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RV8 — Van's Aircraft RV8

Van's Aircraft RV8
RV8
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Year
Owner
Van's Aircraft
Last seen
MTOW
900 kg
Range
700 nm
Seats
2
RV8hover
Van's Aircraft · RV8
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
96
Active
94
Origin
US
Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
RV8
RV8
900 kg700 nm164 kt2
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Van's Aircraft RV8market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Van's Aircraft RV8 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

19 yearsmedian age

Of the 78 registered Van's Aircraft RV8 with a known build year (81% of the 96 we track), the median age is 19 years.

Registration activity

6changed registration in 12 months

6 of the 96 registered Van's Aircraft RV8 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (6% of the fleet), across 6 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
5
Tracked flights
8
Tracked flight hours
14
Share of fleet flying
5%

5 Van's Aircraft RV8 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (5% of the registered fleet), across 8 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.