Top Glider Manufacturers

SCHWEIZER is the leading glider manufacturer by FAA registrations, with 960 aircraft registered in the U.S. out of 4,859 total glider registrations. Rankings are based on active and historical FAA Aircraft Registry records.

Rank	Manufacturer	Models	Registered	Active	Share
1	SCHWEIZER	37	960	951	19.8%
2	SCHLEICHER	49	506	503	10.4%
3	SCHEMPP-HIRTH	44	384	383	7.9%
4	GLASFLUGEL	16	189	189	3.9%
5	LET	5	172	171	3.5%
6	ALEXANDER SCHLEICHER GMBH & CO	14	161	161	3.3%
7	BURKHART GROB FLUGZEUGBAU	16	135	135	2.8%
8	ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER	11	118	117	2.4%
9	BURKHART GROB	6	96	95	2%
10	PZL-SWIDNIK	2	59	58	1.2%
11	EIRIAVION OY	4	56	56	1.2%
12	DG FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH	6	54	54	1.1%
13	PDPS PZL-BIELSKO	11	54	54	1.1%
14	AEROMOT	3	44	44	0.9%
15	JONKER SAILPLANES (PTY) LTD	4	44	44	0.9%
16	ROLLADEN-SCHNEIDER OHG	3	40	38	0.8%
17	STEMME GMBH & CO	3	40	40	0.8%
18	SCHEMPP-HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH	10	40	40	0.8%
19	GLASER-DIRKS	7	39	37	0.8%
20	STEMME AG	4	38	37	0.8%
21	CENTRAIR	5	37	36	0.8%
22	PILATUS	3	37	37	0.8%
23	SCHEIBE	15	34	34	0.7%
24	AB SPORTINE AVIACIJA	2	33	33	0.7%
25	SCHEMPP HIRTH FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH	8	33	33	0.7%

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