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Cessna Caravan

Type-certificate model Cessna 208: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

62 for sale, 18 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Cessna Caravan ask?

$2,200,000 is the median of 18 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $1,711,750–$2,395,000.

62 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna Caravan fly?

Across its 3 catalog variants, book ranges run 940–940 nm; the 208 flies furthest, about 5 h 07 min at 184 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Cessna Caravan 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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Asking price by year built

Each dot is one aircraft's asking price; the line is each year's median, the band its low–high. 2014–2016: 7 for sale, 3 priced.

2014–2016$1M$1.5M$2M$2.5M$3M19891999200920192025: $2,395,0002015: $2,995,0002015: $2,350,0002011: $1,395,0002008: $2,025,0002008: $2,200,0002000: $1,750,0002009: $2,225,0002016: $2,395,0001995: $2,152,6432012: $2,200,0002022: $2,995,0001989: $1,299,0001993: $1,395,0002002: $1,699,0002020: $2,449,0002017: $2,450,0001999: $1,695,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
198410——
198610——
198710——
198921—$1,299,000–$1,299,000
199110——
199311—$1,395,000–$1,395,000
199551—$2,152,643–$2,152,643
199710——
199921—$1,695,000–$1,695,000
200041—$1,750,000–$1,750,000
200110——
200231—$1,699,000–$1,699,000
200310——
200410——
200530——
200720——
200852—$2,025,000–$2,200,000
200911—$2,225,000–$2,225,000
201010——
201111—$1,395,000–$1,395,000
201221—$2,200,000–$2,200,000
201310——
201410——
201542—$2,350,000–$2,995,000
201621—$2,395,000–$2,395,000
201711—$2,450,000–$2,450,000
201810——
202011—$2,449,000–$2,449,000
202120——
202221—$2,995,000–$2,995,000
202531—$2,395,000–$2,395,000
202610——
202720——

Medians from 5 priced aircraft up. Asks outside 0.6–1.6× their year's median are left out.

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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.

  • 208
    940 nm · 184 kt cruise · low confidence
  • 208A
    940 nm · 184 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 208B
    940 nm · 184 kt cruise · low confidence

The Cessna Caravan in brief

The Cessna 208 is the Caravan, Grand Caravan and Grand Caravan EX: a single-engine turboprop utility aircraft with fixed gear and a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engine.

It flies cargo, passengers, skydivers and special missions around the world, on wheels, floats and amphibious floats, and works from short, rough strips.

62 Cessna Caravan listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1984–2027.

The middle half were built 2000–2015.

How the Cessna Caravan performs

The Caravan is valued for load and simplicity rather than speed. The stretched Grand Caravan carries more, and the EX adds a more powerful engine for better climb and hot-and-high performance.

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 184 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 940 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 14 passengers.

Buying a Cessna Caravan

Many Caravans have worked hard in commercial service, so time on the airframe and engine and the operating history matter as much as year.

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $1,711,750–$2,395,000, around a median of $2,200,000, from 18 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 1,420–9,890 hours, from 48 listings.

Before an offer, check

  • Engine time, hot section history and any engine program.
  • Corrosion, especially on float and amphibian aircraft.
  • Operating history: cargo, skydiving or floats, and the logs that go with it.
  • 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.

Written by Sprinkle’s editors, reviewed Oct 29, 2026. Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.

About the Cessna Caravan

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Turboprop airplane
Variants in the catalog
3: 208, 208A, 208B
Passengers, at most
14
940 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
184 kt
27,000 ft
3,900 kg (8,598 lb)
FAA

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

The Cessna Caravan fleet

Registered fleet
2,621
Median age
22 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
74
Most built in the
1990s

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

Cessna Caravan type certificates

208 FAA A37CE
approved Oct 23, 1984 · FAR Part 23 effective February 1, 1965, Amendments 23-1 through 23-28; FAR Part 36 effective December 1, 1969, Amendments 36-1 through 36-12; SFAR 27 effective February 1, 1974, Amendments 27-1 through 27-4; Special Conditions 23-ACE-3; Equivalent Level of Safety for fuel system; Compliance with ice protection per § 23.1419 · MTOW 3,320 kg · 10 passengers · Pratt & Whitney of Canada Ltd., PT6A-114 Turbo Prop or PT6A-114A Turbo Prop · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
208A FAA A37CE
approved Feb 11, 1985 · FAR Part 23 of the Federal Aviation Regulations effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendments 23-1 through 23-28; FAR Part 36 effective December 1, 1969, as amended by Amendments 36-1 through 36-18; SFAR 27 effective February 1, 1974, as amended by Amendments 27-1 through 27-4; Special Conditions 23-ACE-3; Dynamic Evaluation, Engine Installation; Equivalent Level of Safety FAR 23.955(f)(2), Fuel System (Model 208B only); Compliance with ice protection in accordance with § 23.1419 when installed and operated per POH and FAA Approved AFM. · MTOW 3,630 kg · Pratt & Whitney of Canada Ltd., PT6A-114 Turbo Prop, Pratt & Whitney of Canada Ltd., PT6A-114A Turbo Prop (When operated to PT6A-114 operating limitations) · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
208B FAA A37CE
approved Oct 9, 1986 · FAR Part 23 effective February 1, 1965, Amendments 23-1 through 23-28; FAR Part 36 effective December 1, 1969, Amendments 36-1 through 36-18; SFAR 27 effective February 1, 1974, Amendments 27-1 through 27-4; Special Conditions 23-ACE-3; Equivalent Level of Safety for fuel system; Compliance with ice protection per § 23.1419 · MTOW 3,971 kg · 10 passengers · Pratt & Whitney of Canada Ltd., PT6A-114 Turbo Prop or PT6A-114A Turbo Prop · 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 Caravan manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 96 documents in 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
The median of 18 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $1,760,000
A year at these figures
$375,785
A month
$31,315
A flight hour, all in
$1,879
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$112,000
Fixed
$68,000
Loan
$195,785

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