what's airborne now?

[bullojm1]

I am shocked as to how the RV12 consistently is the top airplane in flight. Flight schools would be my guess?

[A2022]

yep, the RV-12 is getting it done. the other models don't fly much. I will keep tabs on it through the year.

[A2022]

what's airborne at 12:20 PM EDT on a Tuesday?

14 RV12 Van's RV-12
3 RV8 Van's RV-8
2 RV10 Van's RV-10
1 RV6 Van's RV-6
1 RV7 Van's RV-7


985 C172 Cessna Skyhawk
508 P28A Piper Cherokee
137 C182 Cessna Skylane
81 SR22 Cirrus SR-22
79 C152 Cessna 152
69 C150 Cessna Commuter
68 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo
60 SR20 Cirrus SR-20
50 M20P Mooney M-20

if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type, except for the RV-12.

perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be a good idea?

All airborne traffic tabulated.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/

[A2022]

what's airborne at 7:00 PM EDT on a Wednesday?

9 RV12 Van's RV-12
1 RV10 Van's RV-10
1 RV6 Van's RV-6
1 RV9 Van's RV-9

880 C172 Cessna Skyhawk
454 P28A Piper Cherokee
133 C182 Cessna Skylane
77 C152 Cessna 152
62 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo
59 SR20 Cirrus SR-20
59 SR22 Cirrus SR-22
50 C150 Cessna Commuter

if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type, except for the RV-12.

perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be a good idea?

All airborne traffic tabulated.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/

[dpansier]

I believe the numbers reported by Flightaware are not a true representation of the actual numbers of RV’s in the air. For example, very few experimental aircraft on Flightaware have the type associated with the N number .
Many RV’s in my local area flying regularly and they do not show up on Flightaware type page because the type is not listed, they only show up by entering the N number.

[A2022]

I believe the numbers reported by Flightaware are not a true representation of the actual numbers of RV’s in the air. For example, very few experimental aircraft on Flightaware have the type associated with the N number .
Many RV’s in my local area flying regularly and they do not show up on Flightaware type page because the type is not listed, they only show up by entering the N number.

that could explain why we don't see many. also, they may not report if the flight is local and under 30 minutes, or other cutoffs.

when I was going into Cleveland last week, I called for flight following and they automatically knew my type. that was the first time that I recall them knowing that.

[A2022]

what's airborne at 1:30 PM EDT?

note: Van's Aircraft RV numbers may be lower because no type is associated or Flight Aware may not list because the flight is less than 30 minutes and/or is local flying around the patch or other reporting cutoffs.

20 RV12 Van's RV-12
2 RV7 Van's RV-7
2 RV8 Van's RV-8
1 RV14 Van's RV-14

911 C172 Cessna Skyhawk
470 P28A Piper Cherokee
123 C182 Cessna Skylane
79 SR20 Cirrus SR-20
62 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo
62 SR22 Cirrus SR-22
59 C152 Cessna 152
33 M20P Mooney M-20

if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type reporting in Flight Aware, except for the RV-12.

perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be a good idea?

All airborne traffic tabulated.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/

[A2022]

what's airborne at 7:00 PM EDT?

note: Van's Aircraft RV numbers may be lower because no type is associated or Flight Aware may not list because the flight is less than 30 minutes and/or is local flying around the patch or other reporting cutoffs.

7 RV12 Van's RV-12
2 RV6 Van's RV-6
2 RV7 Van's RV-7
1 RV10 Van's RV-10
1 RV8 Van's RV-8

698 C172 Cessna Skyhawk
421 P28A Piper Cherokee
105 C182 Cessna Skylane
66 C152 Cessna 152
56 SR20 Cirrus SR-20
51 C150 Cessna Commuter
49 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo

if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type reporting in Flight Aware, except for the RV-12.

perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be a good idea?

All airborne traffic tabulated.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/

[A2022]

what's airborne at 8:00 PM EDT?

note: Van's Aircraft RV numbers may be lower because no type is associated or Flight Aware may not list because the flight is less than 30 minutes and/or is local flying around the patch or other reporting cutoffs.

7 RV12 Van's RV-12
1 RV14 Van's RV-14
1 RV4 Van's RV-4
1 RV6 Van's RV-6
1 RV7 Van's RV-7
1 RV8 Van's RV-8

776 C172 Cessna Skyhawk
345 P28A Piper Cherokee
89 C182 Cessna Skylane
76 C152 Cessna 152
49 SR20 Cirrus SR-20
49 SR22 Cirrus SR-22
40 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo
29 M20P Mooney M-20
27 P28R Piper Cherokee Arrow

if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type reporting in Flight Aware, except for the RV-12.

perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be a good idea?

All airborne traffic tabulated.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/

[A2022]

what's airborne at 1:00 PM EDT?

note: Van's Aircraft RV numbers may be lower because no type is associated or Flight Aware may not list because the flight is less than 30 minutes and/or is local flying around the patch or other reporting cutoffs.

9 RV12 Van's RV-12
2 RV7 Van's RV-7
2 RV8 Van's RV-8
1 RV10 Van's RV-10
1 RV14 Van's RV-14
1 RV6 Van's RV-6
1 RV9 Van's RV-9

908 C172 Cessna Skyhawk
495 P28A Piper Cherokee
155 C182 Cessna Skylane
97 SR22 Cirrus SR-22
75 S22T Cirrus SR22 Turbo
70 C152 Cessna 152
63 C150 Cessna Commuter
56 SR20 Cirrus SR-20
47 M20P Mooney M-20

if you are flying your RV, most likely you are the only one airborne of that type reporting in Flight Aware, except for the RV-12.

perhaps configuring the engine to be close to 99 percent of what's flying would be a good idea?

All airborne traffic tabulated.
https://www.flightaware.com/live/aircrafttype/