COMMON
PA31
Piper PA-31 Navajo/Chieftain
The Navajo
“The twin that built commuter aviation.”
Piper · commercial
Length
34 ft 8 in
Wingspan
40 ft 8 in
Max speed
227 kts
Range
1,035 nmi
Ceiling
26,300 ft
Engines
2x Lycoming TIO-540 (350 hp each)
Crew
1
Max passengers
9
Typical config
8 (commuter)
Built
2500+
Before regional jets, the Piper Navajo connected small towns to the rest of the world. Tough, reliable, and big enough to actually carry people and cargo. Thousands of these flew scheduled routes that no airline would touch.
Fun fact
The Navajo was so successful it spawned an entire family — Chieftain, Cheyenne, Mojave — all built on the same basic airframe.
How to spot one
Low-wing twin piston. Counter-rotating props. The workhorse of small charter operations.
Crews call it
The Navajo
Sounds like
Twin Lycoming six-cylinders — a powerful twin-piston rumble
One might be overhead right now.
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