Aircraft
Cirrus Backlog Shows Growing Demand for Personal Aircraft
Increased demand fosters innovation and growth for Cirrus Aircraft as customers new to aviation enter the market in search of personal travel.

Demand for personal aviation appears to be at an all-time high, according to Cirrus Aircraft president Zean Nielsen, speaking during the company’s CX 2022 event in Knoxville, Tennessee, on January 11. Providing generalized sales and production numbers, Nielsen cited a company backlog of about 700 SR series single-engine piston aircraft and “several hundred” SF50 Vision Jets even as the company increased production in 2021 to build an aircraft every 16 hours. 

In 2021, Cirrus built 548 aircraft—86 of which were Vision Jets—versus 420 in 2020. The company saw an 80 percent increase in net orders per week for SR series products and more than 117 net orders for the Vision Jet in 2021.