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Cessna 140

7 for sale, 2 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Cessna 140 ask?

Not published

7 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna 140 fly?

Across its 2 catalog variants, book ranges run 270–270 nm; the 140 flies furthest, about 3 h 00 min at 90 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.

What does a Cessna 140 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.

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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.

  • 140
    270 nm · 90 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • 140A
    270 nm · 90 kt cruise · high confidence

The Cessna 140 in brief

7 Cessna 140 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1946–1947.

The middle half were built 1946–1947.

How the Cessna 140 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 90 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 270 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 2 passengers.

Buying a Cessna 140

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 Cessna 140

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
2: 140, 140A
Passengers, at most
2
270 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
90 kt
15,500 ft
600 kg (1,323 lb)
FAA

From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.

The Cessna 140 fleet

Registered fleet
2,109
Median age
79 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
50
Most built in the
1940s

From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.

Cessna 140 type certificates

140 FAA A-768
approved Mar 21, 1946 · Type Certificate No. 768 (CAR 4a) · MTOW 658 kg · Continental C-85-12 or C-85-12F, or optional Continental C-90-12F or -14F, or Lycoming O-235-C1 · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
140A FAA 5A2
approved Apr 8, 1949 · Type Certificate No. 5A2 Landplane: (CAR 3); Skiplane and Seaplane: (CAR 4a). · MTOW 680 kg · 1 passengers · Continental C-90-12F (See Items 106 and 107 for optional engines) · 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.

Cessna 140 manuals and documents

From Sprinkle’s library for this model. PDFs open from Sprinkle’s own files.

What one would cost to fly

Put in your own figures; the totals update as you type.

Flying
Overhaul cost over hours to overhaul
Fixed
Databases, subscriptions, cleaning
Buying
A year at these figures
$23,600
A month
$1,967
A flight hour, all in
$236
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$0

Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure for a piston airplane: 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.