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8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne IIIA, Lufthansa JP5882686: Pedro Aragão· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. D-IFSH Piper PA42 Cheyenne 111 Coventry (31520889304) (cropped): Rob Hodgkins· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Lh-cheyenne: Wikimedia Commons· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Piper PA-42-1000 Cheyenne 400LS Private, LUX Luxembourg (Findel), Luxembourg PP1238521046: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
- 5. Piper PA-42-720 Cheyenne IIIA, Alitalia Flying School AN0989651: Pedro Aragão· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Piper PA-42 Cheyenne III AN1190193: Renato Spilimbergo Carvalho· GFDL 1.2
- 7. 1990-10-16 TXL EDBT Lufthansa Flight Training Piper Cheyenne D-IOSD: Lothar Weber· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Piper PA-42 Cheyenne (4450388397): Björn Strey· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Piper PA-42 Cheyenne is a twin engine turboprop aircraft built by Piper Aircraft. The PA-42 Cheyenne is a larger development of the earlier PA-31T Cheyennes I and II (which are, in turn, turboprop developments of the PA-31 Navajo).
How to recognise it: turboprops · 14.6 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 47 years ago, in 1979.
- Wingspan of 14.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1979-05-18
- number built
- 192
- role
- turboprop
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Piper Aircraft
- engines
- turboprop
- length
- 11.6 m
- wingspan
- 14.6 m
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 10,060 m
- ICAO code
- PAY2
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q268269, Wikipedia: Piper PA-42 Cheyenne (CC BY-SA 4.0), ICAO code from list of aircraft type designators.Updated 2026-10-24.