Just Aircraft SuperSTOL (JA30) / SuperSTOL XL (JA35)
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The SuperSTOL (JA30) is Just Aircraft's 2012 bush version of the Highlander with automatic leading-edge slats, long-travel shock gear and 29-inch tyres, a 31 ft 3 in wing of 147 sq ft and a 32 mph flapped stall; the XL (JA35) is the stretched one with a 180 hp Titan 340. Just quotes 400 ft of take-off roll (the maker publishes no 75 %-power cruise figure), 1,800 fpm and up to 950 lb useful at the 1,750 lb gross weight now allowed.
This is the aeroplane the backcountry STOL competitions made famous and it is priced like it - every flying example read asked $125,000 or more, with turbo Rotax 915s and Titan XLs at the top. The slats and gear make it land almost anywhere and also make it a specialist: it is slow in cruise, the drag is high, and the extreme-angle approaches need a transition with someone who flies them. Builders fit 100 to 180 hp and the XL is a different, longer airframe under a similar registry string, so identify the aircraft and read its own weight-and-balance; the gross weight it was certificated at (1,320, 1,550 or 1,750 lb) decides what it may carry. Some are factory-built light-sport aircraft maintained under LSA rules; most are amateur-built with owner maintenance and an A&P condition inspection.
Variants of the Just Aircraft SuperSTOL
- SuperSTOL (JA30) / SuperSTOL XL (JA35) · 2012 · 106 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912 ULS / 914 / 915 iS; Titan 340 on the XL |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2012 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | — |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,800 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 28 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 950 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,750 lb |
| Empty weight | 737 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $125,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $210,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 123 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 106 |
| Median year built | 2015 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 23 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 216.981 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 216.982 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 34 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 32.083 |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 106 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 106 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 106 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 0 of 101 |
| Severity | 6.7 of 102 |
| Access | 8.3 of 103 |
| Support | 6.1 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 8.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 29.9 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- 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. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30