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Cessna 310

33 for sale, 24 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Cessna 310 ask?

$179,900 is the median of 24 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $138,109–$202,250.

33 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Cessna 310 fly?

Across its 21 catalog variants, book ranges run 640–640 nm; the 310 flies furthest, about 3 h 19 min at 193 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence high.

What does a Cessna 310 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. 1978–1980: 8 for sale, 5 priced.

1978–1980$0$100k$200k$300k$400k19561963197019771978: $294,9001978: $224,9001973: $69,5001974: $179,9001974: $299,0001964: $179,0001969: $209,0001969: $149,0001976: $195,0001976: $195,0001972: $99,9001972: $155,0001970: $295,0001956: $49,9501961: $85,0001961: $105,4361960: $199,0001966: $76,9001967: $159,0001975: $160,0001979: $200,0001979: $179,9001979: $199,9001981: $369,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
195611—$49,950–$49,950
196011—$199,000–$199,000
196122—$85,000–$105,436
196411—$179,000–$179,000
196611—$76,900–$76,900
196711—$159,000–$159,000
196922—$149,000–$209,000
197011—$295,000–$295,000
197222—$99,900–$155,000
197321—$69,500–$69,500
197432—$179,900–$299,000
197511—$160,000–$160,000
197642—$195,000–$195,000
197710——
197832—$224,900–$294,900
197933—$179,900–$200,000
198020——
198111—$369,000–$369,000

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.

  • 310
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310A
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310B
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310C
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310D
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310E
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310F
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310G
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310H
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310I
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310J
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence
  • 310K
    640 nm · 193 kt cruise · high confidence

The Cessna 310 in brief

33 Cessna 310 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1956–1981.

The middle half were built 1969–1978.

How the Cessna 310 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 193 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 640 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 6 passengers.

Buying a Cessna 310

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $138,109–$202,250, around a median of $179,900, from 24 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 3,463–6,140 hours, from 28 listings.

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 310

Manufacturer
Cessna, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
23: 310, 310A, 310B, 310C, 310D, 310E, 310F, 310G…
Passengers, at most
6
640 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
193 kt
25,000 ft
2,400 kg (5,291 lb)
FAA

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

The Cessna 310 fleet

Registered fleet
1,945
Median age
54 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
68
Most built in the
1970s

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

Cessna 310 type certificates

310 FAA 3A10
approved Mar 22, 1954 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,087 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental O-470-B or O-470-M · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310A FAA 3A10
approved Apr 9, 1957 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,191 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental O-470-M · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310B FAA 3A10
approved May 23, 1957 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,132 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental O-470-M · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310C FAA 3A10
approved Oct 22, 1958 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,191 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310D FAA 3A10
approved Jul 8, 1959 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,191 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310E FAA 3A10
approved Sep 21, 1959 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,263 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310F FAA 3A10
approved Jul 25, 1960 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,191 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310G FAA 3A10
approved Oct 2, 1961 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,263 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310H FAA 3A10
approved Jul 19, 1962 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,313 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
E310H FAA 3A10
approved Jan 17, 1963 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,263 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310I FAA 3A10
approved Dec 20, 1963 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10 and Sections 3.109, 3.111, 3.112, 3.115, 3.118, 3.120 and 3.688 of CAR 3 dated May 15, 1956, as amended by 3-2, 3-5 and 3-8. · MTOW 2,313 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-U · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
310J FAA 3A10
approved Sep 3, 1964 · CAR 3 dated November 1, 1949, as amended by 3-1 through 3-10. · MTOW 2,313 kg · 3 passengers · 2 Continental IO-470-U · 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 310 manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 71 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 24 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $144,000
A year at these figures
$39,619
A month
$3,302
A flight hour, all in
$396
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$16,019

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.