Cirrus SR22

what is it?

The Cirrus SR22 is a single-engine four- or five-seat composite aircraft built since 2001 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota, United States. It is a development of the Cirrus SR20, with a larger wing, higher fuel capacity and more powerful, 310-horsepower (231 kW) engine, and a 315 hp (235 kW) engine for the turbocharged version of the aircraft. In the general aviation (GA) industry, it became the first light aircraft with a full glass cockpit.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 339 km/hcruise speed
• range 1,943 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,633 kgmax take-off weight
• built 8,785made in total

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 26 years ago, in 2000.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,943 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

2000

number built

8,785

role

civil utility aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cirrus Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Continental IO-550-N

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.9 m

wingspan

11.7 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,633 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

339 km/h

range

1,943 km

ceiling

5,334 m

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