Aircraft model
CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The turbocharged SR22, and the fastest certified piston single in current production at 213 knots. The turbocharger allows full power to 25,000 feet, so the aeroplane cruises in the low flight levels where it picks up tailwinds and gets above most weather. Cirrus introduced it in June 2010 on the G3 airframe with a factory Continental TSIO-550-K, replacing the earlier turbonormalised SR22TN, and it has followed the SR22's generations since: the G5 of 2013 raised gross weight to 3,600 lb and made five seats standard, the G6 of 2017 brought the Perspective+ flight deck, and the G7 of 2024 the Perspective Touch+. A 2021 G6 has the Garmin Perspective+ flight deck, an autopilot with envelope protection and automatic emergency descent, and the airframe parachute. It is the aeroplane a successful owner-pilot buys when a turboprop is out of reach.
It is very expensive to buy and to run. Seventeen to eighteen gallons an hour of avgas, a turbocharged Continental that costs a great deal to overhaul, a parachute repack every ten years, composite repair that only certain shops can do, and avionics subscriptions. At 25,000 feet without pressurisation everyone aboard is on oxygen — Cirrus fits a built-in system with pulse-demand cannulas, but it is still a chore and it limits how comfortably a family flies up there. Payload is about 650 lb with full tanks, so the five seats are aspirational. Insurance requires factory-specific training and recurrent training, and for a low-time pilot moving into one, premiums are substantial.
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What it is
| Seats | 5 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental TSIO-550-K (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 315 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 2010 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 213 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,021 nm |
| Service ceiling | 25,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,203 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 60 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,517 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,417 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 5 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,200 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 648 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,600 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,400 lb |
| Usable fuel | 92 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 18.3 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $250,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $1,360,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $70,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $98,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 3,451 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 3,040 |
| Median year built | 2021.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 56 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 10 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 18.421 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 12.832 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1,577 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 51.883 |
| Airworthiness directives | 20 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 1 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 3,040 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 3,040 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 3,040 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 9.7 of 101 |
| Severity | 4.8 of 102 |
| Access | 8.1 of 103 |
| Support | 10 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 10 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 42.6 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 38.47 · 74 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,823.
- Support: class median 96.
- Liquidity: class median 17.67.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.