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Cirrus Vision Jet

Cirrus Aircraft · Business jet · In production — Cirrus Aircraft

The jet you can fly yourself.

Length9.42 m
Wingspan11.79 m
Range2,361 km
MTOW3 t
Typical seats7
Built500+
Our numbers

Derived metrics

Computed by aircraft.fyi from the core specification — see how we calculate these.

Seats per metre#31 of 35
0.74 seats/m typical seats ÷ fuselage length
Range per tonne#3 of 65
867.4 km/t maximum range ÷ MTOW in tonnes
Span-to-length ratio#8 of 68
1.25 wingspan ÷ fuselage length
Weight per metre#65 of 68
0.29 t/m MTOW ÷ fuselage length
Range in hours#43 of 65
4.1 h maximum range ÷ cruise speed
Weight per seat#31 of 35
389 kg MTOW ÷ typical seats
Sense of scale

What size is it, really?

The Cirrus Vision Jet's wingspan, against things you already know the size of.

Cirrus Vision Jet11.79 m
Airbus A38079.75 m
Football pitch (width)68 m
Blue whale25 m
New Routemaster bus11.2 m
You (probably)1.75 m
Specification

The numbers

Length9.42 m
Wingspan11.79 m
Height3.32 m
Max takeoff weight2,722 kg
Max cruise576 km/h
Range (G2+)2,361 km
EngineWilliams FJ33-5A, 8.21 kN
Service ceiling9,449 m
SeatsUp to 7

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The story

What makes it different

The Vision Jet is the only single-engine civilian jet ever certified. That sentence carries most of the story: regulators and buyers alike had long treated two engines as the price of entry for a jet, and Cirrus argued that a modern turbofan plus a whole-airframe parachute changed the arithmetic.

The parachute is the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, carried over from the SR22 piston single. Pull the handle and a rocket deploys a canopy that lowers the entire aeroplane. Later aircraft add Garmin's Safe Return, which allows a passenger to press a button and have the aircraft navigate to an airport, land and stop by itself.

The performance is modest by jet standards — 311 knots and 31,000 feet, closer to a fast turboprop than to a Citation. That is the point. It is designed to be flown single-pilot by an owner stepping up from a high-performance piston, and it has been the most-delivered business jet by unit count every year since 2018.

Common questions

Cirrus Vision Jet — the short answers

How fast is the Cirrus Vision Jet?
The Cirrus Vision Jet cruises at about 576 km/h — roughly 311 knots, or 358 mph.
How far can the Cirrus Vision Jet fly?
The Cirrus Vision Jet has a maximum range of about 2,361 km (1,275 nautical miles, 1,467 miles). At its cruise speed that is roughly 4.1 hours in the air.
How many people does the Cirrus Vision Jet carry?
A typical Cirrus Vision Jet carries 7 people including crew. Exact figures vary with the operator's chosen configuration.
Is the Cirrus Vision Jet still in production?
Status: In production — Cirrus Aircraft. The Cirrus Vision Jet first flew in 2008, and about 500 have been built.
How big is the Cirrus Vision Jet?
The Cirrus Vision Jet is 9.42 m long with a wingspan of 11.79 m and a height of 3.32 m. Its maximum takeoff weight is 2,722 kg.
Variants

The Cirrus Vision Jet line

SF50 G2+
The current model, adding more thrust at altitude and in-flight connectivity over the G2.
SF50 G2
Introduced 2019, raising service ceiling to 31,000 ft and adding Safe Return emergency autoland.
SF50 G1
The original certified aircraft, first delivered at the end of 2016 after FAA certification in October.