what is it?
The Aeronca L is a 1930s American cabin monoplane designed and built, in small numbers, by Aeronca Aircraft. It differed significantly from other Aeronca planes by the use of radial engines, streamlining, and a cantilever low wing.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 11 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1935
- number built
- 66
- role
- cabin monoplane
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Aeronca
- engines
- 1× Warner Scarab Junior
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 2.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 762 kg
- top speed
- 198 km/h
- cruise speed
- 174 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,724 m
- wings
- low wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2825660, Wikipedia: Aeronca L (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.