what is it?
Fajr F.3 (Persian: فجر اف.۳) is an Iranian full composite four-seat training/touring aircraft built by Fajr Aviation & Composites Industry. First flown in 1995, production commenced in 2001 after the aircraft was certified to JAR-23 standard. The aircraft was noted by the Experimental Aircraft Association to bear a resemblance to the Cirrus SR20.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.5 m wingspan
base stats
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 31 years ago, in 1995.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,129 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1995
- status
- still flying
- number built
- —
- role
- training aircraft
- makers
- Fajr Aviation & Composites Industry
- engines
- 1× Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 3
- length
- 8.1 m
- wingspan
- 10.5 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,580 kg
- top speed
- 296 km/h
- cruise speed
- 267 km/h
- range
- 1,129 km
- ceiling
- 5,480 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5431406, Wikipedia: Fajr F.3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.