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Piper 12

9 for sale, 6 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Piper 12 ask?

$139,750 is the median of 6 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $95,000–$184,875.

9 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Piper 12 fly?

Across its 2 catalog variants, book ranges run 310–310 nm; the PA-12 flies furthest, about 3 h 27 min at 90 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.

What does a Piper 12 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. 1946–1948: 8 for sale, 5 priced.

1946–1948$50k$100k$150k$200k19461961197619911947: $125,0001947: $66,8561947: $85,0001946: $154,5001946: $195,0002003: $200,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
194642—$154,500–$195,000
194743—$66,856–$125,000
200311—$200,000–$200,000

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.

  • PA-12
    310 nm · 90 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-12S
    310 nm · 90 kt cruise · medium confidence

The Piper 12 in brief

9 Piper 12 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1946–2003.

The middle half were built 1946–1947.

How the Piper 12 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 90 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 310 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 2 passengers.

Buying a Piper 12

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $95,000–$184,875, around a median of $139,750, from 6 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 3,359–5,649 hours, from 5 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 Piper 12

Manufacturer
Piper, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
2: PA-12, PA-12S
Passengers, at most
2
310 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
90 kt
12,300 ft
800 kg (1,764 lb)
FAA

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

The Piper 12 fleet

Registered fleet
1,507
Median age
79 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
39
Most built in the
1940s

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

Piper 12 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 6 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $112,000
A year at these figures
$36,059
A month
$3,005
A flight hour, all in
$361
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$12,459

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.