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- 1. Icon A5 in the water: H. Michael Miley· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Icon A5 is an American amphibious light-sport aircraft (LSA) designed and produced by Icon Aircraft. A concept aircraft was first flown in 2008, and creation of the production tooling began in December 2012. The first production aircraft made its first flight on July 7, 2014, and made its public debut at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh on July 27, 2014.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.6 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 18 years ago, in 2008.
- Wingspan of 10.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2008-07-09
- introduced
- 2015
- status
- in production
- number built
- 198
- role
- amphibious light-sport aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Icon Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Rotax 912 iS / Rotax 912
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 10.6 m
- height
- 2.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 685 kg
- top speed
- 176 km/h
- range
- 791 km
- ceiling
- 1,524 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1060705, Wikipedia: Icon A5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.