Aircraft

Aircraft Stats Based on FAA Registry

Some observations before we dive into different segments:

More than 90% of the roughly 220,000 civil aircraft registered in the United States are general aviation aircraft.
The No.1 Cessna and No.3 Beechcraft are both subsidiaries of Textron Aviation.
Cessna 172 and Piper PA-28 are the most popular aircraft for training, so no surprise that Cessna and Piper are the top 2. However the absolute numbers of both brands are decreasing.
Cirrus is climbing fast, with the help of the best selling SR22.

Brand	Single Piston	Twin Piston	Single Turboprop	Twin Turoboprop	Single Jet	Twin Jet
Cessna	172/182/206		208	408		Citation
Beechcraft	G36	G58	Denali	King Air
Piper	PA-28	PA-34/44	M500/M600
Cirrus	SR20/22				SF50
Diamond	DA40 / DA50 RG	DA42 / DA62
Daher			TBM / Kodiak
Pilatus			PC-12NG			PC-24
Epic			Epic E1000

Class of Aircraft

Class 1 or 2 aircraft typically include piston aircraft weighing 6,000 lbs or less, while Class 3 aircraft typically include piston or turbine aircraft weighing between 6,001 lbs and 12,500 lbs.

Piston

2-seater Trainers

Cessna 150/152
Piper PA-28-140
Piper PA-38 Tomahawk
DA20

4-seater Single Piston

6-seater Single Piston

In Production

Cessna 206 Stationair
Beechcraft Bonanza

Ceased production

Cessna 210
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six

Twin Piston

Twin pistons are losing popularity, Cessna used to build quite a few different twin piston models (310 / 320 / 401 / 402 / 404 / 411, etc), now Cessna builds none; Cessna's sister company Beechcraft still offers Baron. Piper has 2 models: Seneca and Seminole, the latter one is mostly for training. Diamond Twin Star is a diesel twin, burning jet fuel instead of avgas.

Beechcraft Baron
Piper PA-34 Seneca
Piper PA-44 Seminole: for training
Diamond DA42 Twin Star: 168hp jet fuel engines from Austro Engine AE300

Reasons for the decline? New single pistons like Cirrus SR22 are more powerful and can climb and cruise similar to twins. More advanced twins are being replaced by turbine engines.

Light Sport Aircraft (LSA)

MTOW: 1,320 lbs (600 kg) or 1,430 lbs for seaplanes (650 kg); max speed 120 knots; max 2 seats; max 1 engine, unpressurized cabin, fixed landing gear, fixed-pitch, two-blade.

Citabria
CubCrafters
Aviat Husky: https://aviataircraft.com/
- Aviat Husky is marketed as "America’s Favorite Taildragger."
Cessna 162
Icon A5

Homebuilt, not certificated, licensed Experimental under FAA or similar local regulations.

Van's Aircraft: https://www.vansaircraft.com/
Kitfox
Glasair: composite
Lancair: composite

Biplanes

Biplanes are commonly used in aerobatics because they have greater maneuverability and usually deliver a faster roll rate than monoplanes.

Biplanes in production:

Aviat Pitts Special
Aviat Eagle: originally designed to compete with the Pitts Special.
Waco YMF-5
Waco Great Lakes

Turboprops

Single-engine Turboprops (SETP)

Beechcraft Denali
Cessna Grand Caravan
Pilatus PC-12NG
Daher TBM 940
Daher Kodiak 100
Piper M500/M600
Epic E1000

Twin Turboprops

In Production

Beechcraft King Air
Piaggio P.180 Avanti: 9-seat, Italian, twin-engine, turboprop
Cessna 408 SkyCourier
ATR 42/72
Dash 8 Q400
AVIC MA60/MA600/MA700

Out of Production

SAAB 340
Cessna 441/425

Jets

Very Light Jets

Very light jets: MTOW around or under 10,000 pounds (4,540 kg), seating 4 to 8.

Eclipse 500 was the first one in this category, 260 were built between 2006 and 2008; then Eclipse 550 was produced between 2014 and 2018.

Current only 4 models in production:

Cirrus Vision SF 50: since 2016, single engine,
HongdaJet: since 2015
Cessna Citation M2: since 2013, MTOW 10,700 lb (4,853 kg); the smaller Citation Mustang stopped production in 2017.
Embraer Phenom 100: since 2008, MTOW 10,582 lb (4,800 kg)

Business Jets

Gulfstream
Dassault Falcon
Bombardier

Regional Jets

Embraer E-Jets
CRJ700/900/1000
ARJ21
Sukhoi Superjet
Mitsubishi MRJ70/90

Mainline Airliners

Boeing
Airbus

More details: Airliners

Electric

Electric Aircraft

By Brands

Diamond

https://www.diamondaircraft.com/en/

Based in Austria, Chinese-owned.

DA20: 2-seat, single-engine.
DA40: 4-seat, single-engine, composite airframe.
DA42: 4-seat, twin-engine; 2x Austro Engine AE 300 turbocharged diesel engine.
DA50 RG: 5-seat, single-engine, RG = Retractable Gear.
DA62: 7-seat, twin-engine.

Pilatus

https://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/en

Pilatus PC-6: single-engined STOL utility aircraft, with both piston and turboprop versions.
Pilatus PC-12: single-engined turboprop
Pilatus PC-24: twin-engined jet
Pilatus PC-21: single-engined turboprop (fighter) trainer

Daher

Both Kodiak and TBM are turboprops.

Kodiak 100: for air-taxi, 10-seat, unpressurized, capable of operating from rough and short trips
TBM 960/910: for business. 960 and 910 are in production.
- TBM 960 (2022): Replaced 940.
- TBM 940 (2019): Garmin G3000 + autothrottle; autoland. Replaced 930.
- TBM 930 (2016).
- TBM 910: Garmin G1000 NXi.

De Havilland Canada

Currently only produce Dash 8-400.

Some of the seaplanes are still in service:

DHC-2 Beaver: 5-6 PAX
DHC-3 Otter: 10-14 PAX
DHC-6 Twin Otter: 18 PAX

Harbour Air Seaplanes operates DHC-2, DHC-3 and DHC-6, for tours and private charters.

Tecnam

P2008: 2-seat
P2010: 4-seat, high wing piston; composite fuselage, metal wing and landing gear; competing with Cessna 172/182.
P2006T: the only Rotax powered twin. Rotax has lower fuel burn, often used for training.
Astore: replacing P2002 Sierra
P2012 Traveller: 11-seat, designed basedon Cape Air's request. Cape Air ordered 100 to replace its fleet of Cessna 402

Gulfstream

https://www.gulfstream.com/en/

The names reflect the max ranges:

G800: 8,000 nm /14,816 km range the longest range of any currently announced business jet https://www.gulfstream.com/en/aircraft/gulfstream-g800/
G700: 7,500 nm
G650/G650ER
G600: 6,600 nm
G500: 5,300 nm
G400: 4,200 nm, the entry point into Gulfstream's large-cabin family.
G280: 3,600 nm

Notes:

G800 will have the same fuselage as the G650ER but borrows many of the elements designed for the G700. That included the cabin seats, cabinetry, and lighting, in addition to the aforementioned Symmetry flight deck, wing, tail, and Rolls engines. When the G800 eventually replaces the G650ER, all of Gulfstream’s large-cabin jets will have common flight decks—notably Honeywell Epic-based Symmetry avionics and BAE Systems active control sidesticks—that will make it easier for pilots to transition between these fly-by-wire aircraft.
the G400 through G600 will have a common pilot type rating; the G700 and G800 will also have a common pilot rating.
G400, G500, and G600 will share the same tail and fuselage cross-section but have slightly different variants of the Pratt & Whitney PW800-series engine. All three of these jets will be made at the Northwest manufacturing facility at Gulfstream’s Savannah campus. the exterior length of the G400 is about 10 feet shorter than its G500 sibling
G700 and G800 will share a wing, tail, and fuselage cross-section, in addition to the Rolls-Royce Pearl 700 turbofans, which are on track to receive FAA certification early next year. These ultra-long-range airplanes will be manufactured at the current G650ER production facility in Savannah; G650ER production is in the process of being moved a few doors down to the former G450/550 manufacturing facility.

Dassault

https://www.dassault-aviation.com/en/

Headquarters in Paris, France.

Falcon 10X: in development, 2025. To compete with the Bombardier Global 7500 and the Gulfstream G700. Range: 7,500 nm
Falcon 8X / 7X: trijet, developed from Falcon 900
Falcon 6X: twinjet; range: 5,500 nm
Falcon 2000LXS (long-range) / 2000S (short-field)
Falcon 900LX: trijet

HondaJet

aircraft	Max. Cruise Speed	Max. Cruise Altitude	Max Range
HondaJet	422 KTAS	FL430	1223 nm
HondaJet-Elite-S	422 KTAS	FL430	1437 nm
HondaJet 2600	450 KTAS	FL470	2625 nm

HondaJet 2600 would be the longest-range single-pilot business aircraft.

Maule

https://mauleairinc.com/

Maule Air, Inc. is a manufacturer of light, single-engined, short take-off and landing (STOL) aircraft, based in Moultrie, Georgia, U.S.

In production: M-7, MX-7 and M-9.

X in the model name indicates a slightly smaller fuselage, and the presence of a T indicates a tricycle-gear configuration.

American Champion Aircraft

https://www.americanchampionaircraft.com/

Citabria, Decathlon, Scout.

Pipistrel

Slovenian.

Panthera: lightweight, all-composite, highly efficient four-seat aircraft.
Velis Electro: full-electric.

Elixir

French.

Elixir 912iS: two-seat light aircraft.

Epic

Epic E1000: all composite, started delivery in 2020, 1200 hp, over 330 knots, will be the fastest single-engine civil aircraft. E1000 is currently the only offering. Headquartered in Bend, Oregon, owned by the Russian company S7 Technics.

Extra

German.

Extra NG: two-seat aerobatic monoplane.

Flight Design

German.

Flight Design CT: high-wing, tricycle undercarriage, two seat, ultralight and light-sport aircraft.

Game Composites

British.

Game Composites GB1 GameBird: single-engine, tandem two-seat, aerobatic, composite structure.

Zlin

Czech. Located at the Zlín Airfield on the outskirts of Otrokovice.

Sling

South Africa.

CubCrafters

Carbn Cub, XCub, TopCub.

AVIC / COMAC

COMAC ARJ21
COMAC C919
COMAC CR929

United Aircraft Corporation

The Russian government merged Irkut with Mikoyan, Ilyushin, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 (comparable to A220)
Irkut MC-21 (comparable to A320)

Discontinued

Mitsubishi SpaceJet

Cancelled in 2023.