The 182 market this morning
What does a used 182 ask right now?
With 75 for sale this morning, the Cessna 182 is the 2nd most-listed piston type on Barnstormers and the most-listed Cessna. 35 were listed in the last 30 days and 43 came down, about the same churn as the rest of the class. CA and TX have 8 each.
Asking prices run from $40,000 to $575,000, and half of the 66 priced listings sit between $130,000 and $219,000. The median is $168,250, 65% above the piston singles median of $102,249; 5 of the 13 Cessna types here ask more. Age matters: 1950s airframes ask a median of $114,500 against $385,000 for the 2000s, with the 1960s at $142,000.
14 sellers cut price in the last 30 days, 19% of the live fleet against 27% across every type we track; the average cut took 7% off the ask. Of the 182s we watched appear, half came down within 31 days.
Written from this morning's figures and how they compare with the other types on the site. It changes as the market does.
By variant
| Variant | Seen | Live | Median ask |
|---|---|---|---|
| 182P | 20 | 7 | $203,000 |
| 182Q | 16 | 7 | $236,000 |
| 182L | 8 | 5 | $150,000 |
| 182T | 8 | 2 | $477,500 |
| 182R | 7 | 3 | $238,000 |
| 182F | 6 | 4 | $146,750 |
| T182T | 6 | 3 | $419,000 |
| 182N | 5 | 3 | $155,500 |
Only listings whose title names a variant. Median is over live, priced listings of that variant.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 | $114,500 | 13% |
| 1960s | 32 | $142,000 | 13% |
| 1970s | 26 | $210,500 | 23% |
| 1980s | 9 | $224,900 | 33% |
| 2000s | 11 | $385,000 | 36% |
| 2010s | 2 | $442,000 | 0% |
| 2020s | 1 | $540,000 | 0% |
Year is read from the seller's title, so 42% of 182 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 182
What it is
The Cessna 182 Skylane started in 1956 as a 180 with a nosewheel and became the airplane pilots trade up to and rarely trade away from. Cessna built it through 1986, brought it back in 1997, and has kept building it since, well over 20,000 airplanes. The formula never changed: four seats, a strutted high wing, a big six up front, and enough useful load to fill the seats and the tanks on the same day, which most four-seaters cannot do.
It is a heavy-handed airplane by 172 standards. The nose is heavy, the elevator goes firm in the flare, and the classic 182 mistake is landing nose-first, which is why so many have had a firewall repaired. Trimmed properly it is stable and forgiving in weather. Owners who leave the 182 usually leave for speed, not because the airplane did anything wrong.
Variants that matter for price
Model letters track the years from the plain 182 through 182R. The swept tail arrived with the 182C, the rear window with the 182E, and gross weight climbed in steps until the 182P and 182Q of the 1970s, which are the most numerous and the ones most buyers end up with. The 182R (1981 to 1986) got a further gross-weight bump and is the last of the legacy line. The retractable R182 and TR182 and the fixed-gear turbo T182 of the same era sell as their own thing.
The restart airplanes are the 182S (1997) and 182T (2001 on) with a fuel-injected Lycoming IO-540, and the turbocharged T182T from 2001. The G1000 arrived partway through the 182T run, so a late round-gauge T and an early G1000 T can be a year apart and priced well apart. A legacy Q or R with a modern autopilot and glass draws the most attention.
What buyers check
Firewall damage is the first thing a 182 pre-buy looks for: wrinkles or a replaced firewall from a nose-first landing, and whether the repair was done right. The seat-rail inspection applies to every one of them. Older airplanes with bladder tanks can trap water in wrinkles, and the later wet-wing airplanes have their own leak history at the tank seams. Corrosion shows up under the floor, in the tailcone and at the strut fittings on airplanes that lived outside or near salt water.
On the O-470, expect to talk about cylinders more than the bottom end; on the restart IO-540, ask about the crankshaft recall from the early 2000s and, on a T182T, about turbo and exhaust hours. Early G1000 boxes have real upkeep costs. Mods that add value include the STOL kits, the O-520 and IO-550 engine conversions from the known STC holders, long-range tanks and a modern digital autopilot. A tired KAP 140 subtracts from a restart airplane's appeal.
Who it suits
The 182 fits the pilot with a family or a real payload who flies real trips, including IFR, and wants an airplane any shop can work on. It is not fast or cheap to feed, and a solo pilot flying short hops is paying for load that never gets used. The realistic cross-shops are the 172 (if the load is smaller), the Piper Dakota or Cherokee 235, and the Bonanza or Cirrus SR22 if speed matters more than simplicity.
How much does a used Cessna 182 cost?
Asking prices on Barnstormers this morning run from $40,000 to $575,000, and the median is $168,250. The middle half of the 66 priced listings sit between $130,000 and $219,000. These are asking prices, not sale prices.
How many Cessna 182s are for sale right now?
75 on Barnstormers as of Oct 18, 2026. 35 were listed in the last 30 days and 43 came down. PlaneSnipe has tracked 169 since Jul 19, 2026.
How long does a Cessna 182 take to sell?
Half of the 182 listings we watched appear came down within 31 days. Delisted is not the same as sold; the ad may have expired or been relisted.
How often do Cessna 182 sellers cut the price?
14 price cuts in the last 30 days against 75 live listings, averaging 7% off the previous ask. Cuts are logged when the asking price drops between two consecutive mornings.
Last 30 days
Which 182 sellers cut their price in the last 30 days?
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Cessna 182R. 1375hrs.Oct 12 | KY | 55 d | $449,500$439,500−2% |
| 1970 Cessna 182NOct 12 | NC | 33 d | $164,500$155,500−5% |
| 1977 Cessna 182Q Skylane IIOct 11 | — | 12 d | $246,000$236,000−4% |
| 1973 Cessna 182P SkylaneOct 10 | NM | 91 d | $220,000$206,000−6% |
| Cessna R182RGOct 10 | MN | 46 d | $120,000$110,000−8% |
| For Sale - 1963 Cessna 182FOct 9 | FL | 45 d | $137,500$134,500−2% |
| 1957 C-182 Jump PlaneOct 7 | NY | 89 d | $46,000$44,000−4% |
| Cessna R182RGOct 7 | CA | 53 d | $124,900$114,900−8% |
| 1978 Cessna TR182RGSep 24 | TX | 75 d | $225,000$219,000−3% |
| 1956 Cessna 182Sep 22 | SC | 28 d | $131,000$95,000−27% |
For sale now
Which 182s 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.
Cross-shop
What else does a 182 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 182s, 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.