Buckingham Akula
Buckingham Akula in GTA 5 Online: Helicopters class, $4,500,000, 157.25 mph tested top speed. Sourced stats, no guesses.
Specs
- Manufacturer
- Buckingham
- Class
- Helicopters
- Price
- $4,500,000
- Purchase website
- Warstock Cache & Carry
- Top speed (tested)
- 157.25 mph
- Lap time
- 54.4 sec
- Seats
- 4
- Drivetrain
- Not sourced
Where the Akula stands
Its tested top speed of 157.25 mph ranks #5 of 22 Helicopters vehicles with sourced figures — and #27 of 757 across the whole database.
At $4,500,000 it sits 110% above the $2,145,000 median price across 20 Helicopters vehicles with sourced prices.
Around a circuit it posts a 54.4-second lap in community testing — the number that matters on track, where top speed alone doesn't tell the story.
Closest top-speed rivals in Helicopters
| Vehicle | Top speed | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Swift Deluxe | 157.75 mph | $5,150,000 |
| Buckingham Swift | 156.50 mph | $1,500,000 |
| Buckingham Conada | 158.75 mph | $2,450,000 |
| FH-1 Hunter | 154.25 mph | $4,123,000 |
| Sea Sparrow | 153.75 mph | $1,815,000 |
Sourcing notes
Class "Helicopters", manufacturer "Buckingham" (GTA Wiki only — GTABase publishes no manufacturer for this vehicle, so this field is single-source), seats 4 and GTA Online price $4,500,000 were cross-checked between GTABase (https://www.gtabase.com/grand-theft-auto-v/vehicles/akula, fetched 2026-09-16) and the GTA Wiki "Akula" infobox via https://gta.fandom.com/api.php (fetched 2026-09-16); the two sources agree. Top speed 157.25 mph and lap time 0:54.368 (54.368s) are GTABase-only: GTA Wiki's infobox publishes no Broughy1322 top speed, lap time or drive train for this vehicle, and the top speed is GTABase's Broughy1322 fully-upgraded straight-line test figure (not the in-game speed bar). GTABase publishes no drivetrain for this vehicle either, so drivetrain is null rather than estimated. GTABase lists a discounted SecuroServ trade price of $3,375,000; GTA Wiki publishes none, so it is single-source (the GtaoVehicle interface has no field for it). GTABase lists Warstock Cache & Carry as the in-game website that sells this vehicle, so priceWebsite carries that name.
Top speed figures across this database are community-tested, fully-upgraded straight-line numbers (the Broughy1322-style benchmark used throughout the GTA Online community) — not the in-game speedometer or stat-bar display, which is known to be inaccurate and only relative between vehicles.
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