Used Jet & Piston-Single Aircraft Inventory Maintains Steady Trend While Turboprop Inventory Dips Lower

The Sandhills Global aviation market reports for June show mixed trends among used jets, piston-single aircraft, and turboprop aircraft on Sandhills platforms. Asking prices are trending down for jets, trending up for piston-single aircraft, and trending sideways for turboprops.

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The key metric in all of Sandhills’ market reports is the Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI). Buyers and sellers can use the information in the Sandhills EVI to monitor equipment markets and maximize returns on acquisition, liquidation, and related business decisions. The Sandhills EVI data include equipment available in auction and retail markets, as well as model-year equipment actively in use. 

Additional Market Report Takeaways

This report includes detailed analyses of asking values and inventory trends in used aircraft markets, along with charts that help readers visualize the data. It describes and quantifies important trends in the buying and selling of used jet, piston single, turboprop, and Robinson piston helicopter aircraft.

Global Used Jets

• Inventory levels in the used jet aircraft market inched up by 0.93% month over month in June, dropped 6.14% year over year, and are trending sideways. The used midsize jet category showed the largest M/M inventory increase at 5.84%, while the used super midsize jet category exhibited the largest YOY decline at 21.29%.
• Asking prices are trending downward, posting decreases of 1.51% M/M and 4.32% YOY in June. The used midsize jet category had the largest M/M value decrease at 2.9%. Used super midsize jets led other categories in YOY asking value decreases with a 7.38% drop.

U.S. & Canada Used Piston-Single Aircraft

• Inventory levels in the used piston-single aircraft market have been trending sideways, with a 0.37% increase M/M and a 16.89% decrease YOY in June.
• Asking values rose 1.43% M/M and 1.2% YOY and are trending up.

Global Used Turboprop Aircraft

• Inventory levels in the used turboprop aircraft fell 3.88% M/M and 12.54% YOY, shifting from a steady trend in May to a downward trend in June.
• Asking values in this market continued a sideways trend. Asking prices decreased slightly in June, by 0.81% M/M, but were up 0.59% over year-ago levels.

Global Used Robinson Piston Helicopters

• Inventory levels in this market decreased by 3.3% M/M and 38.03% YOY in June and are trending sideways.
• Asking values decreased as well in June, down 2.3% M/M and 8.71% YOY, and are trending downward.

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About The Sandhills Equipment Value Index

The Sandhills Equipment Value Index (EVI) is a principal gauge of the estimated market values of used assets—both currently and over time—across the construction, agricultural, commercial trucking, and aviation industries represented by Sandhills Global marketplaces, including Controller.com, AuctionTime.com, TractorHouse.com, MachineryTrader.com, TruckPaper.com, and other industry-specific equipment platforms. Powered by Value Insight Portal (VIP) and AircraftEvaluator, Sandhills’ proprietary asset valuation tools, Sandhills EVI provides useful insights into the ever-changing supply-and-demand conditions for each industry.

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