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Van's RV-12

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

What does a Van's RV-12 ask?

$124,000 is the median of 7 US-dollar asking prices; the middle half ask $89,500–$128,500.

8 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Van's RV-12 fly?

Not published

What does a Van's RV-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. 2014–2016: 3 for sale, 3 priced.

2014–2016$80k$100k$120k$140k20132017202120252013: $89,5002015: $84,9002015: $89,5002015: $124,0002019: $139,9002024: $132,0002026: $125,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
201311—$89,500–$89,500
201533—$84,900–$124,000
201911—$139,900–$139,900
202411—$132,000–$132,000
202621—$125,000–$125,000

Medians from 5 priced aircraft up. Asks outside 0.6–1.6× their year's median are left out.

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The Van's RV-12 in brief

8 Van's RV-12 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 2013–2026.

The middle half were built 2015–2025.

How the Van's RV-12 performs

The catalog publishes no performance figures here yet. The pilot’s operating handbook for the exact variant is the place to check.

Buying a Van's RV-12

The middle half of US-dollar asks run $89,500–$128,500, around a median of $124,000, from 7 priced listings. Asking prices, not sales.

The middle half of those that publish airframe time show 47–682 hours, from 7 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 Van's RV-12

Manufacturer
Van's
Category
Piston airplane
Variants in the catalog
Not published
Passengers, at most
Not published
Not published
Cruise speed, fastest
Not published
Not published
Not published
Not published

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

The Van's RV-12 fleet

Registered fleet
1,195
Median age
9 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
77
Most built in the
2010s

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

Van's RV-12 manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 19 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
The median of 7 US-dollar asking prices for this model: replace it with your offer.
Borrowed: $99,200
A year at these figures
$34,635
A month
$2,886
A flight hour, all in
$346
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$10,300
Fixed
$13,300
Loan
$11,035

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.