buffalopilot
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Anyone know the operating costs per month of a Cessna 150?
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ComplexHiAv8r
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per month will depend on the time flown....
from www.planequest.com
Fuel (GPH): 4.00
Fuel Costs/Gallon: 2.24
Fuel Costs/Hour: 9.10
Oil Costs per Hour: 0.98
Maintenance Cost/Hour: 20.36
Hourly Engine Reserve: 8.00
Prop T/R Reserve: 1.10
Total Variable Costs/Hour: 39.53
Average Speed (MPH): 101.93
Cost/SM: 0.38
Annual Insurance: 987.22
Annual Hangar/Tiedown: 636.92
Training: 174.89
Total Fixed Costs: 1,799.02
Hours/Year: 165.92
Fixed Cost/Hour: 10.96
Total Variable & Fixed Costs/Year: 8,343.96
Total Costs/Hour: 50.50
Total Cost/SM: 0.49
from www.planequest.com
Fuel (GPH): 4.00
Fuel Costs/Gallon: 2.24
Fuel Costs/Hour: 9.10
Oil Costs per Hour: 0.98
Maintenance Cost/Hour: 20.36
Hourly Engine Reserve: 8.00
Prop T/R Reserve: 1.10
Total Variable Costs/Hour: 39.53
Average Speed (MPH): 101.93
Cost/SM: 0.38
Annual Insurance: 987.22
Annual Hangar/Tiedown: 636.92
Training: 174.89
Total Fixed Costs: 1,799.02
Hours/Year: 165.92
Fixed Cost/Hour: 10.96
Total Variable & Fixed Costs/Year: 8,343.96
Total Costs/Hour: 50.50
Total Cost/SM: 0.49
buffalopilot
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so are you saying that 8343 is the approx costs if you fly 165 hours/year?
ComplexHiAv8r
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Thats what the website says, but note that fuel is at $2.24, need to adjust for your field, your insurance, etc. But a close average. Note: This doesnt not include the cost (loan) for the aircraft.
ComplexHiAv8r
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Local (pattern) type work, I would say yes. Average on a X-C might be 4. I would figure at 5 or 6 personally. I havent flown a 150 in many, many years. Other here, how about it?
skyrunner1500
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Isn't it more like 6 gallons an hour?
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I had exactly the same thought....
Isn't it more like 6 gallons an hour?
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I had exactly the same thought....
DE727UPS
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I gotta argue with some of those figures:
A Cessna 150 is gonna burn closer to 6gph than 4. Good news is you can burn autogas is you buy the STC. It's a piece of paper that makes it legal, costs $100.
$20 an hour for maintanence? An annual where nothing is wrong would cost me about $500. I double that and budget $1000. Yeah, you could run into a major problem that cost more but setting aside $20 an hour for maintanence is overkill.
Engine reserve $8/hr? I've never worried about engine reserve. I wouldn't buy a plane I was planning on overhauling unless it was really cheap. I'd buy one with 500 hours on it and fly it to 1000 hours and sell it.
I own a 152 and haven't really worried about what I spend on it. One thing for sure, I don't fly it enough. I spend $15 an hour on gas (high grade autofuel). Set aside $10/hr for maintenance. Insurance is about 1K a year for full coverage. I paid 23.5K for it but dumped 10K into the panel, to include a Garmin 430 IFR approach approved moving map GPS/comm. I'd guess I might be able to get 30K out of the plane because it's an aerobat and the GPS. Check ebay, nice 150's can be had in the upper teens.
A Cessna 150 is gonna burn closer to 6gph than 4. Good news is you can burn autogas is you buy the STC. It's a piece of paper that makes it legal, costs $100.
$20 an hour for maintanence? An annual where nothing is wrong would cost me about $500. I double that and budget $1000. Yeah, you could run into a major problem that cost more but setting aside $20 an hour for maintanence is overkill.
Engine reserve $8/hr? I've never worried about engine reserve. I wouldn't buy a plane I was planning on overhauling unless it was really cheap. I'd buy one with 500 hours on it and fly it to 1000 hours and sell it.
I own a 152 and haven't really worried about what I spend on it. One thing for sure, I don't fly it enough. I spend $15 an hour on gas (high grade autofuel). Set aside $10/hr for maintenance. Insurance is about 1K a year for full coverage. I paid 23.5K for it but dumped 10K into the panel, to include a Garmin 430 IFR approach approved moving map GPS/comm. I'd guess I might be able to get 30K out of the plane because it's an aerobat and the GPS. Check ebay, nice 150's can be had in the upper teens.