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Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru

first flew 1965· civil light aircraft

Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru, photo 1 of 5
1/5 Dtom· CC BY 3.0

what is it?

The Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru is a single-engine piston-powered monoplane built by Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan.

How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.4 m wingspan

base stats

  • speed 233 km/htop speed
  • range 1,343 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 1,150 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 275made 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 61 years ago, in 1965.
  • Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Wingspan of 9.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
  • Range of 1,343 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight
1965
introduced
1968
number built
275
role
civil light aircraft
makers
Subaru Corporation
engines
1× Lycoming IO-360B1B
crew
1
length
8.2 m
wingspan
9.4 m
height
2.6 m
max take-off weight
1,150 kg
top speed
233 km/h
cruise speed
167 km/h
range
1,343 km
ceiling
4,176 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q466282, Wikipedia: Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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