ICON A5
Two-seat amphibian light sport aircraft with folding wings, retractable gear and a pusher Rotax 912iS. An angle-of-attack indicator and a whole-aircraft parachute are standard equipment.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 81 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 120 kt
- Range
- 428 nm
- Service ceiling
- 13,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 610 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- MOGAS (unleaded car fuel) · AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 76 l
- Total capacity
- 76 l
- Fuselage tank
- 76 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 13 l/h
- Usable fuel weighs
- 56 kg
Fuel burn in cruise at 8,000 ft.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 655 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 296 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 655 m
- Usable surfaces
- Water · Asphalt · Concrete · Grass
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 712 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog and glass
- Avionics
- Garmin G3X Touch
- Systems
- Retractable gear · Airframe parachute
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 712 kg
- Empty weight
- 490 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land), SEP (sea)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Retractable gear
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- ICON
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- A5
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2016
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 7.01 m
- Wingspan
- 10.61 m
- Height
- 2.29 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.3 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.77 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- ICON A5Length 7.01 m
- Aviat Pitts S-2S SpecialLength 5.28 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 39 kt
- 45 kt
- 52 kt
- 59 kt
- 76–87 kt
- 75 kt
- 75 kt
- 95 kt
- 120 kt
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the ICON A5 in the simulator
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