Cruise speed
A stated cruise Mach or airspeed is an operating condition, often dependent on flight level, mass and fuel policy. Knots indicated (KIAS) and knots true (KTAS) are different quantities.
Aviation/Sources & evidence
Engineering records / traceable values
Aircraft evidence register
Performance numbers are useful only when their meaning is explicit. This register separates certified operating limits, published manufacturer specifications, development targets and information still awaiting verification.
32Aircraft profiles
224Individual specification fields
7Fields per aircraft
How to read aircraft performance
Maximum speed
For certified aircraft, the published VMO/MMO is a maximum operating limit, not the fastest speed the airframe can physically attain. Prototype test speed and company design speed are separate evidence classes.
Maximum altitude
Certified maximum operating altitude, service ceiling, planned cruising altitude and an observed flight-test height are distinct. A flight above 10,000 ft does not prove that 10,000 ft is the certified ceiling.
Propulsion and energy
Propulsion describes how thrust or lift is created; fuel/energy records its power source. Hybrid systems require both the fuel-burning generator and electrical energy path.
People on board
Required crew, typical installed seating and legally approved maximum passengers may differ. Experimental uncrewed flight is not equivalent to certified autonomous passenger operation.
Drawing fidelity
Illustrations and component-layout schematics are educational. They are never representations of dimensionally approved manufacturer drawings unless separately authorized and verified.
Field-by-field audit index
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32 aircraft
| Aircraft / program | Category | Evidence coverage | Outstanding fields | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 Wright Flyer ↗United States · Wright brothers | Legacy | 4/7 verified 3 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum speed, Maximum altitude | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Douglas DC-3 ↗United States · Douglas Aircraft | Legacy | 4/7 verified 3 review pending · 0 target/concept | Maximum altitude, Fuel / energy, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a ↗Germany · Messerschmitt | Legacy | 0/7 verified 7 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Propulsion, Fuel / energy, Crew, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Concorde ↗United Kingdom / France · BAC / Aérospatiale | Legacy | 5/7 verified 2 review pending · 0 target/concept | Maximum speed, Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ↗United States · Boeing | Commercial | 4/7 verified 3 review pending · 0 target/concept | Propulsion, Fuel / energy, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Airbus A350-900 ↗Multinational Europe · Airbus | Commercial | 6/7 verified 1 review pending · 0 target/concept | Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Embraer E195-E2 ↗Brazil · Embraer | Commercial | 5/7 verified 2 review pending · 0 target/concept | Fuel / energy, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| COMAC C919 ↗China · COMAC | Commercial | 2/7 verified 5 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum speed, Propulsion, Fuel / energy, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| HondaJet Elite II ↗Japan / United States · Honda Aircraft Company | Private & business | 6/7 verified 1 review pending · 0 target/concept | Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Gulfstream G700 ↗United States · Gulfstream Aerospace | Private & business | 5/7 verified 2 review pending · 0 target/concept | Fuel / energy, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Pilatus PC-24 ↗Switzerland · Pilatus Aircraft | Private & business | 5/7 verified 2 review pending · 0 target/concept | Propulsion, Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Daher TBM 960 ↗France · Daher | Private & business | 6/7 verified 1 review pending · 0 target/concept | Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| F-35A Lightning II ↗United States · Lockheed Martin | Military | 1/7 verified 6 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum altitude, Propulsion, Fuel / energy, Crew, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Dassault Rafale ↗France · Dassault Aviation | Military | 3/7 verified 4 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Fuel / energy, Crew, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Saab Gripen E ↗Sweden · Saab | Military | 4/7 verified 3 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Fuel / energy, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Kawasaki P-1 ↗Japan · Kawasaki Heavy Industries | Military | 3/7 verified 4 review pending · 0 target/concept | Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Fuel / energy, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Joby Electric Air Taxi ↗United States · Joby Aviation | Electric & eVTOL | 4/7 verified 1 review pending · 2 target/concept | Cruise speed | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Archer Midnight ↗United States · Archer Aviation | Electric & eVTOL | 4/7 verified 2 review pending · 1 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum altitude | Primary/program source ↗ |
| BETA ALIA VTOL (A250) ↗United States · BETA Technologies | Electric & eVTOL | 2/7 verified 4 review pending · 1 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum altitude, Fuel / energy, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| EHang EH216-S ↗China · EHang | Electric & eVTOL | 4/7 verified 3 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum altitude, Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Electra EL9 Ultra Short ↗United States · Electra.aero | Electric & eVTOL | 0/7 verified 2 review pending · 2 target/concept | Maximum speed, Maximum altitude | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Wisk Generation 6 ↗United States · Wisk Aero / Boeing | Electric & eVTOL | 0/7 verified 1 review pending · 4 target/concept | Maximum speed | Primary/program source ↗ |
| NASA X-59 ↗United States · NASA / Lockheed Martin | Future & research | 6/7 verified 1 review pending · 0 target/concept | Fuel / energy | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Airbus ZEROe fuel-cell concept ↗Multinational Europe · Airbus | Future & research | 0/7 verified 5 review pending · 2 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Crew, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| JetZero Jet1 Demonstrator ↗United States · JetZero / Scaled Composites | Future & research | 0/7 verified 7 review pending · 0 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Propulsion, Fuel / energy, Crew, Max passengers | Primary/program source ↗ |
| JetZero Z4 Blended-Wing Airliner ↗United States · JetZero | Future & research | 0/7 verified 4 review pending · 2 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Boom Overture ↗United States · Boom Supersonic | Future & research | 0/7 verified 3 review pending · 4 target/concept | Maximum speed, Maximum altitude, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| AWWA Sky Whale — Oscar Viñals ↗Spain (designer) · Oscar Viñals — independent concept artist/designer | Future & research | 0/7 verified 3 review pending · 4 target/concept | Cruise speed, Maximum altitude, Crew | Primary/program source ↗ |
| Aurora SolidWing S1 ↗Aurora Design Systems — original proposal · Aurora Design Systems (concept only) | Future & research | 0/7 verified 0 review pending · 7 target/concept | Unbuilt/design targets | Original Aurora proposal; no OEM source or tested aircraft |
| Aurora HydroLiner H2 ↗Aurora Design Systems — original proposal · Aurora Design Systems (concept only) | Future & research | 0/7 verified 0 review pending · 7 target/concept | Unbuilt/design targets | Original Aurora proposal; no OEM source or tested aircraft |
| Aurora IonSwift X ↗Aurora Design Systems — original proposal · Aurora Design Systems (concept only) | Future & research | 0/7 verified 0 review pending · 7 target/concept | Unbuilt/design targets | Original Aurora proposal; no OEM source or tested aircraft |
| Aurora SkyFreighter VT ↗Aurora Design Systems — original proposal · Aurora Design Systems (concept only) | Future & research | 0/7 verified 0 review pending · 7 target/concept | Unbuilt/design targets | Original Aurora proposal; no OEM source or tested aircraft |
“Verified” means the individual value is supported by a named public authority, manufacturer or source document. This does not confer aircraft certification or approve an illustration. Full 224-field CSV is included in the downloadable project package.
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The site is an educational review release. Aircraft-specific specifications remain under revision where shown. Original Aurora designs are explicitly unbuilt proposals; the AWWA Sky Whale belongs to Oscar Viñals and is an independent unbuilt concept.
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