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Piper Comanche

Type-certificate model Piper 24: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

30 for sale, 18 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Piper Comanche ask?

$94,900 is the median of 18 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $81,050–$123,375.

30 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Piper Comanche fly?

Across its 4 catalog variants, book ranges run 960–960 nm; the PA-24 flies furthest, about 5 h 11 min at 185 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Piper Comanche 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. 1959–1961: 16 for sale, 12 priced.

1959–1961$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k1959196219651961: $72,0001961: $135,0001961: $89,5001959: $79,9001959: $79,9001959: $90,0001964: $148,5001964: $86,0001963: $120,0001963: $100,5651965: $119,0001960: $70,0001960: $79,0001960: $99,8001960: $124,5001960: $84,5001960: $126,3541967: $159,500
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
195943—$79,900–$90,000
196086$92,150$70,000–$126,354
196143—$72,000–$135,000
196322—$100,565–$120,000
196452—$86,000–$148,500
196521—$119,000–$119,000
196731—$159,500–$159,500

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-24
    960 nm · 185 kt cruise · low confidence
  • PA-24-250
    960 nm · 185 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-24-260
    960 nm · 185 kt cruise · low confidence
  • PA-24-400
    960 nm · 185 kt cruise · high confidence

The Piper Comanche in brief

30 Piper Comanche listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1959–1967.

The middle half were built 1960–1964.

How the Piper Comanche performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 185 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 960 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 4 passengers.

Buying a Piper Comanche

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $81,050–$123,375, around a median of $94,900, from 18 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 3,171–4,440 hours, from 18 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 Comanche

Manufacturer
Piper, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
4: PA-24, PA-24-250, PA-24-260, PA-24-400
Passengers, at most
4
960 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
185 kt
19,500 ft
1,400 kg (3,086 lb)
FAA

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

The Piper Comanche fleet

Registered fleet
2,786
Median age
65 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
79
Most built in the
1960s

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

Piper Comanche type certificates

PA-24 FAA 1A15
approved Jun 20, 1957 · CAR 3, effective November 1, 1949, including Amendments 3-1 through 3-12, effective April 13, 1954 · MTOW 1,157 kg · 3 passengers · Lycoming O-360-A1A · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-24-250 FAA 1A15
approved Apr 16, 1958 · CAR 3, effective November 1, 1949, including Amendments 3-1 through 3-12, effective April 13, 1954 · MTOW 1,270 kg · 4 passengers · Lycoming O-540-A1A · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-24-400 FAA 1A15
approved Dec 27, 1963 · CAR 3, effective November 1, 1949, including Amendments 3-1 through 3-12, effective April 13, 1954 · MTOW 1,633 kg · 4 passengers · Lycoming IO-720-A1A or IO-720-A1B · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-24-260 FAA 1A15
approved Jun 19, 1964 · CAR 3, effective November 1, 1949, including Amendments 3-1 through 3-12, effective April 13, 1954 · MTOW 1,451 kg · 5 passengers · Lycoming O-540-E4A5 (normally aspirated) or turbocharged engines · 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 Comanche 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 18 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $76,000
A year at these figures
$32,054
A month
$2,671
A flight hour, all in
$321
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$8,454

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.