The 140 market this morning
What does a used 140 ask right now?
With 5 for sale this morning, the Cessna 140 is the 58th most-listed piston type on Barnstormers and second to the Cessna 182 among Cessna types. 4 were listed in the last 30 days and 7 came down, a faster churn than the piston singles average.
Asking prices run from $23,500 to $46,200, and half of the 5 priced listings sit between $35,000 and $41,000. The median is $39,500, 61% below the piston singles median of $102,249; it is the cheapest Cessna type with a page here.
1 seller cut price in the last 30 days, 20% of the live fleet against 27% across every type we track; the average cut took 9% off the ask.
Written from this morning's figures and how they compare with the other types on the site. It changes as the market does.
Asking price distribution
Asking prices as typed by the seller. "Call" and "make offer" are counted as unpriced.
Median asking by decade
| Built | Seen | Median ask | Cut rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | $39,900 | 27% |
Year is read from the seller's title, so 32% of 140 listings don't have one. They count everywhere else on this page but not in this table.
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Buyer's notes
About the Cessna 140
What it is
The Cessna 140 is the two-seat, side-by-side, all-metal taildragger Cessna built from 1946 to 1951, and the 120 is the same airplane with the flaps, the rear side windows and some of the trim left off to hit a lower price. Both have an 85 hp Continental C85, a spring-steel main gear, and a fabric-covered wing on a metal fuselage. The 140A of 1949 to 1951 got metal wings, a single strut per side and a 90 hp C90. Cessna built something over seven thousand of the three combined.
The 140 is one of the easier taildraggers to learn in: the spring gear is forgiving and the visibility over the nose is good for a tailwheel airplane. It is also light enough to be pushed around by a gust and quick to swap ends if you let the tail get ahead of you.
Variants that matter for price
Sellers write 140, 120, 140A. The 140A is the one the fleet points to as the best of the three, for the metal wing and the C90, and it asks more. A 120 with flaps and rear windows added is a 140 in every way that matters, and buyers price it that way. Wing metalization under STC removed the fabric worry on most 120s and 140s, and a buyer should know whether that was done with a proper kit or a heavy field job that ate into the useful load. Engine conversions are common: the C85 with an O-200 crankshaft, or a straight O-200 conversion, adds climb and asks a little more.
What buyers check
The gear box. The spring-steel main gear bolts into a box structure under the cabin floor, and hard landings and decades of moisture crack and corrode it, so a buyer wants the floor panels up. The belly skins, the tailcone and the area under the wing-root fuel tanks are where corrosion collects. Any 140 that still has fabric wings needs the fabric and the internals checked, and a metalized wing should have the STC paperwork behind it. Original Goodyear brakes are a nuisance; Clevelands and a Scott tailwheel are pluses.
The C85 and C90 are cheap and reliable, but crankshafts and cylinders for the C85 in particular have gotten scarce. Check the logs for a nose-over or a wingtip strike, and look at the firewall and the engine mount for wrinkles. Useful load is modest, and a heavy paint job, a big battery or a metal wing can leave you with room for two light people and half tanks.
Who it suits
The 140 suits a pilot who wants a side-by-side, all-metal taildragger to learn tailwheel flying and fly short trips with one passenger on a small budget, and it is light enough that recent changes to the sport pilot rules bring it into reach for many. It is not a four-seat airplane in disguise and it is not fast. The cross-shop is the Luscombe 8 for something quicker and twitchier, the Aeronca Champ or Chief, and a Cessna 150 for the same cabin with a nosewheel.
How much does a used Cessna 140 cost?
Asking prices on Barnstormers this morning run from $23,500 to $46,200, and the median is $39,500. The middle half of the 5 priced listings sit between $35,000 and $41,000. These are asking prices, not sale prices.
How many Cessna 140s are for sale right now?
5 on Barnstormers as of Oct 18, 2026. 4 were listed in the last 30 days and 7 came down. PlaneSnipe has tracked 25 since Jul 19, 2026.
How long does a Cessna 140 take to sell?
Not enough 140 listings have both appeared and closed yet to say. The survivor rate appears here once the cohort is large enough.
How often do Cessna 140 sellers cut the price?
1 price cuts in the last 30 days against 5 live listings, averaging 9% off the previous ask. Cuts are logged when the asking price drops between two consecutive mornings.
Last 30 days
Which 140 sellers cut their price in the last 30 days?
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 Cessna 140 For SaleOct 11 | WA | 73 d | $45,000$41,000−9% |
For sale now
Which 140s are for sale right now?
Newest first. Days listed is counted from the morning we first saw the ad; listings that predate Jul 19, 2026 show the day we started watching.
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Cuts | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessna 140 2073N | TX | 8 d | – | $23,500 |
| Nicest Cessna 140 Around! | FL | 11 d | – | $46,200 |
| 1947 Cessna 140 | MI | 14 d | – | $35,000 |
| 1946 Cessna 140 For Sale | WA | 73 d | 3 | $41,000 |
| 1947 Cessna 140 | CA | 91 d | 1 | $39,500 |
Cross-shop
What else does a 140 buyer look at?
Other Cessna types with a page here, then the same class at a similar asking price.
Geography and method
Where are the 140s, and how are they counted?
Where they are
How we count
Barnstormers piston categories are read once a day. A listing is "delisted" after it is missing on two consecutive mornings. Days listed starts the morning we first saw the ad, so listings that predate Jul 19, 2026 are excluded from time-on-market figures. Prices are asking prices as typed by the seller. Nothing here is an appraisal. Full methodology.