Bell 212
5 for sale, 1 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.
What does a Bell 212 ask?
Not published
5 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.
How far does a Bell 212 fly?
The 212’s book range is 220 nm, about 2 h 12 min at 100 kt.
Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence high.
What does a Bell 212 cost to keep?
It depends on how you fly it and where you keep it, so Sprinkle doesn’t give one figure. Work it out on your own numbers.
Go to the cost calculator →Too few US-dollar asking prices to chart this model by year.
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Range by variant
Book ranges from the catalog: still air, full fuel, no reserves, at the confidence shown. Plan with your own numbers.
- 212220 nm · 100 kt cruise · high confidence
The Bell 212 in brief
5 Bell 212 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1970–1981.
The middle half were built 1970–1978.
How the Bell 212 performs
By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 100 knots.
The longest book range across its variants is 220 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.
It seats up to 15 passengers.
Buying a Bell 212
Too few US-dollar asking prices to give a range yet.
Before an offer, check
- A pre-buy inspection by a mechanic who knows the type, chosen by you, not the seller.
- Complete logbooks for the airframe, engines and propellers, with any gaps explained.
- Damage history and any repairs, against the logbooks and the registry record.
- Engine time against the overhaul interval, and the shop that did the last overhaul.
- Airworthiness directives and service bulletins: which apply, and how each was closed.
Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.
About the Bell 212
- Manufacturer
- Bell, United States
- Category
- Helicopter
- Variants in the catalog
- 1: 212
- Passengers, at most
- 15
- The farthest the maker says the aircraft can fly on full fuel, in still air with standard reserves. Real trips with passengers and wind come up shorter.
- 220 nm
- Cruise speed, fastest
- 100 kt
- The highest altitude at which the aircraft can still climb at 100 feet per minute. Most trips cruise well below it.
- 15,000 ft
- The heaviest the aircraft is certified to weigh at takeoff, with people, bags and fuel on board.
- 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
- The aviation authority’s approval of an aircraft design, such as the FAA’s or EASA’s. Each model flies under one.
- FAA
From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.
The Bell 212 fleet
- Registered fleet
- 365
- Median age
- 48 years
- Registration changes, past 12 months
- 16
- Most built in the
- 1970s
From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.
Bell 212 type certificates
- 212 FAA H4SW
- approved Oct 30, 1970 · 14 CFR Part 29 dated February 1, 1965, Amdt 29-1 and 29-2, except where superseded by later amendments · MTOW 5,080 kg · 14 passengers · Pratt and Whitney Canada Corp. Model PT6T-3 or PT6T-3B Twin Power Section Turboshaft · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
From the regulators' type-certificate data sheets. Figures shown only where the reading is high-confidence.
What one would cost to fly
Put in your own figures; the totals update as you type.
- A month
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- A flight hour, all in
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- Flying (fuel and reserve)
- $0
- Fixed
- $0
- Loan
- $0
Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure: an assumption, not Sprinkle's data. Replace them with your own.
Not a quote: Sprinkle doesn't hold insurance, hangar or maintenance costs. Asking prices, not sales.
From the listings Sprinkle reads for this model. Read Nov 12, 2026.