Cessna 207
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 207 is the 206 stretched by 45 inches — 18 in ahead of the cabin for a 120-lb nose baggage bay and 27 in behind it — to seat seven at a 3,800-lb gross weight, 200 lb more than the 206. The same 300-hp Continental IO-520-F pulls it along at about 143 knots on roughly 16 gph, with 54 usable gallons standard and 73 with the long-range tanks; 362 were built before the 207A took over.
It was bought almost entirely by air-taxi and freight operators, which is the first thing a buyer needs to understand: the airframes on the market have 14,000 to 19,000 hours on them and have spent their lives on gravel strips, and the price reflects that. The extra cabin is genuinely useful — a 14-ft flat floor with a 44-inch double door — but the trade is a nose-heavy aeroplane that is about four knots slower than a 206, climbs at 300 fpm by 10,000 ft, and cannot fill seven seats and both tanks at once. It is not the short-field aircraft the 206 is. The IO-520 has a 1,700-hour TBO and a known appetite for crankcase and cylinder cracks; the 206/207 tail picked up a run of mid-1980s corrosion ADs on the foam-filled elevator, and seat-rail wear, cracked doorposts and the nose-gear fork all want inspecting. Parts are getting scarce and dear because only 626 of all 207 variants exist, the 14-volt electrics date it, and the 300-hp engine means a high-performance endorsement and an insurer who will want time in type.
Variants of the Cessna 207 Stationair 7/8
- 207 · 1969 · 40 active · this page
- T207 · 1969 · 21 active
- 207A · 1977 · 75 active
- T207A · 1977 · 44 active
Also consider
- Cessna 206Partial 12/30 · 6 seats · 143 kt
- Cessna A185FScore 24.3/50 · 6 seats · 145 kt
- Cessna 210-5(205)Score 33.1/50 · 6 seats · 140 kt
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- Cessna 207
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What it is
| Seats | 7 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental IO-520-F |
| Horsepower | 300 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 1969 |
| Production end | 1976 |
| Endorsements required | high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 143 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 612 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 7 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,623 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | — |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | 54 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Estimated cost to own
An estimate, not a quote. Change the inputs to match how you would fly it. Defaults are for a single-engine piston, 5 or more seats.
| Maintenance reserve | hourly | not counted | |
| Insurance | fixed | $2,800/yr | |
| Annual inspection | fixed | $2,200/yr | |
| Hangar | fixed | $6,000/yr | |
| Rental rate, wet | for comparison |
Not in the totals: Maintenance reserve. We have no reliable default for this line; enter your figure to include it.
No fuel burn is on record for this model, so fuel is not included.
No TBO or overhaul cost is on record for this model, so the engine reserve is not included.
How these estimates are built. Fuel = this model's typical burn x the national average price from AirNav's Fuel Price Report (100LL $7.41, Jet A $7.66 per gallon, 5 Oct 2026; your airport may differ by $2 or more). Engine reserve = typical overhaul cost / TBO for this engine. The remaining lines are class-level defaults, not quotes for this aircraft: annual inspection is the base inspection fee (findings are counted in the per-hour maintenance line); insurance assumes an instrument-rated owner with time in type and a $1M liability limit - less experienced pilots commonly pay 1.5-2x; hangar and tie-down are national mid-tier figures, with rural and metro options; the rental rate is a 2026 flight-school rate for a comparable aircraft, including fuel. Twin and turboprop maintenance defaults are estimates, not published figures. Sources: AirNav, BWI Aviation Insurance (2019-2026), Flying (May 2026), Savvy Aviation, American Flight Schools, published airport rate sheets. Every default is editable - change any number to match your situation. Depreciation, taxes, financing and major upgrades are not included. Depreciation is not included. An estimate, not a quote.
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $149,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $195,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 216 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 40 |
| Median year built | 1973.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 7 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 175 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 8 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 20 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 4 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 40 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 40 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 40 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 9.9 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 4.2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 4.1 of 103 |
| Support | 3.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 6.1 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 27.5 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 38.8 · 75 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,826.5.
- Support: class median 87.
- Liquidity: class median 17.96.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30