PA-16 — Piper Aircraft PA-16

Fleet & certification
- Built
- 333
- Active
- 298
- Origin
- US
Per-variant specifications
| Variant | Engine | MTOW | Range | Cruise | Pax |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PA16 PA16 | — | 700 kg | 260 nm | 97 kt | 4 |
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The FAA paperwork
TCDS 1A1 · 13 · issued 2006-08-07
The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS 1A1), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.
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Piper Aircraft PA-16market & fleet intelligence
Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Piper Aircraft PA-16 fleet — updated daily.
77 yearsmedian age
Of the 245 registered Piper Aircraft PA-16 with a known build year (74% of the 333 we track), the median age is 77 years.
19changed registration in 12 months
19 of the 333 registered Piper Aircraft PA-16 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (6% of the fleet), across 19 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.
- Aircraft seen flying
- 4
- Tracked flights
- 7
- Tracked flight hours
- 15
- Share of fleet flying
- 1%
4 Piper Aircraft PA-16 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (1% of the registered fleet), across 7 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.
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Registered PA-16 aircraft
Individual PA-16 airframes by tail number — registration history, operator and lineage.
- N6881K1979
- N8071L1959
- C-FRUS1950
- C-XJV1949
- C-NSX1949
- C-OYC1949
- C-GWJV1949
- EI-AEJ1949
- C-FCDJ1949
- C-GUW1949
- C-IHM1949
- C-FGPX1949
- C-FFTY1949
- C-OGN1949
- C-FOHC1949
- C-EHW1949
- C-BSM1949
- C-GLIP1949
- C-FGNC1949
- C-FURU1949
- C-FGNM1949
- C-GTIY1949
- C-FXDY1949
- EI-AEL1949




