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Mitsubishi MU-2

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

What does a Mitsubishi MU-2 ask?

$695,000 is the median of 12 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $397,500–$846,000.

16 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Mitsubishi MU-2 fly?

Across its 11 catalog variants, book ranges run 940–1,390 nm; the MU-2B flies furthest, about 4 h 43 min at 295 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence high.

What does a Mitsubishi MU-2 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. 1979–1981: 8 for sale, 8 priced.

1979–1981$0$250k$500k$750k$1M$1.25M19701973197619791979: $575,0001981: $695,0001981: $695,0001981: $845,0001974: $345,0001974: $289,0001970: $159,0001980: $1,100,0001980: $1,195,0001980: $795,0001980: $849,0001972: $415,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
197011—$159,000–$159,000
197211—$415,000–$415,000
197432—$289,000–$345,000
197610——
197810——
197911—$575,000–$575,000
198044—$795,000–$1,195,000
198133—$695,000–$845,000
198410——

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

Range by variant

Book ranges from the catalog: still air, full fuel, no reserves, at the confidence shown. Plan with your own numbers.

  • MU-2B
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · high confidence
  • MU-2B-20
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · low confidence
  • MU-2B-25
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • MU-2B-26
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · high confidence
  • MU-2B-26A
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • MU-2B-35
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · low confidence
  • MU-2B-36
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • MU-2B-36A
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · low confidence
  • MU-2B-40
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · low confidence
  • MU-2B-60
    1,390 nm · 295 kt cruise · low confidence
  • MU-2B-30
    940 nm · 184 kt cruise · high confidence

The Mitsubishi MU-2 in brief

16 Mitsubishi MU-2 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1970–1984.

The middle half were built 1974–1980.

How the Mitsubishi MU-2 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 295 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 1,390 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 14 passengers.

Buying a Mitsubishi MU-2

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $397,500–$846,000, around a median of $695,000, from 12 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 6,300–8,608 hours, from 15 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 Mitsubishi MU-2

Manufacturer
Mitsubishi, Japan
Category
Turboprop airplane
Variants in the catalog
13: MU-2B, MU-2B-10, MU-2B-15, MU-2B-20, MU-2B-25, MU-2B-26, MU-2B-26A, MU-2B-30…
Passengers, at most
14
1,390 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
295 kt
29,000 ft
4,700 kg (10,362 lb)
FAA

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

The Mitsubishi MU-2 fleet

Registered fleet
237
Median age
47 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
7
Most built in the
1970s

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

Mitsubishi MU-2 type certificates

MU-2B-36 FAA A2PC
approved Jul 23, 1974 · CAR 10 dated March 28, 1955. (Applicable regulations are CAR 3 dated May 15, 1956 including Amendments 3-1 through 3-8, plus the Special Conditions stated in FAA letter to the JCAB dated May 14, 1965, modified by FAA letters to the JCAB dated January 25, 1968, and May 12, 1971. · MTOW 5,260 kg · 10 passengers · 2 AiResearch TPE331-6-251M · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
MU-2B-36 FAA A10SW
approved Mar 9, 1976 · CAR 3 dated May 15, 1956, including Amendments 3-1 through 3-8 plus the Special Conditions stated in FAA letter to the JCAB dated May 14, 1965, modified by FAA letters to the JCAB dated January 25, 1968, and May 12, 1971. Exemption No. 1951, dated February 4, 1974, granted an exemption from Section 21.17. · MTOW 5,263 kg · 11 passengers · 2 AiResearch TPE331-6-251M · 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.

Mitsubishi MU-2 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
The median of 12 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $556,000
A year at these figures
$241,850
A month
$20,154
A flight hour, all in
$1,209
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$112,000
Fixed
$68,000
Loan
$61,850

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.