1,900 nm
- CJ4 — 2,165 nm
- XLS / XLS+ / Excel — 1,700 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.
Currently represented
Aircraft we are selling on behalf of owners — full records, verified specifications, and direct answers. See all inventory and off-market sourcing.
N551ZD
2000 Citation Bravo
- Total time
- 3,278.6 hrs
- Seating
- 8 pax + 2 crew
- Offered at
- $1,600,000
S/N 550-0903 — single owner since 2016, dual Garmin GTN, paint and interior 2017, no known damage history.
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We bring the airplane home.
A CJ2+ over Greenland, mid-ferry from the United Kingdom to its new owner in the States — an acquisition handled end to end, through the delivery flight.
From first call to delivery flight
A practical, disciplined process for buying the right Citation — not just the available one.
- 01
Define the right model
We start with how you actually intend to fly — routes, payload, runway needs, passenger expectations, budget, and ownership goals — then identify which Citation models best fit the mission.
- 02
Search and compare the market
We conduct a targeted worldwide search, including on- and off-market opportunities, then evaluate and compare the strongest candidates by condition, equipment, maintenance status, engine programs, pricing, and real-world suitability.
- 03
Secure the aircraft
We submit informed offers on your behalf, negotiate the key terms, lock in the aircraft under a purchase agreement, and coordinate the visual inspection and demonstration flight.
- 04
Manage the pre-buy and closing
We supervise the pre-purchase inspection, help interpret and negotiate findings, and guide the transaction through closing, delivery, and transition into ownership.
Selling? We run the same discipline in reverse: realistic pricing, discreet exposure to the right buyers, and managing the buyer’s pre-buy through closing.
Real numbers, before you ask
We track operating costs across the fleet. Here’s an example CJ2 operating budget at 150 hours a year, built from actual managed-fleet inputs.
$2,563/hr
Operating budget, excl. crew
Managed CJ2 at 150 hrs/yr. Excludes crew, acquisition, financing, and depreciation.
$384,404
Annual budget, excl. crew
Actual 2025–2026 managed CJ2 — fixed, flight, and maintenance.
~140 gph
Typical fuel burn
Real-world CJ2 block fuel.
The Citation Buyer’s Guide
Most of what we know, we’re glad to share — a plain-spoken guide to choosing, inspecting, and owning a Citation, written by people who operate them, not just list them.
Read the guideFrom the flight deck, in writing
Operator-grade perspective on buying, owning, and flying Citations — engine programs, model trade-offs, and the real arithmetic of ownership.
Our home base · KCPS
A hangar built for Citations.
Our brand-new 13,300-square-foot hangar at St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) was designed around the aircraft we know best — with an executive lounge, a conference room, and a private entrance and ramp. Centrally located and minutes from downtown, it’s where we base, manage, and care for Citations.
13,300 sq ftPurpose-built for Citations
KCPSSt. Louis Downtown Airport
Lounge + ConferenceExecutive crew & meeting space
Private RampDedicated entrance & apron
Citation representation, backed by operational experience
The Citation Jet Exchange is a specialist Citation sales and acquisition practice backed by the pilots and managers of Gateway Jets — people who fly, manage, and oversee maintenance on Citations every day. That operating experience is what you’re really engaging — real fuel burns, day-to-day dispatch experience, and an eye for the maintenance events a standard pre-buy can miss — paired with the transaction side of the work: pricing against live comparables, presenting the aircraft, negotiating, and carrying the deal through inspection, escrow, and delivery.
It’s anchored by Corey Tomczak, who has flown Citations since 2008 — beginning in a CJ2 — and today holds an ATP with more than 7,000 total flight hours, including more than 2,200 in Citations. He built the practice after watching buyers make expensive mistakes for want of operator-grade information.
He is also an owner, not just an operator — more than sixteen years buying and running airplanes for personal and business use. He knows the rewards and the headaches firsthand, including what it feels like to write the checks.
Our representation extends across the wider Citation family, from legacy straight-wing models through the Latitude, and the discipline doesn’t change with the type.
Every engagement is run the way we’d run our own: transparent, diligent, and unhurried.
7,000+Total flight hours
2,200+Hours in Citations
Since 2008Flying the type
Corey TomczakFounder, The Citation Jet Exchange
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