How much does a Cirrus parachute repack cost? CAPS prices, the 10-year limit and line cutters

Every Cirrus SR20, SR22 and SR22T carries the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS), and the parachute and the rocket that pulls it out have a life limit. Cirrus calls it "the mandatory CAPS repack that occurs every ten years". Cirrus publishes no price for it, and most service centres quote by phone. We read the two Cirrus service centres we found that print their own repack prices on 7 November 2026 and set them next to what the makers and the rules say about when the work is due.

Short answer: a CAPS repack, with a new rocket and the labour to remove and refit the system, costs $18,500 for a G2, G3 or G5 at Avias Aircraft Services in Georgia (prices valid as of 1 April 2025), and $20,000 to $22,000 for an SR22 at All In Aviation in Nevada. A first-generation (G1) aircraft costs $31,000 at Avias, a price that includes composite and paint repair. The reefing line cutters are due every six years, apart from the repack, at $1,600 at All In. Set aside over ten years, for a G2 or later, the parachute costs $2,117 to $2,467 a year, or $21.17 to $24.67 per hour at 100 hours a year.

What does a Cirrus CAPS repack cost?

The repack is not a parachute rigger folding the canopy again. The system comes out of the aircraft, the parachute is repacked and the solid-fuel rocket that deploys it is replaced, and then it goes back in. All In Aviation lists "System removal and transport to a certified repack facility" and "Replacement of the rocket motor" in its service; Augsburg Air Service in Germany says the system "needs to be exchanged and repacked every 10 years".

What a CAPS repack costs: published prices

Work	Price	Source
The repack: parachute, rocket and labour
G1, includes composite and paint repairKennesaw, Georgia	$31,000	Avias Aircraft Services
G2, G3 and G5Kennesaw, Georgia	$18,500	Avias Aircraft Services
SR22, totalHenderson, Nevada	$20,000–$22,000	All In Aviation
What All In Aviation's $20,000–$22,000 is made of
Parachute and rocket repack kitSR22	$17,000–$19,000	All In Aviation
Labour, removal and installation (G2 and later)SR22	$2,000–$3,000	All In Aviation
Freight and logisticsSR22	$300–$600	All In Aviation
Due separately, or only when needed
Reefing line cutters, every 6 yearsSR22, if due	$1,600	All In Aviation
#2 battery and rear window re-bonding“sometimes needed”, both together	$700	Avias Aircraft Services

Read what each price covers. Avias Aircraft Services in Kennesaw, Georgia, prints one price per generation: "G2/G3 - $18,500", the same for a G5, and "G1 - $31,000 Includes composite/paint repair." It adds: "Prices Are Valid as of 4/1/2025 and May Change Without Notice." and "Additional charges may apply if there are any additional findings." A #2 battery and re-bonding the rear window are "sometimes needed" at $700 for both. All In Aviation in Henderson and North Las Vegas, Nevada, gives a breakdown for the SR22: "The total cost of a CAPS repack for the SR22 generally falls between $20,000 and $22,000", made of a "Parachute and Rocket Repack Kit: $17,000–$19,000", "Labor (Removal & Installation): $2,000–$3,000 (G2 and subsequent)" and "Freight and Logistics: $300–$600". At All In, most of the price is the parachute and rocket kit from Cirrus, not the shop's labour.

Avias prints no price for a G6 or G7, All In's SR22 range names no generation, and neither prints one for the Vision Jet. In Europe, Augsburg Air Service calls itself "the only authorised Service Center for Cirrus CAPS overhauls in Germany" and Cirrus Netherlands at Groningen lists "CAPS replacement and overhaul", but neither prints a price. Cirrus's JetStream programme for the Vision Jet says "JetStream includes a 10-year parachute repack and component overhaul", so a jet on JetStream has it in its programme fee.

When is a CAPS repack due?

Every ten years. Avias puts the starting point precisely: "CAPS replacements are due every ten years from the date of manufacture of the current equipment in the aircraft." So the clock runs from when the parachute and rocket in your aircraft were made, not from the aircraft's own date of manufacture, and the date is in the logbook and on the components.

Some early aircraft get a year more. Avias lists the rocket and parachute part numbers that "can be replaced every eleven years", installed in SR20s with serial numbers 1005 to 1421 and SR22s with serial numbers 0002 to 0821, and cites "SR20 & SR22/SR22T AMM Temporary Revision 04-00-06 Airworthiness Limitations". We did not see that Cirrus document ourselves; check the part numbers in your own aircraft before you count on the extra year.

The reefing line cutters have their own interval. Avias: "Line cutters are replaced every six years." Augsburg Air Service says the same. They are not due with the repack and run on their own clock: line cutters fitted together with a new parachute would be due in year 6 and year 12, the repack in year 10. We did not find the six-year interval on a Cirrus page; it comes from these service centres.

When the parachute costs money, and what it adds per hour

1. Year 1
2. Year 2
3. Year 3
4. Year 4
5. Year 5
6. Year 6Line cutters
7. Year 7
8. Year 8
9. Year 9
10. Year 10Repack and rocket
11. Year 11
12. Year 12Line cutters

Hours flown a year	Per flight hour
50 hours	$42.33–$49.33
100 hours	$21.17–$24.67
200 hours	$10.58–$12.33

Can you fly a Cirrus past its CAPS repack date?

Not legally, in the United States; we did not check the EASA rules. All In Aviation writes: "The Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, CAPS, is an FAA Chapter 4 Maintenance Manual time limited component." Chapter 4 of the Cirrus maintenance manual is its Airworthiness Limitations section (Avias cites "SR20 & SR22/SR22T AMM Temporary Revision 04-00-06 Airworthiness Limitations"), and 14 CFR 91.403(c) says: "No person may operate an aircraft for which a manufacturer's maintenance manual or instructions for continued airworthiness has been issued that contains an airworthiness limitations section unless the mandatory replacement times, inspection intervals, and related procedures specified in that section" (or an approved alternative programme) have been complied with. An expired parachute therefore grounds the aircraft, not just the parachute. Insurance does not pay for the repack either; All In Aviation: "The repack is considered normal and routine maintenance, and not something insurance will cover."

How long is the aircraft down?

The work is quick; the parts are not. All In Aviation: "On average, it takes 2-3 months for the rocket and parachute to be received from Cirrus." It takes a $15,000 deposit when it orders them, and "Once the parts are received, we schedule 2-3 days for removal and re-installation." Avias advises: "It is best to schedule the replacement at least four months prior to the expiration month." For a G2 to G6 it says "G2-G6 - Installation can be completed in three days, but a one-week buffer is recommended.", and "G1 - Two weeks to allow for paint and composite work". So book it at least four months before the expiry month, and plan a week without the aircraft (two for a G1).

What does the parachute add per year and per flight hour?

Because the repack runs on the calendar, it costs the same each year whether the aircraft flies 50 hours or 300. At $18,500 every ten years the repack is $1,850 a year; at $22,000 it is $2,200. Line cutters at $1,600 every six years add $267 a year. Together $2,117 to $2,467 a year: $42.33 to $49.33 per hour at 50 hours a year, $21.17 to $24.67 at 100 hours and $10.58 to $12.33 at 200 hours. Shared by four owners, it is $529 to $617 each a year.

Our aircraft ownership cost calculator reserves $22,000 every ten years for the SR20, SR22 and SR22T, the top of All In Aviation's range, and $1,500 every six years for the line cutters, $100 under All In's price. Replace either line with your own quote. For the whole cost of the type, see what it costs to own a Cirrus SR22; for the other big reserves, Continental engine overhaul cost (the SR22 has a Continental IO-550) and aircraft maintenance cost per hour.

Buying a used Cirrus: check the parachute date

A repack that is due in a year or two is an $18,500 to $22,000 bill that comes with the aircraft, so read the CAPS dates in the logbook before you agree on a price, and the line-cutter date too. A pre-buy inspection is where that gets checked, and what a small plane costs to buy has used SR22 asking prices.

Planning a CAPS repack in a club or partnership

In a shared Cirrus the repack is the kind of bill nobody sees coming: it falls due once in ten years, often after some of the owners who flew those years have left. In Pilot-Next every aircraft can have maintenance plans with an interval in hours on the aircraft's Tacho (or its Hobbs if it has no Tacho), in calendar months or both, so a CAPS repack every 120 months and line cutters every 72 can each be one; each plan shows OK, Due Soon or Overdue against that reading and today's date — see aircraft maintenance tracking. To pay for it fairly, a partnership can put a fixed share per owner aside every month, the same way it pays the hangar and the insurance; the aircraft ownership cost calculator shows what that share comes to.

Sources

Read on 7 November 2026: Cirrus Aircraft, CAPS bag collection story (17 July 2025); Cirrus Aircraft, JetStream; Cirrus Aircraft Netherlands; Avias Aircraft Services, CAPS (prices valid as of 1 April 2025); All In Aviation, Cirrus SR22 parachute repack cost; Augsburg Air Service, Cirrus CAPS overhaul; 14 CFR 91.403 (Cornell LII). Prices change; ask the service centre for a quote for your aircraft.