2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Sino Swearingen SJ30-2: Sergey Ryabtsev - Russian AviaPhoto Team· GFDL 1.2
- 2. Sj30 prototype: Dwsides· Public domain
what is it?
The SyberJet SJ30 is a light business jet built by American company SyberJet Aircraft. In October 1986, Ed Swearingen announced the new design, a 6 to 8 person aircraft powered by two Williams FJ44 turbofans. Initially backed by Gulfstream Aerospace from October 1988, the Jaffe Group took over in September 1989 and the first SJ-30 flew on February 13, 1991 but development halted afterwards.
How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 12.9 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 35 years ago, in 1991.
- Top speed is 6.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 4,630 km: 26× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.7× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1991
- introduced
- 2006
- number built
- 8
- role
- light business jet
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- engines
- 2× Williams International FJ44-2A
- crew
- 1
- length
- 14.3 m
- wingspan
- 12.9 m
- height
- 4.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 6,328 kg
- top speed
- 900 km/h
- range
- 4,630 km
- ceiling
- 14,935 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1337910, Wikipedia: SyberJet SJ30 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.