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Aceair AERIKS 200

🇨🇭 Switzerland ·first flew 2002· homebuilt aircraft

what is it?

The Aceair AERIKS 200 is a Swiss sports plane of highly unusual design. It is being marketed in kitplane form. The AERIKS 200 has a highly streamlined, bullet-shaped fuselage, with a T-tail and large ventral fin, pusher propeller, and canard.

How to recognise it: 1 engine · 8 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 287 km/htop speed
  • range 1,275 kmwithout refuelling
  • seats 1passengers
  • size 650 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

  • First flew 24 years ago, in 2002.
  • Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Range of 1,275 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

spec sheet

first flight
2002-05-29
number built
—
role
homebuilt aircraft
origin
🇨🇭 Switzerland
makers
Aceair
engines
1× Diamond Engines GIAE-110R
passengers
1
length
6.5 m
wingspan
8 m
height
2.5 m
max take-off weight
650 kg
top speed
287 km/h
cruise speed
259 km/h
range
1,275 km
ceiling
3,660 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q2822940, Wikipedia: Aceair AERIKS 200 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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