Cessna 207A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 207A is the second-generation 207 — Skywagon, then Stationair 7, then from the 1980 model year the eight-seat Stationair 8 — with the same 300-hp IO-520-F, 3,800-lb gross weight and 54/73 usable gallons. A standard Stationair 8 weighs about 2,110 lb empty, leaving a 1,690-lb useful load, and cruises at 143 knots for roughly 350 nm on standard tanks or 525 nm on long-range tanks at 75% power.
This is the version the air-taxi trade actually used, because eight seats on a single piston engine is a commercial proposition and the 165-cubic-foot cabin takes nearly a ton of freight when the seats come out. Owners report 130–135 knots when loaded, 800 fpm at sea level and a 13,300-ft ceiling, which is honest but not fast. The honest trade is the same as every 207: you can carry people or fuel, not both, and the forward CG limit is the one you will hit. The 1978-on 28-volt system and 1979-on fuel-system placards are worth having; the 1,700-hour IO-520, cylinder and crankcase cracking, seat-rail and doorpost cracking, and the tail ADs are the recurring themes, and parts for a 426-aircraft production run are expensive. No non-turbo 207A was advertised for sale in the US at the time of writing, so there is no price guide — a buyer is likely to find one through an operator, with the hours to match. A high-performance endorsement is required; it is not a complex aircraft.
Variants of the Cessna 207 Stationair 7/8
- 207 · 1969 · 40 active
- T207 · 1969 · 21 active
- 207A · 1977 · 75 active · this page
- T207A · 1977 · 44 active
Also consider
- Piper PA-32R-300Score 23.2/50 · 6 seats · 155 kt
- Piper PA-32-301Score 22.9/50 · 6 seats · 155 kt
- de Havilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)Score 18.4/50 · 7 seats · 125 kt
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- Cessna 207A
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What it is
| Seats | 8 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental IO-520-F |
| Horsepower | 300 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 1977 |
| Production end | 1984 |
| Endorsements required | high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 143 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 525 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 8 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,690 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | — |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | 73 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 | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 268 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 75 |
| Median year built | 1980.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 10 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 133.33 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 26.67 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 1.33 · 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 75 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 75 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 75 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 6.7 of 101 |
| Severity | 9.2 of 102 |
| Access | 5 of 103 |
| Support | 2.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 23.4 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 32.47 · 13 models in class.
- Severity: class median 20.83.
- Access: class median 1,444.5.
- Support: class median 167.
- Liquidity: class median 21.98.
- 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