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The Fifty Most Commonplace Airplanes

Here are the fifty most common aircraft you'll find at the local airport. This list accounts for nearly half of the 233,239 registered piston-engine aircraft in the United States, 80,511 of which are Cessnas, 61,164 are Pipers, 22,857 are Beechcraft, and 7,841 were made by Mooney.

This is compiled from December 2010 FAA aircraft registration data with photo links by Airliners.net. Please visit their amazing site.


Number of Aircraft	Make & Model	Airliners.net Photo Click for Larger Version
5,989	PIPER PA-28-140
4,484	PIPER J3C-65
4,482	CESSNA 172M
4,197	PIPER PA-28-180
4,128	CESSNA 172N
3,356	CESSNA 152
2,988	CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
2,731	AERONCA 7AC
2,530	PIPER PA-28-181
2,495	CESSNA 172
2,480	CESSNA 182P
2,437	CESSNA 140
2,353	PIPER PA-23-250
2,330	CESSNA 150L
2,301	CESSNA 150M
2,283	PIPER PA-18-150
2,168	PIPER PA-22-150
2,128	BEECH A36
2,094	CESSNA 172S
1,998	PIPER PA-28-161
1,776	CESSNA 182Q
1,771	CESSNA 150F
1,690	CESSNA 170B
1,681	PIPER PA-12
1,670	PIPER PA-24-250
1,654	TAYLORCRAFT BC12-D
1,606	CESSNA 150G
1,604	MOONEY M20C
1,575	LUSCOMBE 8A
1,569	MOONEY M20J
1,536	PIPER PA-28R-200
1,474	CESSNA 172P
1,416	CESSNA 180
1,351	CESSNA 172K
1,291	PIPER PA-32-300
1,281	CESSNA 150H
1,253	CESSNA A185F
1,216	PIPER PA-28-151
1,198	PIPER PA-30
1,189	BOEING A75N1(PT17)
1,087	CESSNA 150J
1,082	BEECH F33A
1,081	MOONEY M20E
1,062	CESSNA 182A
1,056	PIPER PA-22-108
1,055	BEECH 58
1,045	PIPER PA-28-235
1,040	CESSNA 172L
1,033	BEECH 95-B55 (T42A)
1,027	BEECH V35B