Cirrus Aircraft Vision Jet SF50 G1
The first-generation Vision SF50 received FAA type certification in October 2016 and was delivered from December 2016 as the only certified single-engine civil jet in production. Built largely of carbon composite with a V-tail and a whole-airframe parachute, it was certified to 28,000 ft with a 300-knot cruise. The design won the 2017 Collier Trophy, and the G2 replaced this version in 2019.
In short: The Cirrus Aircraft Vision Jet SF50 G1 is a Very Light Jet with a range of 1,176 nm, a cruise speed of 300 knots and room for 4 passengers. It lists at about $2M new and costs roughly $780 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,176 nm
Range
300 kts
Max cruise
4–6
Passengers
$2M
New price
Highlights
- Whole-airframe parachute system
- Carbon composite airframe with V-tail
- 2017 Collier Trophy winner
Performance
- Range
- 1,176 nm
- Max cruise
- 300 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.53
- Max altitude
- 28,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,192 ft
- Landing distance
- 1,628 ft
- MTOW
- 6,000 lb
- Engines
- 1 × Williams FJ33-5A
- Thrust per engine
- 1,846 lbf
- Fuel burn
- 60 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G3000 (Cirrus Perspective Touch)
Cabin
- Passengers
- 4 / 6
- Cabin length
- 11.5 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.1 ft
- Cabin volume
- 170 cu ft
- Baggage
- Not published
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $2M
- Variable cost / hr
- $780
- Fixed cost / yr
- $290,000
- First delivery
- 2016
- Out of production
- 2018
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- Not published
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 30.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 38.7 ft
- Height
- 10.9 ft
- Max payload
- 1,328 lb
- Max fuel
- 2,000 lb
Programme milestones
- 2006-06Announced · Vision jet announced at COPA meeting en.wikipedia.org
- 2008-07-03First flight · Prototype first flight, Duluth en.wikipedia.org
- 2014-03-24Milestone · First flight of first conforming prototype en.wikipedia.org
- 2016-10-28Certification · FAA type certificate en.wikipedia.org
- 2016-12-19First delivery · First customer delivery en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
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Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 42% ≈ $0.8M
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