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Piper Pawnee

Type-certificate model Piper PA-25: the catalog groups its variants under that name.

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

What does a Piper Pawnee ask?

Not published

3 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Piper Pawnee fly?

Across its 3 catalog variants, book ranges run 235–235 nm; the PA-25 flies furthest, about 2 h 35 min at 91 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.

What does a Piper Pawnee 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.

Go to the cost calculator →

Too few US-dollar asking prices to chart this model by year.

Range by variant

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

  • PA-25
    235 nm · 91 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-25-235
    235 nm · 91 kt cruise · low confidence
  • PA-25-260
    235 nm · 91 kt cruise · low confidence

The Piper Pawnee in brief

3 Piper Pawnee listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1963–1976.

How the Piper Pawnee performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 91 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 235 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 1 passengers.

Buying a Piper Pawnee

Too few US-dollar asking prices to give a range yet.

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 Pawnee

Manufacturer
Piper, United States
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
3: PA-25, PA-25-235, PA-25-260
Passengers, at most
1
235 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
91 kt
13,000 ft
1,300 kg (2,866 lb)
FAA

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

The Piper Pawnee fleet

Registered fleet
953
Median age
60 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
5
Most built in the
1960s

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

Piper Pawnee manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 27 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.