SKYFORTAVIATIONGet a valuation A four-seat, high-wing piston aircraft widely used for flight training and personal travel.
Cessna 172 SkyhawkCessna 172 Skyhawk pictured · Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph ↗
Manufacturer maximum figures for the current Skyhawk; earlier 172 variants have different engines, weights and performance.
Published maximum speed, range and seating describe separate test or loading conditions. They are not simultaneously achievable mission guarantees. A pictured aircraft may be an earlier generation; its variant is identified above.
Read the specification sourceSource reviewed October 28, 2026. Verify the approved aircraft flight manual for the actual aircraft.
Review complete logbooks, engine and propeller history, applicable airworthiness directives, corrosion findings, and avionics documentation with a qualified maintenance professional.
A four-seat, high-wing piston aircraft widely used for flight training and personal travel.
Variant reference ↗Documented examples, not an exhaustive serial-number applicability list. Variant selection explains the aircraft; it does not automatically change a broad family price benchmark. Specifications above remain tied to their named reference variant.
The public reports used here do not publish average airframe or engine hours for this model. Verified listing-level hour records are needed for this statistic.
Hour statistics use fresh, verified active listings with recorded values. Aircraft without reported hours are excluded, not assigned zero. Engine-hour values are not averaged together without a consistent time-since-new or time-since-overhaul definition. Assess both engines on a twin independently.
| Publisher year group | Median ask · USD |
|---|---|
| 1950–1959 | $69,000 |
| 1960–1969 | $85,000 |
| 1970–1979 | $124,500 |
| 1980–1989 | $125,000 |
| 1990–1999 | $362,000 |
| 2000–2009 | $324,500 |
| 2010–2019 | $471,250 |
Barnstormers coverage reported by PlaneSnipe: 71 priced active listings for the family median and middle-half range. Year-group medians include priced aircraft seen since July 2026, not only currently active advertisements. Years are seller-entered and missing on 38% of listings. Condition, equipment and airframe-hour adjustments are not isolated; prices are asks, not verified sales.
PlaneSnipe · October 28, 2026 Cessna 172 report ↗Data dated 2026-10-28; reviewed 2026-10-28. Dated editorial snapshot.
Match the submodel, generation, engine installation, certification category and significant STCs before comparing prices.
Compare total time with aircraft of the same year and mission. Training history, cycles, corrosion and inspection findings matter alongside the hour total.
Check time since overhaul, calendar age, recommended limits, records, inspection results and program coverage. For twins, assess both engines independently.
Record exact equipment models, installation dates, autopilot functions, IFR approvals and supported software. Installation cost is not automatically recovered in resale value.
Use inspection findings and documented refurbishment quality, not a seller’s condition label. Distinguish cosmetic work from structural or corrosion repairs.
Review complete logs, AD compliance, inspection status, damage repairs and alteration approvals. An airworthy aircraft can still differ materially from its comparables.
Consider delivery, import/export requirements, tax, prebuy work, currency, escrow and insurance separately from the aircraft’s market value.
Use recent, genuinely comparable closed sales, a review of logbooks and a prebuy inspection to support a negotiated value. There is no universal dollar-per-hour deduction or fixed premium for a glass cockpit.
AOPA · how aircraft are valued ↗ · FAA · Plane Sense ↗Start with a documented reference price. Enter signed dollar adjustments supported by an appraiser or comparable evidence. An upgrade invoice or repair quote does not automatically equal a market-value adjustment. These inputs calculate your scenario, not an independent fair-value appraisal.
User-entered comparison scenario; no automated condition or avionics premium is assumed.
USD arithmetic: reference price plus your signed adjustments. No machine-generated condition coefficients, market-hour estimates or avionics premiums are applied. Worksheet values are not saved as market observations.
107 new aircraft reported delivered for CE-172S Skyhawk SP.
172S only; excludes historical 172 variants. New-aircraft shipments measure production deliveries; they do not measure preowned sales or asking prices.
GAMA · H1 2026 shipment reportData through Jun 30, 2026 · Source date: Sep 3, 2026
The published reports above are separate from this listing dataset. Individual asking-price history, scatter plots, and completed-sale timing need verified listing-level records.
0 observed active listings · 0 with eligible USD asking prices · Last eligible observation: Not available. Asking prices are not confirmed transaction values.
No eligible observations for this period. We do not interpolate a market history or fill gaps with invented prices.
Explore our methodologyMonthly median of the latest verified USD observation per listing within each month. No inferred inventory history. n=0 eligible observations; 0 source(s): No eligible historical observations.
Verified market observations have not been published for this selection. Figures will appear when licensed, source-attributed data is available.
Explore our methodologyLatest eligible USD observation per fresh active listing. n=0 listings with a verified manufacturing year.
Verified market observations have not been published for this selection. Figures will appear when licensed, source-attributed data is available.
Explore our methodologyLatest eligible USD observation per fresh active listing. n=0 listings with recorded airframe hours.
Active listing age measures ongoing advertising. Completed-sale time requires evidence of both the listing start and closing date.
Explore selling-time researchCurrent Skyhawk (172S)
Review complete logbooks, engine and propeller history, applicable airworthiness directives, corrosion findings, and avionics documentation with a qualified maintenance professional.
Manufacturer referenceCatalog research reviewed October 28, 2026. Maximum published performance depends on variant, weight, weather and mission. Verify the AFM/POH.
A removed advertisement does not establish a sale or final transaction value.
Explore our methodologyLatest verified USD asking observation per verified active listing, restricted to authorized published sources and source-specific freshness windows. Completed-sale durations require dated transaction evidence. Inventory / observed verified sales covers the trailing 180 days and is not total market demand. Sources: No eligible licensed sources connected.
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