Homebuilt Fleet Size Summary - 2022
Per my usual practice, I downloaded the FAA Aircraft Registration database on the last business day in December. Here are the fleet sizes of aircraft that are registered as Experimental Amateur-Built. Note this does not include examples that are registered as Light Sport, or have a blank in the column where the type of registration is normally listed.
For each year, the fleet size shown is on the last day OF that year.
Type |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Air Command |
35 |
31 |
31 |
25 |
19 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
17 |
Aventura |
68 |
63 |
65 |
57 |
50 |
49 |
50 |
48 |
47 |
Avid |
359 |
343 |
352 |
342 |
296 |
289 |
280 |
278 |
271 |
Baby/Junior Ace |
228 |
228 |
230 |
225 |
204 |
201 |
199 |
197 |
193 |
Bede BD-4 |
91 |
93 |
92 |
90 |
78 |
82 |
78 |
79 |
79 |
Bede BD-5 |
43 |
40 |
41 |
38 |
34 |
35 |
32 |
31 |
30 |
Benson Gyro |
218 |
200 |
198 |
158 |
105 |
79 |
64 |
62 |
58 |
Bowers Fly Baby |
168 |
167 |
167 |
160 |
140 |
139 |
135 |
130 |
132 |
Carbon Cub (EAB) |
46 |
64 |
90 |
119 |
177 |
244 |
308 |
331 |
388 |
Challenger |
594 |
586 |
593 |
578 |
491 |
480 |
476 |
461 |
447 |
Christen Eagle |
207 |
206 |
205 |
204 |
194 |
192 |
192 |
193 |
191 |
Cozy |
160 |
164 |
165 |
163 |
151 |
151 |
156 |
158 |
157 |
Glasair |
606 |
596 |
603 |
599 |
571 |
571 |
563 |
558 |
565 |
GlaStar/Sportsman |
386 |
396 |
407 |
424 |
410 |
424 |
438 |
443 |
450 |
Harmon Rocket |
85 |
87 |
85 |
85 |
80 |
77 |
75 |
78 |
79 |
Hatz |
107 |
110 |
111 |
110 |
112 |
111 |
110 |
113 |
117 |
Kitfox |
918 |
936 |
950 |
946 |
875 |
871 |
889 |
887 |
885 |
Kolb (Ex-AB) |
241 |
236 |
235 |
227 |
205 |
198 |
186 |
181 |
177 |
Lancair (All Models) |
847 |
855 |
875 |
866 |
824 |
826 |
834 |
839 |
821 |
Lancair IV |
244 |
259 |
260 |
249 |
236 |
240 |
243 |
244 |
245 |
Midget Mustang |
240 |
236 |
238 |
233 |
207 |
205 |
204 |
202 |
199 |
Murphy |
171 |
171 |
176 |
174 |
156 |
161 |
159 |
160 |
158 |
Pietenpol |
313 |
311 |
321 |
319 |
296 |
297 |
289 |
284 |
278 |
Pitts (EX-AB) |
613 |
617 |
625 |
608 |
548 |
543 |
534 |
522 |
522 |
Pulsar/KIS |
126 |
124 |
125 |
122 |
107 |
108 |
105 |
102 |
102 |
Quickie/Q2/Q200 |
148 |
140 |
143 |
130 |
109 |
103 |
100 |
98 |
99 |
Quicksilver EX-AB |
163 |
156 |
162 |
154 |
134 |
127 |
129 |
131 |
129 |
RAF-2000 Gyro |
114 |
110 |
111 |
90 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
66 |
62 |
Rand KR-2 |
175 |
167 |
167 |
154 |
132 |
132 |
124 |
115 |
109 |
RANS |
638 |
659 |
677 |
673 |
636 |
651 |
652 |
663 |
676 |
RANS S-12 |
129 |
128 |
128 |
121 |
107 |
106 |
109 |
104 |
102 |
RANS S-6 |
201 |
208 |
213 |
211 |
204 |
205 |
200 |
198 |
201 |
RANS S-7 |
189 |
202 |
206 |
209 |
202 |
210 |
208 |
213 |
217 |
Rotorway |
392 |
374 |
380 |
350 |
296 |
296 |
287 |
283 |
274 |
Rutan Long-EZ |
418 |
416 |
417 |
406 |
379 |
380 |
378 |
369 |
371 |
Rutan Varieze |
297 |
286 |
286 |
272 |
243 |
238 |
231 |
222 |
219 |
SeaRey |
242 |
242 |
249 |
255 |
241 |
238 |
235 |
236 |
235 |
Sonerai |
199 |
194 |
194 |
184 |
156 |
156 |
158 |
155 |
145 |
Sonex |
420 |
451 |
484 |
497 |
486 |
510 |
527 |
532 |
539 |
Steen Skybolt |
246 |
247 |
248 |
235 |
215 |
215 |
215 |
211 |
208 |
Stolp |
396 |
399 |
402 |
385 |
358 |
349 |
354 |
342 |
337 |
Stolp Starduster |
349 |
351 |
352 |
337 |
310 |
302 |
308 |
301 |
294 |
Thorp T-18 |
259 |
259 |
262 |
257 |
239 |
238 |
236 |
238 |
235 |
Vans |
5956 |
6110 |
6293 |
6414 |
6447 |
6634 |
6779 |
6960 |
7115 |
Vans RV-3 |
154 |
158 |
160 |
152 |
149 |
149 |
149 |
149 |
146 |
Vans RV-4 |
956 |
955 |
965 |
958 |
921 |
921 |
921 |
922 |
915 |
Vans RV-6 |
1783 |
1775 |
1795 |
1796 |
1731 |
1742 |
1737 |
1750 |
1756 |
Vans RV-7 |
1066 |
1118 |
1170 |
1220 |
1244 |
1285 |
1322 |
1358 |
1400 |
Vans RV-8 |
1082 |
1123 |
1161 |
1198 |
1215 |
1252 |
1278 |
1304 |
1315 |
Vans RV-9 |
552 |
588 |
611 |
630 |
638 |
658 |
677 |
689 |
702 |
Vans RV-10 |
340 |
366 |
394 |
419 |
434 |
459 |
492 |
530 |
570 |
Vans RV-12 (EX-AB) |
49 |
53 |
63 |
68 |
74 |
75 |
74 |
81 |
82 |
Vans RV-14 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
38 |
66 |
98 |
134 |
182 |
234 |
Velocity |
237 |
235 |
240 |
236 |
222 |
224 |
228 |
228 |
236 |
Volksplane |
95 |
85 |
86 |
76 |
48 |
47 |
48 |
48 |
45 |
Zenair |
920 |
965 |
1013 |
1028 |
992 |
1013 |
1028 |
1066 |
1091 |
Zenair CH-601 |
348 |
353 |
367 |
367 |
339 |
332 |
325 |
323 |
313 |
Zenair CH-701 |
334 |
348 |
351 |
347 |
318 |
328 |
333 |
329 |
339 |
Zenair CH-750 |
127 |
145 |
171 |
187 |
209 |
229 |
247 |
285 |
306 |
Overall |
27909 |
28078 |
28830 |
28451 |
26572 |
26842 |
26941 |
27117 |
27315 |
Not every homebuilt type is included. I've tried to pick the most-common homebuilts, with a few of the rarer ones as well. If a type isn't listed, it's just because I didn't run the process for that particular aircraft. The above list accounts for about 2/3rds of the total homebuilts.
You can download this as a PDF at:
http://www.wanttaja.com/HB2022.pdf
In the PDF, red text indicates a decrease in the fleet size since the previous year.
Ron Wanttaja