Robinson R44 (R44)
The Robinson R44 is a single-engined piston-engined aircraft built by Robinson. It seats about 4 passengers, flies up to 560 km and cruises around 109 knots. Its card in the Skydex collection is rare. Skydex spotters have caught 5 different airframes of the Robinson R44 so far, by 3 pilots.
Heard by the network
966 different airframes of the Robinson R44 picked up by 11 Skydex receivers (Derbyshire, Andrew, Florida), 6,134 sightings since 27 Aug 2026, last on 11 Nov 2026.
- Lee Hall — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @leehall — 56 airframes, 319 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Andrew · run by @andrew-peacock — 39 airframes, 104 sightings, last 2026-11-06
- Hoyt Clagwell — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Florida · run by @k-han — 34 airframes, 160 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- North Ryde — 🇦🇺 Australia · near Sydney · run by @churchi — 31 airframes, 340 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- Swadlincote — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Derbyshire · run by @swadlincote — 30 airframes, 76 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Lipa Piotrowska West Wroclaw Poland — 🇵🇱 Poland · near Wrocław · run by @barcik — 27 airframes, 72 sightings, last 2026-11-08
- BakerC - FiberflyTower — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 26 airframes, 73 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Greystanes — 🇦🇺 Australia · near Sydney · run by @kfp-187 — 25 airframes, 159 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- station-1089 · run by @wobert — 25 airframes, 72 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1088 — 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Nottinghamshire · run by @wobert — 25 airframes, 72 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- station-1020 · run by @joseph-furber — 25 airframes, 63 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
- LLN (LLN) — 3 airframes
- 🇿🇦 Airlink (LNK) — 2 airframes
- SHT (SHT) — 2 airframes
- 🇬🇧 Virgin Atlantic (VIR) — 2 airframes
- 🇬🇧 Brown Air Services (BRW) — 1 airframe
- 🇨🇦 Central Mountain Air Ltd. (GLR) — 1 airframe
- 🇬🇧 Easyjet Airline Company Limited (EZY) — 1 airframe
- FSK (FSK) — 1 airframe
- GMN (GMN) — 1 airframe
- 🇬🇧 Helicentre Coventry (COV) — 1 airframe
- HWS (HWS) — 1 airframe
- LSJ (LSJ) — 1 airframe
- NIT (NIT) — 1 airframe
- 🇿🇦 Safair (SFR) — 1 airframe
- 🇦🇺 Virgin Blue Airlines (VOZ) — 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: 590 private (not named), 447 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- R44
- Manufacturer
- Robinson
- Engines
- 1 × piston-engined
- Typical seats
- 4
- Range
- 560 km
- Cruise speed
- 109 kt
- Wingspan
- 10.1 m
- Length
- 11.7 m
- MTOW
- 1 t
- Card rarity
- rare