Sandhills Global’s latest used aircraft market report shows diverging trends in used aircraft inventories, with jets moving lower while piston singles and turboprops ticked upward in October.

The data, drawn from listings on Controller.com and other Sandhills platforms, indicate that used jet inventories fell 2.21% month over month and nearly 16% compared to last year. Large jets saw the sharpest monthly decline, while the super mid category recorded the steepest annual drop. Asking values rose slightly—up just under 1% from September—but remained 1.16% lower than a year ago.

For piston singles, inventories climbed 2.57% from September, reversing the sideways trend seen in prior months. Year over year, however, inventory levels remained about 5% lower. Asking prices fell 1.84% month over

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