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Civil utility aircraft
Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a civil utility aircraft. It was built by Piper Aircraft.
United StatesTechnical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sept 2026 | 7.102 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 7.102 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 29 Sept 2026 | 7.102 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Civil utility aircraft
Piper Aircraft
32,778+
1961–present
1960
January 14, 1960
Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six
one
three passengers
23 ft 3.6 in (7.102 m)
30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
7 ft 3.6 in (2.225 m)
160 sq ft (15 m 2 )
NACA 65 2 -415
1,201 lb (545 kg)
2,150 lb (975 kg)
2,150 lb (975 kg)
1 × Lycoming O-320-E2A 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
Sensenich M74DM
123 kn (142 mph, 228 km/h)
108 kn (124 mph, 200 km/h)
47 kn (54 mph, 87 km/h)
465 nmi (535 mi, 861 km)
14,300 ft (4,400 m)
660 ft/min (3.4 m/s)
13.4 lb/sq ft (65 kg/m 2 )
0.0699 hp/lb (0.1149 kW/kg)
Piper PA-28 Cherokee United States Trainer Piper Archer DX 5
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Piper PA-28 Cherokee equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ArgentinaGendarmerie exact named equipment holdings: PA-28 Cherokee. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
IndonesiaReported count for Piper PA-28 · Piper Archer DX. Service scope: Indonesian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2019), not the article revision. Cited source 2019-12-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
NepalReported count for Piper PA-28 Cherokee · —. Service scope: Nepalese Army Air Service; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
NicaraguaAir Force exact named equipment holdings: PA-28 Cherokee. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for Piper PA-28 · Piper Archer DX. Service scope: Indonesian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2019), not the article revision. Cited source 2019-12-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Piper PA-28 · Piper Archer DX. Service scope: Indonesian Naval Aviation; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2019), not the article revision. Cited source 2019-12-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Piper PA-28 Cherokee · Piper Archer DX. Service scope: Indonesian Navy; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 5. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2019), not the article revision. Cited source 2019-12-27. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for Piper PA-28 Cherokee · —. Service scope: Nepalese Army Air Service; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 2. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.