Best Midsize Jets
Midsize jets add stand-up cabins, more range and often coast-to-coast capability, while staying more economical than the super-midsize and heavy classes. Here are the midsize jets in our catalog, ordered by range.
How this is ranked: Business jets with a maximum take-off weight of 20,000–35,000 lb, ranked by maximum range. Independent and spec-driven — we rank on the merits, not on who's selling. Figures are verified specifications. How we work.
- Citation Sovereign+Range 3,200 nmCruise 460 ktsUp to 12 pax
- 2G150Range 2,950 nmCruise 459 ktsUp to 8 pax
- 3Hawker 900XPRange 2,930 nmCruise 448 ktsUp to 8 pax
- 4Citation LatitudeRange 2,700 nmCruise 440 ktsUp to 9 pax
- 5Hawker 800XPRange 2,540 nmCruise 447 ktsUp to 8 pax
- 6Learjet 60XRRange 2,405 nmCruise 466 ktsUp to 8 pax
- 7Citation XLS Gen2Range 2,100 nmCruise 430 ktsUp to 12 pax
- 8Learjet 75 LibertyRange 2,080 nmCruise 465 ktsUp to 6 pax
- 9Learjet 45XRRange 2,000 nmCruise 464 ktsUp to 9 pax
- 10Citation AscendRange 1,900 nmCruise 441 ktsUp to 12 pax
How to choose between them
Midsize is where cabins become genuinely livable — stand-up or near-stand-up height, an enclosed lavatory, and coast-to-coast capability in the strongest entries. Within the class, the meaningful differences are cabin altitude on long sectors (lower is measurably less fatiguing), baggage access in flight, and whether the range figure holds with a full cabin rather than two passengers.
Choose by your longest regular mission, not your average one: a midsize that flies your typical sectors with margin beats a stretched budget for a super-midsize doing the same job. But if transatlantic legs or eight-passenger loads appear even a few times a year, price that reality — recurring charter top-ups erode the saving fast.