TCO for small aircraft
Mxsmanic wrote
Disregarding the actual cost of buying your own airplane, what's the
total cost of ownership for a small single-engine aircraft, like a
Bonanza? Exclude fuel and consumables.
Our older (1959) Cessna 172 works out as follows:
Tiedown..Outside $150/mo...Shade Hangar $250/mo...Hangar $500/mo and up.
Insurance...$750/yr. Annual Inspection....Avg about $800/yr.
Total....about $3000/year.
Also, if you have a figure for cost per flight hour, I'd be interested
in that as well.
It burns around 8 gals/hr @ $4.50/gal plus a Qt of oil every now and then
for a total of $35-$40/hour.
At 100 hours/year, that ammounts to about $6000-$7000 per year plus
unexpected repairs.
Bob Moore
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