A Cirrus SR nose-on with the propeller and cowl in view
Discover. Train. Access. Own.

The last rung is ownership.

You discovered the flying, trained for the license, and flew the fleet as a member. This is the top of the ladder. Same team, same hangar, same white-glove standard. Now the airplane answers to you.

WestLEX Hangar · Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) · Lexington, Kentucky
The Tipping Point

The math just tipped.

On the membership page, the cost tool watches one number: how much you fly. Somewhere past ten hours a month in an SR20, or eight in an SR22T, the line crosses and a quiet panel appears. A share now costs less per hour than flying as a member. That is not a sales moment. It is arithmetic, and this page is the rest of it.

Ownership becomes sensible the hour it becomes cheaper.
We built this page to show you exactly where that hour is.

Arrived here without seeing that panel? The explorer below runs the same numbers from scratch, honestly, and it will tell you to keep renting if that is the smarter spend.

A Cirrus Vision Jet cowl and window against a wide cloudscape
The Pathway

You did not arrive here by accident.

Three Ways to Own

Three ways to own, one standard.

Different doors, same team, same hangar, same white-glove standard. Jump to the one that sounds like you, or read all three.

No. 01

Full Management

For the owner who wants to fly, not run a hangar.

We manage any Cirrus, any generation, from the SR20 to the Vision Jet. You keep the flying. We keep everything that turns an airplane into a second job.

Explore management
No. 02

The Fleet Program

Leaseback for current-generation SR owners.

Your G7 or G7 Plus Cirrus SR joins our managed fleet and earns revenue every hour someone else flies it. It works for you when you are not flying it.

Explore the program
No. 03

Fractional

A simpler way to own a piece of a new one.

A share of a brand-new SR or Vision Jet. Up to four owners, allocated hours over a three-year term, and hours that float across the whole fleet.

Explore fractional

You do not need a pilot certificate to own. Many owners buy while they are still training. If you are working toward your license, owning the airplane you learn in can make the hours add up in your favor.

By the Numbers

Ownership, in four numbers.

The figures the rest of the page is built on. Honest inputs, not a sales chart.

$425 / $645
Walk-up rate per hour, SR20 and SR22T. The number ownership competes against.
4
Owners maximum per fractional airplane. Never crowded.
3
Years, the fractional term you fly against.
400
Flight hours a year in a full share.

Operating costs are estimates. Leaseback revenue varies with utilization. We run your real numbers before anyone signs anything.

Run the Numbers

Run your own numbers.

The same economics as the membership tool, carried one honest step further. Drag your hours and watch where owning crosses under renting, then see the buy-in, the annual operating, and the effective cost per hour behind it.

The Ownership Economics Explorer

Effective operating cost per hour, at the hours you actually fly.

Hours per month10
As a member (walk-up per hour) As an owner (operating per hour)
Leaseback can offset part of your operating cost by putting your idle hours to work. The band it draws is illustrative and varies with utilization. We run your real numbers before quoting anything.

Effective operating cost per hour. Buy-in is shown as its own tile because it is equity you keep, not a cost. Fuel is separate. These are estimates, not a quote.

Two AeroVision team members caring for the Vision Jet inside the hangar
Path One · Full Management

We run the hangar. You just fly.

We manage any Cirrus, any generation. The mechanics handled so completely they disappear, and the concierge nobody else brings to the ramp.

You Fly. We Handle Everything.

One trip. Everything handled.

Pick a real scenario and watch the work sort itself onto our side of the ledger, while your side holds at a single line.

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    You1
    • Your job
      Fly the airplane.
    The Concierge

    The trip is handled before you pack.

    You decide where. We assemble everything between here and there.

    No. 01
    A Range Rover parked beside a Cirrus SR on the ramp
    The Departure

    Arrive at the ramp, not the terminal

    Pull up to the airplane. No line, no gate, no shuttle.

    No. 02
    Matched leather luggage loaded into a Cirrus SR
    The Load

    Bags loaded, weather already briefed

    Everything upstream of takeoff is done before you get there.

    No. 03
    An owner carrying leather bags out to the aircraft
    The Walk

    Carried out to a warm airplane

    Fueled, checked, and ready when you walk up to it.

    No. 04
    The Vision Jet pilot handbook resting on a leather seat
    The Background

    Paperwork, filings, and decals done

    Customs, eAPIS, and the details you would rather not think about.

    A current-generation Cirrus SR on the ramp
    Path Two · The Fleet Program

    Your SR, working when you are not.

    For current-generation G7 and G7 Plus Cirrus SR owners. Your airplane joins our managed rental and instructional fleet and earns revenue every hour someone else flies it, under the same white-glove management.

    Path Three · Fractional

    Own a piece of a new one.

    Brand-new SR and Vision Jet aircraft. Up to four owners per airplane, so it never feels crowded. Allocated hours over a three-year term, flown in the patterns that match your life.

    A new Cirrus SR on the ramp, canopy open

    Figures are planning estimates. Your actual buy-in and operating cost depend on the specific aircraft and its configuration, market pricing, financing, taxes, and how it is flown. Nothing here is an offer or a quote.

    Entry share
    100 flight hours a year
    Buy-in$207,500
    Operating$29,000/yr
    • Your share of a brand-new tail
    • Hours good across the whole model fleet
    • Full white-glove management included
    Heavy user
    300 flight hours a year
    Buy-in$622,500
    Operating$72,600/yr
    • Three quarters of the airframe
    • Most of the schedule, yours first
    Sole owner
    400 flight hours a year
    Buy-in$830,000
    Operating$90,800/yr
    • The whole airplane, none of the hangar
    • Add it to the Fleet Program to earn on idle hours

    Vision Jet shares available on request. Bonus depreciation is real and can be meaningful. That is a conversation for you and your advisor, not a promise from us.

    The Differentiator

    Your hours fly the whole fleet.

    Your hours are not tied to one tail number. They work across every airplane of that model in the program. Your airplane is in maintenance, or another owner has it this weekend? Take a different one. No co-owner politics, no calendar lottery, no spreadsheet. Just access.

    The leather cockpit of a Cirrus SR
    The Craft

    The part you feel on hour one.

    The spec sheet gets you in the door. The first hour is why you stay. Cared for down to the stitching, because the airplane is yours.

    The WestLEX general aviation hangar at Blue Grass Airport
    One Home Base

    One hangar. One team.

    The people who plan your trip are the people who know your airplane.

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    Cirrus models managed, SR20 to Vision Jet
    CTC
    Cirrus Training Center, CSIP instructors on staff
    KLEX
    Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky

    WestLEX Hangar · 4464 Gumbert Rd, Lexington, KY 40510

    An extreme closeup of the N859ZA tail lettering on the Vision Jet
    The Top of the Ladder

    Your name goes on the tail.

    A Cirrus Vision Jet emerging from the hangar
    Begin

    Begin the conversation.

    Every ownership conversation starts by running your real numbers. The hours you actually fly, the trips you actually take, and which of the three paths fits your life. If the math says membership, we will say membership.

    (317) 412-4797 · hello@aerovisionlex.com