Van's Aircraft is the leading designer and manufacturer of kit aircraft, with more than 10,000 flying aircraft and a wide selection of available models. Find out why so many people choose to build …

In an era of out-sourcing and foreign manufacture, Van’s is a bit of a rarity – a huge majority of the components used in the RV aircraft are manufactured in the USA, and most of them at the …

Van's Aircraft is the leading designer and manufacturer of kit aircraft, with more than 10,000 flying aircraft and a wide selection of available models.

With the RV-15, Van’s has advanced our KAIs, or kit-assembly instructions, to become clearly drawn, step-by-step processes that show the parts and the operations more clearly than ever.

For either kit option, you’ll need a shop about the size of a two-car garage, an air compressor, bench grinder and a set of aircraft hand tools like rivet guns, dimple dies, etc. Depending on …

You can get into the air either in an aircraft built from one of our kits or in a factory-built, ready-to-fly-home model licensed in the Special Light Sport Aircraft (SLSA) category.

Below are the estimated lead times for Van’s RV kits. These lead times are updated regularly to reflect the approximate timeframe in which we expect to have each kit available to be crated …

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There are several ways to contact Van’s Aircraft. To help us provide the best service, we try to include as much information on this website as possible. If after checking this site your …

For 2026, the Van’s RV-12iS SLSA receives significant improvements in utility, pilot convenience, and style — starting with a new Evoke Aviation inspired paint scheme that is anything but …