Cessna 172 Aircraft Market
The Cessna 172 family is one of the deepest piston-single markets on TailExchange, so this page stays focused on real fleet depth, current inventory, and the variant mix buyers actually encounter.
The 172 is the baseline owner-flown and training-aircraft market: broad registry depth, live supply, and enough model variation to justify a dedicated family page. TailExchange currently tracks 20,315 registry-backed aircraft in this family, 146 active listings, and 10 leading variant labels on the public page today.
Registered aircraft
20,315
Family-level registry footprint with make/model normalization applied.
Live listings
146
Current listing joins visible on TailExchange for this family.
Aircraft with photos
1,400
Family aircraft that already have usable photo coverage in the marketplace.
TailEstimate range
$74,700 - $165,200
20,315 aircraft currently contribute to the family valuation band.
Guardrail: this page summarizes registry depth and live market signals for the Cessna 172 family. It does not imply that every indexed aircraft is actively listed or represented by TailExchange.
Family depth
20,315 aircraft
The underlying fleet is large enough to justify one canonical family page instead of fragmented aliases.
Photo coverage
1,400 aircraft
Photo-backed aircraft are called out separately so the public page stays grounded in real inventory quality.
Recent activity
8,061 ADS-B signals
Flight activity is treated as supporting market context rather than a guarantee of current sale intent.
Variant mix
The strongest public sub-model signals inside Cessna 172
Variant rows roll up live registry coverage for the canonical family path and keep thin alias variants from competing as separate SEO destinations.
CESSNA 172N
Open matching browse results3,305
CESSNA 172M
Open matching browse results3,234
CESSNA 172
Open matching browse results2,666
Cessna 172S
Open matching browse results2,558
CESSNA 172R
Open matching browse results957
CESSNA 172E
Open matching browse results894
CESSNA 172H
Open matching browse results834
CESSNA 172F
Open matching browse results832
CESSNA 172A
Open matching browse results596
CESSNA 172K
Open matching browse results582
Alert CTA
Get notified when a 172 hits the market
TailExchange routes family-level alert tracking through Atlas so buyers and brokers land on one canonical market instead of a loose alias spread.
Representative 172 photos
The gallery only renders when the family already has usable image coverage inside the public inventory set.
Representative 172 inventory
Inventory uses TailExchange's listings-first ordering so active supply surfaces before background registry depth.
CESSNA 172N
1977$88,200
TailEstimate
CESSNA 172K
1970$137,000
TailEstimate
CESSNA P172D
1962$110,000
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CESSNA 172B
1961$65,000
CESSNA 172
1957$100,000
Cessna 172S
2019$304,500
TailEstimateCessna 172S
2018$459,000
CESSNA 172S
2007$399,900
CESSNA 172S
2006$379,000
CESSNA 172S
2004$339,000
CESSNA 172S
2002$365,000
CESSNA 172S
2001$315,000
Marketplace comparisons
Use only the comparisons that help a Cessna 172 buyer decide
These pages compare TailExchange with the safest first-wave alternatives without turning the family hub into a generic competitor roundup.
Comparison
TailExchange vs Controller
Useful when a hub visitor wants the direct TailExchange-versus-Controller decision instead of generic marketplace copy.
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Comparison
TailExchange vs Trade-A-Plane
Useful when a hub visitor needs the direct TailExchange-versus-Trade-A-Plane framing without generic 'best marketplace' copy.
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Related surfaces
Keep the canonical family path connected
Related hubs and buyer education stay linked from the canonical page so search and internal navigation consolidate around one live family destination.
Guide
Review buyer scam checks
Sanity-check listing quality before you contact a seller.
Atlas
Open Cessna 172 market intelligence
Save the market, monitor supply, and follow alert coverage from the underlying Atlas family.
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