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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 1 Oct 2026

GTA 6 Shamal: the Jet Over the Vice City Sign

The business jet passing over the Vice City sign outside Vice City International Airport, in one of the screenshots on Rockstar’s GTA 6 website. Fans read it as the Buckingham Shamal, a ten-seat GTA 5 regional jet; Rockstar has not named it.

ManufacturerBuckinghamClassPlaneSeats10
Based on
Learjet 45

Identified

Identified in Rockstar’s footage by outside editors; Rockstar has not named it. Rockstar has published no vehicle statistics for GTA 6, so this page prints none.

Our drawing of the Plane class, not the in-game Shamal
Our drawing of the Plane class — not the in-game Shamal

Shamal in GTA 6 — the airport screenshot, real-life jet, can you fly it

Each answer carries how settled it is and who settled it. Where nobody has said, the card says that instead of guessing — and says what stays open even after the answer.

Has the Shamal been seen in GTA 6?

Shown, not stated

Yes — in an official screenshot.

Shamal flying over Vice City sign at international airport screenshot. These are identifications made from Rockstar’s own footage — Rockstar has not named the vehicle in any of them.

Still open — Whether it can be driven, bought or modified — none of that shows in a frame.

What real jet is the GTA 6 Shamal based on?

Shown, not stated

A Learjet 45 — GTABase, GTA Wiki and GTA Intel all say so — with a cockpit GTA Wiki traces to the Embraer ERJ 145 and Cessna CitationJet.

The three references agree on the Learjet 45 for the Shamal of GTA 5 and GTA Online, a ten-seat regional jet; GTA Wiki adds the Embraer ERJ 145 and Cessna CitationJet around the cockpit. The older Shamal of San Andreas was a different design, carrying only the pilot, which GTA Wiki reads as a Learjet 55. The GTA 6 screenshot shows the jet from below at a distance, which is enough to match the shape and not enough to say what changed.

Still open — Rockstar never names the real aircraft it draws from — and one screenshot cannot show the cabin or the details.

Can you fly or buy the Shamal in GTA 6?

Nobody has said

Rockstar has not said. In GTA 5 you can steal it or buy it; in GTA Online it is sold through Elitás Travel and kept in a hangar.

GTABase records both routes in GTA 5’s story mode — take one where it sits, or pay for it — and in GTA Online a purchase from the Elitás Travel website, stored in a hangar or called in through Pegasus. GTA Wiki lists the same seller. Rockstar has shown the GTA 6 jet only in the sky over the airport; whether planes there can be flown or owned is not in anything it has published.

Still open — Whether GTA 6 lets you fly, buy or hangar a jet at all.

Has the Shamal been in earlier GTA games?

Stated

Yes — GTA: San Andreas, GTA V and GTA Online.

The name returns from Rockstar’s earlier releases, which GTA Wiki lists for it. What carries over is the name and the maker; whether GTA 6’s model drives or costs the same is not known.

Still open — Whether anything beyond the name and the look carries over.

How much does the Shamal cost in GTA 6?

Nobody has said

Not announced. The same plane costs $1,150,000 in GTA Online.

Rockstar has published no GTA 6 vehicle prices. $1,150,000 is the price in GTA Online, the previous game, as GTA Wiki records it; nothing says GTA 6 will keep it.

Still open — The GTA 6 price, and whether it can be bought at all rather than taken.

How we checked this page

GTA Wiki places the Shamal in a screenshot from the Vice City section of Rockstar’s website, over the Vice City sign at the international airport; GTABase also counts it from the official screenshots, so the sighting rests on two references. The Learjet 45 is named by GTABase, GTA Wiki and GTA Intel alike. The $1,150,000 Elitás Travel price was checked on GTABase and GTA Wiki. San Andreas’s Shamal, which GTA Wiki reads as a Learjet 55, is a different model and kept out of that answer.

Seen here, not proven there

  • Official screenshot
  • GTA Wiki editors, via GTA Intel (read)1 Nov 2026
  • The game itselfnot yet
  • Official screenshotGTA Wiki editors, via GTA Intel (read)Weak link
  • GTA Wiki editors, via GTA Intel (read)The game itselfUnverified

Evidence ledger

  • NameNamed

    The vehicle is called Shamal.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • Based onIdentified

    The model is drawn from the Learjet 45.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • ManufacturerReading

    Manufacturer is Buckingham.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • ClassReading

    Class is Plane.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

  • SeatsReading

    Seats is 10.

    SourceGTA Wiki editors (via GTA Intel) · checked 1 Nov 2026

Trailer timestamp route

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    Screenshot

    Shamal flying over Vice City sign at international airport screenshot

    MediumSource

Frames identified from Rockstar’s published footage by GTA Wiki editors (republished by GTA Intel), read 22 Sept 2026. An identification, not a statement by Rockstar — each card opens the video at that moment.Where we read it

What is still unknown

  • Top speed, handling and every other statistic of the Shamal: Rockstar has published none for GTA 6.
  • Its GTA 6 price: Rockstar has published no vehicle prices.
  • Whether it appears in a trailer: the frames we have are stills and artwork.
  • Whether Rockstar will use the name “Shamal”: it has not named this vehicle.
  • Whether the player can buy, steal or keep it: nobody has said.

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