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Light utility aircraft and sports plane
American Champion Citabria is a light utility aircraft and sports plane. It was built by American Champion Aircraft Bellanca Champion Aircraft.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 6.91 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 6.91 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
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Light utility aircraft and sports plane
American Champion Aircraft Bellanca Champion Aircraft
Champion Aircraft
In production
over 5,238
1964-present
1964
1964
one
one passenger
22 ft 8 in (6.91 m)
33 ft 5 in (10.19 m)
6 ft 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (2.03 m)
165 sq ft (15.3 m 2 )
6.72:1
NACA 4412
1,037 lb (470 kg)
1,650 lb (748 kg)
39 US gal (32 imp gal; 150 L)
1 × Lycoming O-320-A2B four cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
2-bladed McCauley 1C172AGM fixed-pitch metal propeller
130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn) at sea level
125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn) at 8,000 ft (2,400 m)
50 mph (80 km/h, 43 kn) (without flaps)
162 mph (261 km/h, 141 kn)
537 mi (864 km, 467 nmi) (at max cruise speed)
17,000 ft (5,200 m)
1,120 ft/min (5.7 m/s)
630 ft (192 m)
755 ft (230 m)
Citabria
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
American Champion Citabria equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
TongaReported count for Citabria. Service scope: Tongan Air Wing; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2016), not the article revision. Cited source 2016-05-02. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Citabria. Service scope: Tongan Air Wing; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2016), not the article revision. Cited source 2016-05-02. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.