Robinson R22 (R22)
The Robinson R22 is a single-engined piston-engined aircraft built by Robinson. It seats about 1 passengers, flies up to 386 km and cruises around 96 knots. Skydex spotters have caught a single airframe of the Robinson R22 so far, by one pilot.
Heard by the network
Heard by 8 Skydex receivers (Derbyshire, Andrew): 258 different airframes, 2,196 sightings since 6 Sep 2026, last on 11 Nov 2026.
- Lee Hall — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @leehall — 17 airframes, 59 sightings, last 2026-11-08
- Andrew · run by @andrew-peacock — 13 airframes, 25 sightings, last 2026-11-05
- Swadlincote — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @swadlincote — 9 airframes, 37 sightings, last 2026-11-05
- BakerC - FiberflyTower — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 8 airframes, 38 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Hoyt Clagwell — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Florida · run by @k-han — 8 airframes, 30 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1020 · run by @joseph-furber — 8 airframes, 24 sightings, last 2026-11-03
- North Ryde — 🇦🇺 Australia · near Sydney · run by @churchi — 7 airframes, 92 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1040 — 🇯🇵 Japan · near Tokyo · run by @sudarshan-kulkarni — 7 airframes, 66 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
- GDA (GDA) — 1 airframe
- 🇲🇿 LAM (LAM) — 1 airframe
- 🇦🇺 Qantas (QFA) — 1 airframe
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 166 private (not named), 105 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- R22
- Manufacturer
- Robinson
- Engines
- 1 × piston-engined
- Typical seats
- 1
- Range
- 386 km
- Cruise speed
- 96 kt
- Wingspan
- 7.7 m
- Length
- 8.7 m
- MTOW
- 1 t
- Card rarity
- common