Sky DutyPiper PA-46 Malibu: US Fleet Statistics
As of the FAA registry snapshot on July 11, 2026, there are 1,627 Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft with a valid US registration — ranking it #26 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 Piper PA-46 Malibus are registered in the United States?
The FAA aircraft registry lists 1,627 Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft with a valid registration as of July 11, 2026. The Piper PA-46 Malibu is a single-engine airplane, and this family groups every registered variant of the Piper PA-46 together. It ranks #26 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.
Piper PA-46 Malibu registrations by state
Texas has the most registered Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft, with 177. The table below shows the ten states with the most Piper PA-46 Malibu 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) | 177 | 10.9% |
| 2 | Florida (FL) | 136 | 8.4% |
| 3 | California (CA) | 133 | 8.2% |
| 4 | Delaware (DE) | 118 | 7.3% |
| 5 | Arizona (AZ) | 53 | 3.3% |
| 6 | Colorado (CO) | 51 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Wyoming (WY) | 49 | 3.0% |
| 8 | Utah (UT) | 47 | 2.9% |
| 9 | Georgia (GA) | 46 | 2.8% |
| 10 | North Carolina (NC) | 45 | 2.8% |
Share is of all 1,627 registered Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft. Based on FAA registered-owner state; not all aircraft are based where they are registered.
How old are registered Piper PA-46 Malibus?
The median registered Piper PA-46 Malibu was manufactured in 2008. Most were built between 1987 and 2023, and manufacture years across the registered fleet span roughly 1984 to 2026. A manufacture year is on file for 1,486 of the 1,627 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.
Piper PA-46 Malibu engine, seats, and aircraft class
The typical registered Piper PA-46 Malibu is a single-engine airplane with a single piston engine, configured with 6 seats. The values below are the most common across all registered Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft in the FAA data; individual airframes vary by variant and configuration.
- Aircraft class
- Fixed Wing Single-Engine
- Engines
- 1 × Piston
- Typical seats
- 6
- Manufacturer
- Piper
Powerplant mix: Piston (847), Turboprop (780).
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 Piper PA-46 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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