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Douglas DC-3

1 for sale, 1 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Douglas DC-3 ask?

Not published

1 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Douglas DC-3 fly?

Across its 8 catalog variants, book ranges run 300–300 nm; the DC3-G102A flies furthest, about 1 h 59 min at 151 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence high.

What does a Douglas DC-3 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.

  • DC3-G102A
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence
  • DC3-G202A
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence
  • DC3A-S1C3G
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence
  • DC3A-S4C4G
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence
  • DC3C-R-1830-90C
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • DC3C-S1C3G
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence
  • DC3C-S4C4G
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence
  • DC3C-SC3G
    300 nm · 151 kt cruise · high confidence

The Douglas DC-3 in brief

1 Douglas DC-3 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1942.

How the Douglas DC-3 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 151 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 300 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 32 passengers.

Buying a Douglas DC-3

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 Douglas DC-3

Manufacturer
Douglas, United States
Category
Not published
Variants in the catalog
14: DC3-G102, DC3-G102A, DC3-G103A, DC3-G202A, DC3A-S1C3G, DC3A-S1CG, DC3A-S4C4G, DC3A-SC3G…
Passengers, at most
32
300 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
151 kt
24,000 ft
12,700 kg (27,999 lb)
FAA

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

The Douglas DC-3 fleet

Registered fleet
217
Median age
83 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
16
Most built in the
1940s

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

Douglas DC-3 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
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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.