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Piper Twin Comanche

Type-certificate model Piper 30: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

7 for sale, 4 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Piper Twin Comanche ask?

Not published

7 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Piper Twin Comanche fly?

Across its 2 catalog variants, book ranges run 1,130–1,130 nm; the PA-30 flies furthest, about 6 h 44 min at 168 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence low.

What does a Piper Twin 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. 1965–1967: 4 for sale, 3 priced.

1965–1967$120k$140k$160k$180k$200k1965196719691970: $195,0001966: $135,0001966: $149,5001967: $142,108
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
196632—$135,000–$149,500
196711—$142,108–$142,108
196920——
197011—$195,000–$195,000

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-30
    1,130 nm · 168 kt cruise · low confidence
  • PA-39
    1,130 nm · 168 kt cruise · medium confidence

The Piper Twin Comanche in brief

7 Piper Twin Comanche listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1966–1970.

The middle half were built 1966–1969.

How the Piper Twin Comanche performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 168 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 1,130 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 5 passengers.

Buying a Piper Twin Comanche

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 4,480–6,918 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 Twin Comanche

Manufacturer
Piper, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
2: PA-30, PA-39
Passengers, at most
5
1,130 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
168 kt
19,000 ft
1,600 kg (3,527 lb)
FAA

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

The Piper Twin Comanche fleet

Registered fleet
1,201
Median age
60 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
46
Most built in the
1960s

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

Piper Twin Comanche type certificates

PA-30 FAA A1EA
approved Feb 5, 1963 · CAR 3 effective May 15, 1956, through Amendment 3-6 effective September 13, 1961, and Par. 3.705(a) of Amendment 3-7 effective May 3, 1962. Also, FAR 23.1557(c)(1) of Amendment 23-7 effective September 14, 1969. · MTOW 1,633 kg · 4 passengers · 2 Lycoming IO-320-B1A · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-39 FAA A1EA
approved Dec 3, 1969 · CAR 3 effective May 15, 1956, through Amendment 3-6 effective September 13, 1961, and Par. 3.705(a) of Amendment 3-7 effective May 3, 1962. Also, FAR 23.1557(c)(1) of Amendment 23-7 effective September 14, 1969. · MTOW 1,633 kg · 6 passengers · 1 Lycoming IO-320-B1A (Left), 1 Lycoming LIO-320-B1A (Right) · 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 Twin Comanche manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 52 documents in 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.