Piper aircraft dimensions
The FAA file lists 28 Piper types that pass this site’s checks. By engine type: 24 piston aircraft and 4 turboprops. They spread over 28 in Group I. The widest span belongs to the Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400 and the narrowest to the Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer; the longest is the Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III. In FY2024 US flight-plan counts the PA-28 Cherokee leads the maker’s list, and it also has the most aircraft on the US register.
Family pages for this maker: Piper Apache and Aztec, Piper PA-28 Cherokee line, Piper Cub line, Piper Navajo and Cheyenne and Piper PA-46 Malibu.
- Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400span 47.7 ft · length 43.4 fttail 17.0 ft · I-B
- Piper PA-42 Cheyenne IIIspan 47.7 ft · length 43.4 fttail 14.8 ft · I-B
- Piper PA-46 Malibu Meridianspan 43.0 ft · length 29.6 fttail 11.3 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-46 Malibuspan 43.0 ft · length 28.9 fttail 11.3 ft · I-A
- Piper T-1040span 42.7 ft · length 34.7 fttail 12.8 ft · I-B
- Piper PA-31 Navajospan 40.7 ft · length 32.6 fttail 13.0 ft · I-B
- Piper PA-34 Senecaspan 38.9 ft · length 28.6 fttail 9.9 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-36 Pawnee Bravespan 38.8 ft · length 27.5 fttail 7.5 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-44 Seminolespan 38.6 ft · length 27.6 fttail 8.5 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-23-250 Aztecspan 37.2 ft · length 31.2 fttail 10.2 ft · I-B
- Piper PA-23-150/160 Apachespan 37.2 ft · length 27.6 fttail 10.3 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-30 Twin Comanchespan 36.8 ft · length 25.2 fttail 8.3 ft · I-A
- Piper Aerostarspan 36.7 ft · length 34.8 fttail 12.7 ft · I-B
- Piper PA-32R Lance / Saratogaspan 36.2 ft · length 27.7 fttail 8.4 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-32RT Turbo Lance IIspan 36.2 ft · length 27.7 fttail 7.9 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-32 Cherokee Sixspan 36.2 ft · length 27.6 fttail 8.5 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-25 Pawneespan 36.2 ft · length 24.8 fttail 7.2 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-24 Comanchespan 36.0 ft · length 24.8 fttail 7.5 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-11 Cub Specialspan 35.5 ft · length 23.9 fttail 6.7 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-12 Super Cruiserspan 35.5 ft · length 22.8 fttail 6.8 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-28R Arrowspan 35.4 ft · length 24.7 fttail 7.9 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-28RT Arrow IVspan 35.4 ft · length 24.7 fttail 7.9 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-18 Super Cubspan 35.3 ft · length 22.5 fttail 6.7 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-28-201T Turbo Dakotaspan 35.0 ft · length 24.7 fttail 7.2 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-28 Cherokeespan 35.0 ft · length 23.8 fttail 7.3 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawkspan 34.0 ft · length 23.1 fttail 9.2 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-20 Pacerspan 29.3 ft · length 20.5 fttail 8.2 ft · I-A
- Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacerspan 29.3 ft · length 20.5 fttail 8.3 ft · I-A
One scale for every outline on this page, widest span first. Codes read Design Group, then Approach Category.
Source: FAA Aircraft Characteristics Database, October 2024 release. How we measure.