Models / CubCrafters / Carbon Cub
Updated this morning · Oct 18, 2026
CubCrafters Carbon Cub: prices, price cuts and days on market
12 are for sale on Barnstormers today, with a median asking price of $254,000. Time on market is still being measured, and 4 sellers cut price in the last 30 days.
The Carbon Cub market this morning
What does a used Carbon Cub ask right now?
With 12 for sale this morning, the CubCrafters Carbon Cub is the 31st most-listed piston type on Barnstormers. 5 were listed in the last 30 days and 7 came down, about the same churn as the rest of the class. CO has the most of them (3), then FL (2).
Asking prices run from $140,000 to $495,000, and half of the 12 priced listings sit between $150,000 and $344,000. The median is $254,000, 113% above the experimental and kit median of $119,500. Age matters: 2010s airframes ask a median of $239,000 against $375,000 for the 2020s.
4 sellers cut price in the last 30 days, 33% of the live fleet against 27% across every type we track; the average cut took 3% off the ask.
Set against every other type, the Carbon Cub also appears in our note on which models get their price cut most often, with the sample behind each figure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | $149,000 | 0% |
| 2010s | 11 | $239,000 | 27% |
| 2020s | 9 | $375,000 | 56% |
Year is read from the seller's title, so 36% of Carbon Cub 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 CubCrafters Carbon Cub
What it is
The CubCrafters Carbon Cub is a Super Cub built the way it would have been if the Super Cub had been designed in this century: the same tandem two-seat, tube-and-fabric layout, with carbon fiber and modern engineering taking hundreds of pounds out of the airframe and a purpose-built 180 hp engine up front. The Carbon Cub SS arrived in 2009 as a factory-built light sport airplane, and the kit-built EX and the factory-assisted FX followed. CubCrafters builds them in Yakima, Washington.
It flies like a Cub with an unreasonable amount of power. Takeoff rolls are short enough to be a party trick, climb is steep, and the big flaps and slow stall make rough strips routine. Cruise is slow and the cabin is narrow, which is the Cub tradeoff and always has been. Owners describe it as the airplane that makes backcountry flying easy rather than heroic.
Variants that matter for price
Sellers list Carbon Cub SS, EX, EX-2, EX-3, FX-2 and FX-3. The SS is the factory-built light sport airplane, limited to the light sport gross weight and speed, which caps useful load. The EX is the experimental amateur-built kit with the same airframe and a higher builder-set gross weight, and the FX is the same kit assembled in the factory's builder-assist program, so it carries the E-AB registration with factory build quality. The EX-3 and FX-3 got a fuel-injected, higher-output engine and a further gross-weight increase, and those are what most buyers hunt. Newer airplanes with the factory Garmin panel and a constant-speed prop sit at the top of the range.
What buyers check
On an EX, the first question is who built it and whether the builder still holds the repairman certificate, because a second owner needs an A&P for the yearly condition inspection. An FX settles the workmanship question but not the certificate one. On any Carbon Cub, look at the gear, cabane, tailwheel and prop for evidence of a nose-over, because these airplanes go to places where that happens, and then at how the repair was documented.
The CC340 and CC363i engines are proprietary builds, so the question is who has serviced them and whether the shop knows them. Big tires, floats, skis, a bigger prop and an extended baggage compartment add to the ask; a fresh Garmin G3X panel adds more. An SS that a seller describes as "could be converted" to experimental is still an SS.
Who it suits
The Carbon Cub suits the pilot who wants to land on gravel bars and ridge tops with one passenger and a light load and does not mind flying slowly to get there. It is a poor choice for two big people with bags, for IFR, and for anyone who needs to cover distance. Realistic cross-shops are the Piper Super Cub, the Aviat Husky, and the American Legend Cub, with a Kitfox or Highlander for a similar mission for less money.
How much does a used CubCrafters Carbon Cub cost?
Asking prices on Barnstormers this morning run from $140,000 to $495,000, and the median is $254,000. The middle half of the 12 priced listings sit between $150,000 and $344,000. These are asking prices, not sale prices.
How many CubCrafters Carbon Cubs are for sale right now?
12 on Barnstormers as of Oct 18, 2026. 5 were listed in the last 30 days and 7 came down. PlaneSnipe has tracked 33 since Jul 19, 2026.
How long does a CubCrafters Carbon Cub take to sell?
Not enough Carbon Cub listings have both appeared and closed yet to say. The survivor rate appears here once the cohort is large enough.
How often do CubCrafters Carbon Cub sellers cut the price?
4 price cuts in the last 30 days against 12 live listings, averaging 3% off the previous ask. Cuts are logged when the asking price drops between two consecutive mornings.
Last 30 days
Which Carbon Cub sellers cut their price in the last 30 days?
| Aircraft | Where | Listed | Asking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Cubcrafters FX-3Oct 15 | CO | 42 d | $349,000$344,000−1% |
| 2023 Cubcrafters FX-3Oct 15 | CO | 91 d | $399,000$389,000−3% |
| 2020 Cubcrafters XcubSep 25 | CA | 91 d | $399,000$375,000−6% |
| Beautiful Carbon CubSep 22 | NY | 78 d | $269,000$259,000−4% |
For sale now
Which Carbon Cubs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubcrafters Sport Cub | NC | 1 d | – | $149,500 |
| 2014 Cubcrafters Carbon Cub Ss | ID | 8 d | – | $235,000 |
| 2016 Carbon Cub Ss | FL | 23 d | – | $249,000 |
| Carbon Cub Sport Cub | MI | 25 d | – | $150,000 |
| 2021 Carbon Cub EX2 | TN | 26 d | – | $140,000 |
| 2020 Cubcrafters FX-3 | CO | 42 d | 1 | $344,000 |
| 2022 Cubcrafters CC19-215 | MN | 42 d | – | $495,000 |
| 2019 Carbon Cub EX-2 | CO | 91 d | 1 | $245,000 |
| 2018 Carbon Cub FX3 | AZ | 91 d | – | $259,000 |
| 2022 Carbon Cub EX-3 | FL | 91 d | 1 | $279,000 |
| 2020 Cubcrafters Xcub | CA | 91 d | 1 | $375,000 |
| 2023 Cubcrafters FX-3 | CO | 91 d | 1 | $389,000 |
Cross-shop
What else does a Carbon Cub buyer look at?
Other CubCrafters types with a page here, then the same class at a similar asking price.
Geography and method
Where are the Carbon Cubs, 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.