The Piper Cub (ICAO type J2) is an aircraft of United States origin. It has a maximum take-off weight of 500 kg. It offers a maximum range of 200 nm, a service ceiling of 12,000 ft and seating for up to 2 across its variants.
Piper Cub
Fleet & certification
- Built
- 115
- Active
- 115
- Origin
- United States
Comparable listings
5 for sale right now
Per-variant specifications
The FAA paperwork
TCDS ATC 455
The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS ATC 455), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.
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Piper Cub market & fleet intelligence
Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Piper Cub fleet — updated daily.
91 yearsmedian age
Of the 19 registered Piper Cub with a known build year (17% of the 115 we track), the median age is 91 years.
1changed registration in 12 months
1 of the 115 registered Piper Cub we track changed registration in the last 12 months (1% of the fleet), across 1 registration event. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.
- Aircraft seen flying
- 2
- Tracked flights
- 4
- Tracked flight hours
- 4
- Share of fleet flying
- 2%
2 Piper Cub were tracked flying in the last 90 days (2% of the registered fleet), across 4 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.
5Piper Cub listed for sale
Asking prices from $15K to $219K, typically $49K–$142K — based on 16 USD asking prices on Sprinkle, not an appraisal.
What is the range of the Piper Cub?
The Piper Cub has a maximum range of 200 nautical miles across variants.
How many people can the Piper Cub carry?
The Piper Cub seats up to 2 across its variants.
What is the MTOW of the Piper Cub?
The Piper Cub's maximum take-off weight is 500 kg.
What is the ICAO type designator for the Piper Cub?
The Piper Cub's ICAO type designator is J2.
How many Piper Cub aircraft are registered worldwide?
Sprinkle tracks 115 registered Piper Cub airframes worldwide.
Registered Cub aircraft
Individual Cub airframes by tail number — registration history, operator and lineage.
- N418LJ· 2023
- N475AP· 2018
- N22NK· 2017
- N541PG· 2015
- N394CN· 2010
- C-IIIR· 2009
- C-RGP· 1961
- C-RBX· 1961
- N10547· 1935
- N11785· 1935
- N15676· 1935
- N15333· 1935
- N15356· 1935
- N15009· 1935
- N42319· 1934
- N13179· 1933
- N12628· 1932
- N13146· 1932
- N12627· 1931
- G-BLRC
- G-BPKT
- N14373
- G-BAFV
- G-BJBK