The turbocharged, parachute-equipped SR22T against the classic Bonanza G36, for owners who want one fast and capable travelling single.
The SR22T is the more complete transport system for a pilot who uses altitude: turbo performance, CAPS, standardised transition training and a deep owner network all support the same mission. The Bonanza answers with a wider-feeling traditional cabin, excellent handling and fixed-wing refinement, but its extra seat should not be confused with extra carrying ability and its retractable gear adds a qualification the Cirrus avoids. If family members value the parachute or the route crosses high terrain, that can settle it. If flying feel and cabin experience are the reason to own, the G36 deserves a flight rather than a spreadsheet dismissal.
The table below uses the same versioned PlaneFit dataset as the Finder. Prices and operating costs are planning estimates, not quotations.
| Decision factor | Cirrus SR22T G7+View aircraft profile | Beechcraft Bonanza G36View aircraft profile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical market year | 2026 | 2023 |
| Estimated purchase | €929k | €1.09m |
| Annual cash cost at 80 h | €77k | €55k |
| Five-year cash outlay | €1.31m | €1.36m |
| Cruise speed | 213 kt | 176 kt |
| Advertised range | 1021 nm | 930 nm |
| Seats | 5 | 6 |
| Realistic payload | 404 kg | 356 kg |
| Runway need | 634 m | 583 m |
| Landing gear | Fixed tricycle | Retractable tricycle |
| Ratings and endorsements | None beyond the certificate | Complex airplane endorsement |
| Data confidence | Normalized for direct comparison | Normalized for direct comparison |
| Main trade-off | Excellent high-altitude speed, but the turbo system adds heat, fuel burn and maintenance while useful payload is lower than the SR22. | Fast, refined and highly respected, but six seats are mainly a cabin-size claim once fuel and baggage are considered. |
A factual first pass. Mission, condition and configuration can outweigh a brochure advantage.
Over five years including purchase, the Cirrus SR22T G7+ is the cheaper of the two up to about 163 hours a year. Above that the Beechcraft Bonanza G36 costs less, because its lower cost per flight hour eventually outruns the difference in purchase price. If you expect to fly near that figure, the two are effectively the same aircraft financially and the decision belongs to mission, cabin and how each one flies.
| Five-year cash, including purchase | Cirrus SR22T G7+ | Beechcraft Bonanza G36 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 40 h / year | $1.34m (€1.24m) | $1.42m (€1.31m) | $80k (€74k) to Cirrus SR22T G7+ |
| 100 h / year | $1.46m (€1.35m) | $1.5m (€1.39m) | $41k (€38k) to Cirrus SR22T G7+ |
| 200 h / year | $1.67m (€1.55m) | $1.65m (€1.53m) | $24k (€22k) to Beechcraft Bonanza G36 |
The gap narrows as utilisation rises, which is the part a headline price comparison hides. Every figure uses the same planning model as the rest of the site: indicative market prices, a fixed annual base and a direct hourly cost, before financing, depreciation and tax.
Advertised range is a still-air, best-case number. With 4 people aboard and realistic reserves, plan on about 684 nm from the Cirrus SR22T G7+ against 623 nm from the Beechcraft Bonanza G36. On a return trip without refuelling, that is the radius that decides which destinations are on the list at all.
Against the 28,815 airports in the PlaneFit database that publish a runway length, the Cirrus SR22T G7+ has enough runway at 23,536 of them and the Beechcraft Bonanza G36 at 25,146, comparing each aircraft’s take-off requirement of 2,080 ft and 1,913 ft against the longest runway on the field.
This is a planning comparison, not a statement that any particular operation is legal or advisable. It ignores surface, slope, elevation, temperature, obstacles and how heavily the aircraft is loaded, all of which extend the requirement. It also compares take-off distance only: landing distance is frequently the binding constraint and PlaneFit does not hold approved landing distances, so a field in these counts is not necessarily a field you can get back out of, or into.
The Beechcraft Bonanza G36 requires a complex airplane endorsement that the Cirrus SR22T G7+ does not. That is training time and instructor cost before the first trip, and insurers normally attach minimum-hours conditions to the same requirement, which is where it shows up again in the running cost. US requirements under 14 CFR 61.31, stated for orientation rather than as advice.
Turbocharged five-seat high-altitude personal transport. Its central ownership trade-off is: Excellent high-altitude speed, but the turbo system adds heat, fuel burn and maintenance while useful payload is lower than the SR22.
Planning snapshot: $1m (€929k) indicative price and $83k (€77k) annual cash cost at 80 hours.
Read the full aircraft profileSix-seat high-performance personal transport. Its central ownership trade-off is: Fast, refined and highly respected, but six seats are mainly a cabin-size claim once fuel and baggage are considered.
Planning snapshot: $1.18m (€1.09m) indicative price and $59k (€55k) annual cash cost at 80 hours.
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