What Aircraft Are Included in X-Plane?

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X-Plane includes a fleet that spans helicopters, business jets, airliners, fighter jets, and general aviation aircraft. On x-plane.com, the site highlights specific examples from that fleet—the Robinson R22 Beta II, Cessna Citation X, Grumman F-14 Tomcat, Airbus A330-300, Cirrus SR22, and Piper PA-18 Super Cub—and links each to a detail page with specs and background. The site presents these as part of the included fleet rather than as separate purchases, so treat this as a starting tour of what you can fly, not a complete manifest.

The aircraft highlighted on x-plane.com

Aircraft Category What the site says
Robinson R22 Beta II Light utility helicopter Two-seat, two-bladed, single-engine; in production since 1979; cruise speed 96 kn, range 209 nmi; popular as a primary rotorcraft trainer
Cessna Citation X Business jet Maiden flight 1993; first Cessna to use a Rolls-Royce engine and fully integrated avionics
Grumman F-14 Tomcat Supersonic fighter Twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing; first deployed 1974 with the U.S. Navy, retired 2006; max speed Mach 2.34, range 1,600 nmi, ceiling 53,000 ft
Airbus A330-300 Wide-body airliner Introduced 1987; cruise speed Mach 0.82, range 11,750 km / 6,350 nmi, typically 277 passengers
Cirrus SR22 General aviation Single-engine, four- or five-seat composite aircraft; most-produced GA aircraft of the 21st century, over 30% of the piston aircraft market
Piper PA-18 Super Cub General aviation Two-seat, single-engine monoplane

How to read this list

The mix is deliberate. A helicopter trainer, a high-performance business jet, a wide-body airliner, a supersonic fighter, and two general aviation types cover very different flight regimes—from hovering and pattern work to long-haul cruise and high-speed handling. If you want to practice a specific kind of flying, check whether a comparable type appears on the site's aircraft pages before assuming it is included.

The detail pages are the practical reference: each gives specs and background for that aircraft, which helps you judge whether it matches the mission you want to simulate.

What the site does not tell you

The excerpt does not state the total number of included aircraft, nor whether every aircraft in the simulator has a detail page on the site. It also does not describe default liveries, avionics depth, or how closely each model's systems are simulated. For those questions, the individual aircraft detail pages and the simulator itself are the places to look.

Practical next step

Open the aircraft section of x-plane.com and use the detail pages to compare the types above against what you want to fly. If your interest is helicopters, start with the R22 page; if it is airliners or fighters, the A330-300 and F-14 pages give the stated performance figures to check against your expectations.