With more than 43,000 delivered, the Cessna Skyhawk is the best-selling, most-flown airplane ever. Maybe thats because of its proven reliability. Or its forgiving flight characteristics. Or its reputation as the safest general aviation aircraft ever built. Because not only is the Skyhawk the most direct route to fulfilling your dreams of flight, its also an ideal instrument trainer and one of the worlds truly great airplanes. And with 180 horsepower attached to a high-performance McCauley propeller with polished chrome spinner, the Skyhawk SP climbs faster and cruises at a greater speed than the original Skyhawk.

Not satisfied to simply outsell the rest.

The Skyhawk continues to build on its legacy as one of the most advanced single-engine aircraft in the sky with features such as the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit.

We have lift-off.

From discovery flight to solo to certification, more pilots have launched their dreams in a Skyhawk than in any other aircraft. And because the Skyhawk is certified for VFR and IFR training, it is the perfect trainer no matter where you are on your journey to pilothood. Aren’t you ready for more than just your head in the clouds?

Excess baggage-compatible.

The Skyhawk SP has a flexibility for loading and flight planning which invites you to bring more along – with a useful load of over 800 pounds of passengers and gear.

Serious function creates serious fun.

From spinner to tail, todays Cessnas embody a marriage of authentic, time-honored aviation design and the continuous refinements based on years of customer feedback. It starts with a timeless high-wing design that offers so many practical benefits, including greater stability, superb visibility, sun blocking and inclement weather protection. This high-wing design also results in a simplified preflight inspection and easy access to pilot, passenger and cargo doors. All told, these and other proven design features deliver serious performance, reliability, and peace of mind to every aspect of the flight experience.

High-adventure gear.

A rugged, shock-absorbing main landing gear will help you grease the toughest airstrips. Hydraulically actuated disc brakes and a steerable nose-wheel design make for stable ground handling and maneuverability.

Illuminate your path.

High-intensity discharge (HID) lamps not only provide five times the intensity, they also last a lot longer while operating at far less power draw than traditional landing lights. And conical camber wing tips add beauty to your ride.

High wing is the thing.

The Cessna classic high-wing design offers many practical benefits including, stable flight characteristics, increased visibility, simplified pre-flight check and easy access to passengers and pilots alike. All of which add up to an aircraft that just feels right.

Hard, aluminum shell. Sumptuous creamy filling.

Supple, deep-contoured leather seats. Artful world-class lighting. Advanced soundproofing. Cabin air controls. Enhanced multilevel ventilation. Todays Cessna cabin is one of the most relaxing, most thoroughly refined, enjoyable flying venues ever created - for pilots and passengers alike. From the highly refined cockpit to the panoramic wraparound windows, every inch, every contour, every detail is designed to offer you and your fellow aviators the ride of a lifetime. So go ahead. Climb on in. And get comfortable.

The four-seat Skyhawk comes standard with tinted windows all the way around. Pilot and co-pilot seats feature AmSafe inflatable seatbelts and shoulder harness.

Single Engine Skyhawk Interior Feature

A standard 12-volt power converter can keep a laptop and other devices up and running for passenger use during those times when they’re not enjoying the view below – afforded by the Cessna high-wing design, of course.

On-demand cabin lighting is always within reach. Plus, tinted Rosen sun visors reduce cockpit glare and eye fatigue. And a floor-mounted chart and cup holder console puts the essentials easily within reach.

The Skyhawk SP flexibility in loading cordially invites you to bring more along. The external baggage compartment, complete with locking door, helps you handle a useful load of over 800 pounds of passengers and gear.

All decked out. Everywhere to go.

Take the controls just once behind the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit with integrated Synthetic Vision Technology, and you will never again want to fly any other way. The avionics suite integrates all primary flight, engine and sensor data with the SVT three-dimensional terrain display for at-a-glance situational awareness. The G1000 also incorporates a fully integrated transponder and dual Nav/Comm/WAAS/GPS equipment. Two large, colorful, 10.4-inch high-resolution active-matrix LCDs gather and present real-time flight-critical data, including traffic information, digital altitude, heading data, and topographic and relative terrain mapping. It also features subscription-based XM WX Satellite Weather with XM Satellite Radio. The avionics suite includes autopilot controls, engine indication, crew alerting and a digital audio panel, all of which bring new levels of safety, confidence and just plain fun to the Cessna single-engine line. Plus, the G1000 is also standard on our Caravan, Corvalis, and the Citation Mustang models. So should your mission change, your transition between aircraft will be significantly smoother.

The Skyhawk, Skylane, Stationair and Corvalis models come standard with the Garmin GFC 700 fully integrated flight control system. With innovative features including airspeed hold, overspeed protection, pitch hold and coupled VNAV, the GFC 700 provides precise lateral and vertical guidance and capabilities formerly available only on the most sophisticated business jets. Every component of this state-of-the-art system is designed to provide maximum safety, reliability and situational awareness.

We cannot move mountains, but we can help you see them coming with the Garmin G1000 Synthetic Vision Technology ), available on Skyhawk, Skylane, Stationair, and Corvalis models. SVT integrates with the G1000 avionics suite to show the aircraft’s position in real-time 3-D images, giving you outstanding situational awareness even when flight conditions are less than outstanding. It displays synthetic terrain, flight hazards, flight-path markers and highway-in-the-sky, all on one easy-to-read avionics panel. Combine these cutting-edge avionics with the most trusted name in aviation, and you’ll quickly see how taking to the skies in a Cessna equipped with SVT makes flying easier and safer than ever.

In addition to the functions you will likely use most often with the optional XM Weather program - textual and graphical METARS, TAFs, NEXRAD radar, and graphical winds aloft - you also get lightning, cloud tops, freezing levels, and TFRs, as well as many other textual and graphical weather products. All this valuable information is automatically sent to your aircraft via the XM Satellite System and updated continuously to provide you with a near real-time picture of conditions you’ll encounter - or avoid - during your flight. Want even a little more reassurance? Range rings estimating your range with reserves and maximum range based on current fuel flow and wind conditions are readily available.