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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. C-FFXO Cessna Skywagon II 185 (C185) 03: User:CambridgeBayWeather· Public domain
- 2. C.1970. Oregon Department of Forestry Cessna 185 N4176Y used for aerial detection surveys. (36814679670): R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection· Public domain
- 3. Cessna 185 at Glacier Creek Strip (03bb8555-1dd8-b71c-0785-f6c5d412dd40): NPS Photo· Public domain
- 4. Cessna 185 Close Up (4111457490): Pablo Andrés Ortega Chávez· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Cessna 185 Skywagon is a six-seat, single-engined, general aviation light aircraft manufactured by Cessna. It first flew as a prototype in July 1960, with the first production model completed in March 1961. The Cessna 185 is a high-winged aircraft with non-retractable conventional landing gear and a tailwheel.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · shoulder wing · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 10.9 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
- First flew 66 years ago, in 1960.
- Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,333 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1960-07
- introduced
- 1961
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 4,400
- role
- light utility aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Cessna
- engines
- 1× Continental IO-520-D
- passengers
- 5
- length
- 7.9 m
- wingspan
- 10.9 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,520 kg
- top speed
- 287 km/h
- cruise speed
- 269 km/h
- range
- 1,333 km
- ceiling
- 5,227 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1057123, Wikipedia: Cessna 185 Skywagon (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.