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Piper Colt

Type-certificate model Piper 22: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

9 for sale, 2 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Piper Colt ask?

Not published

9 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Piper Colt fly?

Across its 8 catalog variants, book ranges run 470–470 nm; the PA-22 flies furthest, about 4 h 01 min at 117 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Piper Colt 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.

  • PA-22
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · low confidence
  • PA-22-108
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-22-135
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-22-150
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · low confidence
  • PA-22-160
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-22S-135
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · high confidence
  • PA-22S-150
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · high confidence
  • PA-22S-160
    470 nm · 117 kt cruise · high confidence

The Piper Colt in brief

9 Piper Colt listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1954–1961.

The middle half were built 1958–1961.

How the Piper Colt performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 117 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 470 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 4 passengers.

Buying a Piper Colt

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 3,010–3,765 hours, from 6 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 Colt

Manufacturer
Piper, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
8: PA-22, PA-22-108, PA-22-135, PA-22-150, PA-22-160, PA-22S-135, PA-22S-150, PA-22S-160
Passengers, at most
4
470 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
117 kt
19,000 ft
900 kg (1,984 lb)
FAA

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

The Piper Colt fleet

Registered fleet
3,466
Median age
69 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
93
Most built in the
1950s

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

Piper Colt type certificates

PA-22 FAA 1A6
approved Dec 20, 1950 · CAR 3 · MTOW 816 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-290-D · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22-135 FAA 1A6
approved May 5, 1952 · CAR 3 · MTOW 885 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-290-D2 · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22S-135 FAA 1A6
approved May 14, 1954 · CAR 3 · MTOW 839 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-290-D2 · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22S-150 FAA 1A6
approved Sep 3, 1954 · CAR 3 · MTOW 885 kg · 3 passengers · O-320-A2A Lycoming (Carburetor setting #10-3678-11, #10-3678-12) or O-320-A2B (Carburetor setting #10-3678-32) · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22-150 FAA 1A6
approved Sep 3, 1954 · CAR 3 · MTOW 907 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-320-A2A or O-320-A2B · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22-160 FAA 1A6
approved Aug 27, 1957 · CAR 3 · MTOW 907 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-320-B2A or O-320-B2B · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22S-160 FAA 1A6
approved Oct 25, 1957 · CAR 3 · MTOW 885 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-320-B2A or O-320-B2B · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-22-108 FAA 1A6
approved Oct 21, 1960 · CAR 3 · MTOW 748 kg · 1 passengers · Lycoming O-235-C1 or O-235-C1B · 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.

Piper Colt 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
$23,600
A month
$1,967
A flight hour, all in
$236
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$0

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.