Sky DutyCessna 421: US Fleet Statistics
Cessna 421 — commonly known as the Golden Eagle
As of the FAA registry snapshot on July 11, 2026, there are 759 Cessna 421 aircraft with a valid US registration — ranking it #61 among all US civil aircraft model families by registration count. Every figure on this page is computed directly from the public FAA aircraft registry.
How many Cessna 421s are registered in the United States?
The FAA aircraft registry lists 759 Cessna 421 aircraft with a valid registration as of July 11, 2026. The Cessna 421 is a multi-engine airplane, and this family groups every registered variant of the Cessna 421 together. It ranks #61 by registration count among the model families tracked in this dataset.
These counts come from the FAA MASTER file and reflect aircraft with an active “valid” registration status. To pull up the current owner, based state, and registration dates for a specific airframe, use the free FAA tail number lookup. To browse every model in this dataset, see the US aircraft fleet statistics index.
Cessna 421 registrations by state
Texas has the most registered Cessna 421 aircraft, with 118. The table below shows the ten states with the most Cessna 421 registrations by the owner address on file with the FAA. Delaware frequently over-indexes because many aircraft are registered to Delaware LLCs and owner trusts rather than flown there.
| Rank | State | Registered | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas (TX) | 118 | 15.5% |
| 2 | Florida (FL) | 69 | 9.1% |
| 3 | California (CA) | 65 | 8.6% |
| 4 | Delaware (DE) | 42 | 5.5% |
| 5 | Colorado (CO) | 27 | 3.6% |
| 6 | Kansas (KS) | 27 | 3.6% |
| 7 | Oklahoma (OK) | 25 | 3.3% |
| 8 | Georgia (GA) | 21 | 2.8% |
| 9 | Michigan (MI) | 21 | 2.8% |
| 10 | Montana (MT) | 21 | 2.8% |
Share is of all 759 registered Cessna 421 aircraft. Based on FAA registered-owner state; not all aircraft are based where they are registered.
How old are registered Cessna 421s?
The median registered Cessna 421 was manufactured in 1976. Most were built between 1972 and 1981, and manufacture years across the registered fleet span roughly 1968 to 1984. A manufacture year is on file for 498 of the 759 registered aircraft.
Model year is one of the fields Sky Duty tracks on every tail alongside Hobbs and tach times. See how the app handles aircraft and fleet records.
Cessna 421 engine, seats, and aircraft class
The typical registered Cessna 421 is a multi-engine airplane with two piston engines, configured with 8 seats. The values below are the most common across all registered Cessna 421 aircraft in the FAA data; individual airframes vary by variant and configuration.
- Aircraft class
- Fixed Wing Multi-Engine
- Engines
- 2 × Piston
- Typical seats
- 8
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
Data: FAA Releasable Aircraft Database (registry.faa.gov), snapshot 2026-07-11. Counts reflect US civil aircraft with a valid FAA registration (status codes V, M, and T). Variants of the Cessna 421 are grouped into a single model family. Manufacture-year bounds use the 1st and 99th percentiles to exclude data-entry outliers in the FAA year field. Figures update when the registry is re-imported.
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