www.PSFmagazine.com | February 2019 | 11 10 | February 2019 | Powered Sport Flying Light Sport Aircraft The Most Complete lsa Market Data Report Yet If you like Light Sport Aircraft and if you like statistics, you are going to love this article. Our wholly refreshed look at aircraft registrations marks the return of our popular market share rankings and now includes much more information. We also provide more aircraft classes in various tables and charts online and much of this is user-configurable. Yet, as late night TV advertisers might exclaim, “That ’s not all. It gets even better!” I have regularly reported on market share information within the lsa industry. You have always been able to consume all our market share info that includes articles about the industry and enterprise of light aviation conveniently grouped on its own page at ByDanJohnson.com. Now this popular and vital component of ByDanJohnson.com is being relaunched. I will present some of the data here, but there is far more detail for you to see when you go online. Let’s call the new capability LSA Market Info 2.0. Introducing Tableau! Using a new service that our associate Steve Beste engaged, you can check out the ‘Dashboard’ look at the lsa industry at https://tinyurl.com/LSA-Market-Info. At a glance, you can view a quantity of information you’ve The Calendar 2018 SLSA registrations leader is Icon’s A5 (note that registrations are not identical to customer deliveries.) by Dan Johnson never seen before. You will find colorful charts, lists, and maps; but the truly great aspect of this is that you can modify what data shows with a few clicks or taps. You can rearrange the data to your interest and the charts will change to depict your selections. For those focused on market share ranks such as this article relates, use our Tableau Market Share Rank for full lists. (Note that the two Tableaus present the data differently. Further note that so much info is available that smartphones will be challenged to show it all.) All data is up-to-date through the end of 2018 —which is by far the fastest we’ve ever presented this information. Through a significant investment of time, Steve made this new dataset easier to compile, so that we can now report more frequently than in the past. Unlike other groups, we do not rely on company reports of sales, billings, or deliveries. Instead we go direct to the faa’s aircraft registration database, the folks who issue N-numbers. As always, we advise you that this information will not precisely match what a company may report for their sales, but over time, the two sets of numbers should become very close. Using professional-grade tech skills, Steve added his personal interest in light aviation to create a wonderful, fresh resource. You can read in precise language how he arrives at the numbers we now report by visiting https://tinyurl.com/LSA-Source. Steve and I went back and forth creating rules to collect the right data from faa’s database and we are satisfied that the current system represents all companies and brands as fairly and consistently as possible. In the interest of accuracy, we are keen to hear from any producer that can improve our information (note that Tableau visitors can identify every aircraft we counted if you care to drill that deep). Because this data display is so different and so comprehensive, we will present additional articles on using this new resource. Now, let’s get to details that readers often seem to enjoy. What aircraft registered the best numbers for 2018? What aircraft are the most popular since lsa were introduced? It’s all here and much more. Rank Manufacturer Main Model* No. of Aircraft Market Share 1 Flight Design CTLSi* 328 10.4% 2 Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser* 271 8.6% 3 CubCrafters • CarbonCubSS 245 7.7% 4 Tecnam (also builds GA) P2008* 203 6.4% 5 American Legend • Legend Cub 194 6.1% 6 Cessna Skycatcher 185 5.8% 7 Jabiru North America † J-230* 115 3.6% 8 Remos GX 107 3.4% 9 Aeropro (Aerotrek) A240/A220 96 3.0% 10 Evector Harmony 89 2.8% 11 Pipistrel Sinus 79 2.5% 12 Icon • A5 77 2.4% 13 Van’s • (also many kits) RV-12 74 2.3% 14 TL Ultralight (SportairUSA) Sting S4* 72 2.3% 15 Progressive Aerodyne • Searey 63 2.0% 16 Airborne Edge 50 1.6% 17 Evolution • Revo 49 1.5% 18 Rans • S-7LS Courier 48 1.5% 19 Powrachute • Airwolf 46 1.5% 20 Zenair/Zenith • CH750 44 1.4% All other producers 732 23.1% TOTAL SLSA ** 3,167 NOTES * Many Companies have more than one model counted here. ** ELSA and kits not counted. • U.S. design and manufacturer Special Light-Sport Aircraft Market Shares 2005 through December 2018
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