Wanttaja
Sky Savant
Every year, I give myself a New Year's present and download the FAA registration database. The following is a summary of homebuilt aircraft fleet sizes, based on the results from the last ten years of downloads.
Note that the overall homebuilt fleet decreased by almost 2,000 airplanes last year, so most of these types took their share of the hit.
This data includes only aircraft listed in the FAA registry as Experimental Amateur-Built. It includes (of course) only US-registered aircraft, and does not include:
- Aircraft with homebuilt-like names that are registered in some other category or do not list a certification category in their listing
- Aircraft that have been removed from the FAA registry, either by not renewing their registration at the scheduled time or having been manually removed by the owner or insurance company.
- Kits that have been built and registered in other countries, or completed aircraft that have been exported to other countries.
Ron Wanttaja
Note that the overall homebuilt fleet decreased by almost 2,000 airplanes last year, so most of these types took their share of the hit.
This data includes only aircraft listed in the FAA registry as Experimental Amateur-Built. It includes (of course) only US-registered aircraft, and does not include:
- Aircraft with homebuilt-like names that are registered in some other category or do not list a certification category in their listing
- Aircraft that have been removed from the FAA registry, either by not renewing their registration at the scheduled time or having been manually removed by the owner or insurance company.
- Kits that have been built and registered in other countries, or completed aircraft that have been exported to other countries.
Type | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Air Command | 56 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 36 | 35 | 31 | 31 | 25 | 19 |
Aventura | 78 | 81 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 68 | 63 | 65 | 57 | 50 |
Avid | 477 | 477 | 474 | 453 | 359 | 359 | 343 | 352 | 342 | 296 |
Baby/Junior Ace | 278 | 281 | 279 | 275 | 230 | 228 | 228 | 230 | 225 | 204 |
Bede BD-4 | 155 | 153 | 151 | 134 | 98 | 91 | 93 | 92 | 90 | 78 |
Bede BD-5 | 77 | 77 | 78 | 70 | 49 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 38 | 34 |
Benson Gyro | 720 | 717 | 689 | 518 | 271 | 218 | 200 | 198 | 158 | 105 |
Bowers Fly Baby | 269 | 272 | 270 | 244 | 183 | 168 | 167 | 167 | 160 | 160 |
Challenger | 628 | 659 | 670 | 657 | 584 | 594 | 586 | 593 | 578 | 491 |
Christen Eagle | 245 | 240 | 238 | 238 | 214 | 207 | 206 | 205 | 204 | 194 |
Glasair | 647 | 651 | 650 | 651 | 601 | 606 | 596 | 603 | 599 | 571 |
GlaStar/Sportsman | 333 | 346 | 355 | 358 | 374 | 386 | 396 | 407 | 424 | 410 |
Harmon Rocket | 78 | 79 | 83 | 84 | 88 | 85 | 87 | 85 | 85 | 80 |
Hatz | 104 | 106 | 106 | 109 | 105 | 107 | 110 | 111 | 110 | 112 |
Kitfox | 994 | 1009 | 1024 | 1027 | 905 | 918 | 936 | 950 | 946 | 875 |
Kolb (Ex-AB) | 298 | 304 | 301 | 296 | 248 | 241 | 236 | 235 | 227 | 205 |
Lancair (All Models) | 785 | 814 | 830 | 850 | 835 | 847 | 855 | 875 | 866 | 824 |
Lancair IV | 236 | 245 | 245 | 246 | 246 | 244 | 259 | 260 | 249 | 236 |
Midget Mustang | 295 | 301 | 294 | 282 | 241 | 240 | 236 | 238 | 233 | 207 |
Murphy | 183 | 186 | 187 | 182 | 173 | 171 | 171 | 176 | 174 | 156 |
Pietenpol | 358 | 362 | 363 | 351 | 307 | 313 | 311 | 321 | 319 | 296 |
Pitts (EX-AB) | 813 | 806 | 800 | 743 | 639 | 613 | 617 | 625 | 608 | 548 |
Pulsar/KIS | 153 | 155 | 153 | 150 | 130 | 126 | 124 | 125 | 122 | 107 |
Quickie/Q2/Q200 | 305 | 303 | 297 | 277 | 168 | 148 | 140 | 143 | 130 | 109 |
Quicksilver EX-AB | 345 | 348 | 335 | 296 | 170 | 163 | 156 | 162 | 154 | 134 |
RAF-2000 Gyro | 123 | 123 | 126 | 124 | 113 | 114 | 110 | 111 | 90 | 69 |
Rand KR-2 | 349 | 350 | 346 | 314 | 194 | 175 | 167 | 167 | 154 | 132 |
RANS | 625 | 656 | 682 | 684 | 627 | 638 | 659 | 677 | 673 | 636 |
Rotorway | 489 | 502 | 500 | 495 | 404 | 392 | 374 | 380 | 350 | 296 |
Rutan Long-EZ | 492 | 495 | 491 | 482 | 428 | 418 | 416 | 417 | 406 | 379 |
Rutan Varieze | 476 | 473 | 467 | 423 | 323 | 297 | 286 | 286 | 272 | 243 |
SeaRey | 213 | 219 | 229 | 237 | 231 | 242 | 242 | 249 | 255 | 241 |
Sonerai | 309 | 309 | 307 | 287 | 215 | 199 | 194 | 194 | 184 | 156 |
Sonex | 232 | 265 | 310 | 346 | 383 | 420 | 451 | 484 | 497 | 486 |
Steen Skybolt | 305 | 301 | 292 | 284 | 250 | 246 | 247 | 248 | 235 | 215 |
Stolp | 505 | 509 | 495 | 458 | 404 | 396 | 399 | 402 | 385 | 358 |
Stolp Starduster | 441 | 446 | 435 | 404 | 357 | 349 | 351 | 352 | 337 | 310 |
Thorp T-18 | 313 | 311 | 305 | 290 | 261 | 259 | 259 | 262 | 257 | 239 |
Vans RV-3 | 183 | 183 | 179 | 172 | 155 | 154 | 158 | 160 | 152 | 149 |
Vans RV-4 | 965 | 976 | 982 | 987 | 952 | 956 | 955 | 965 | 958 | 921 |
Vans RV-6 | 1739 | 1767 | 1781 | 1786 | 1763 | 1783 | 1775 | 1795 | 1796 | 1731 |
Vans RV-7 | 700 | 788 | 874 | 946 | 1000 | 1066 | 1118 | 1170 | 1220 | 1244 |
Vans RV-8 | 840 | 913 | 959 | 1012 | 1038 | 1082 | 1123 | 1161 | 1198 | 1215 |
Vans RV-9 | 371 | 419 | 452 | 484 | 522 | 552 | 588 | 611 | 630 | 638 |
Vans RV-10 | 177 | 221 | 253 | 281 | 304 | 340 | 366 | 394 | 419 | 434 |
Vans RV-12 (EX-AB) | 0 | 8 | 19 | 28 | 36 | 49 | 53 | 63 | 68 | 74 |
Velocity | 234 | 236 | 237 | 245 | 232 | 237 | 235 | 240 | 236 | 222 |
Volksplane | 222 | 222 | 220 | 176 | 104 | 95 | 85 | 86 | 76 | 48 |
Zenair EX-AB | 649 | 726 | 789 | 841 | 862 | 920 | 965 | 1013 | 1028 | 992 |
Ron Wanttaja