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Diamond DA20

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

What does a Diamond DA20 ask?

$199,900 is the median of 7 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $100,000–$324,450.

12 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Diamond DA20 fly?

Across its 2 catalog variants, book ranges run 520–520 nm; the DA20-A1 flies furthest, about 4 h 20 min at 120 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.

What does a Diamond DA20 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. 1997–1999: 5 for sale, 3 priced.

1997–1999$0$100k$200k$300k$400k$500k19962004201220201998: $199,9001998: $89,9001996: $93,0001999: $107,0002011: $259,9002025: $389,0002026: $418,430
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
199611—$93,000–$93,000
199842—$89,900–$199,900
199911—$107,000–$107,000
200810——
201020——
201111—$259,900–$259,900
202511—$389,000–$389,000
202611—$418,430–$418,430

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.

  • DA20-A1
    520 nm · 120 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • DA20-C1
    520 nm · 120 kt cruise · medium confidence

The Diamond DA20 in brief

12 Diamond DA20 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1996–2026.

The middle half were built 1998–2010.

How the Diamond DA20 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 120 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 520 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 2 passengers.

Buying a Diamond DA20

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $100,000–$324,450, around a median of $199,900, from 7 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 2,300–5,388 hours, from 9 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 Diamond DA20

Manufacturer
Diamond, Austria
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
2: DA20-A1, DA20-C1
Passengers, at most
2
520 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
120 kt
14,000 ft
700 kg (1,543 lb)
FAA

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

The Diamond DA20 fleet

Registered fleet
1,043
Median age
21 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
17
Most built in the
2000s

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

Diamond DA20 type certificates

DA20-A1 FAA TA4CH
approved Dec 9, 1994 · FAR 21.29 and JAR-VLA effective April 26, 1990, through Amendment VLA/92/1 effective January 1, 1992, as a safety equivalence to FAR 23 effective February 1, 1965, Amendments 23-1 through 23-42, as provided by AC 23-11. · MTOW 730 kg · 1 passengers · Rotax 912 A3 or Rotax 912 F3 · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
DA20-C1 FAA TA4CH
approved Apr 6, 1998 · FAR 21.29 and JAR-VLA effective April 26, 1990, through Amendment VLA/92/1 effective January 1, 1992, as a safety equivalence to FAR 23 effective February 1, 1965, Amendments 23-1 through 23-42, as provided by AC 23-11. · MTOW 750 kg · 1 passengers · Teledyne Continental Motors IO-240-B · 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.

Diamond DA20 manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 51 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 7 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $160,000
A year at these figures
$41,399
A month
$3,450
A flight hour, all in
$414
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$17,799

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.