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RV-8A — Van's Aircraft RV-8A

Van's Aircraft RV-8A
RV8
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Year
Owner
Van's Aircraft
Last seen
MTOW
900 kg
Range
700 nm
Seats
2
RV-8Ahover
Van's Aircraft · RV-8A
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
116
Active
116
Origin
US
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
RV8
RV8
900 kg700 nm164 kt2
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Safety & ops history

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Van's Aircraft RV-8Amarket & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Van's Aircraft RV-8A fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

17 yearsmedian age

Of the 99 registered Van's Aircraft RV-8A with a known build year (85% of the 116 we track), the median age is 17 years.

Registration activity

7changed registration in 12 months

7 of the 116 registered Van's Aircraft RV-8A we track changed registration in the last 12 months (6% of the fleet), across 7 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
8
Tracked flights
32
Tracked flight hours
63
Share of fleet flying
7%

8 Van's Aircraft RV-8A were tracked flying in the last 90 days (7% of the registered fleet), across 32 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.