Piper PA-46 Malibu (PA46)
The Piper PA-46 Malibu — ICAO type designator PA46 — is a single-engined piston-engined aircraft. It seats about 5 passengers, flies up to 2,491 km and cruises around 240 knots. The Piper PA-46 Malibu is not in anyone's collection yet; the first sighting is up for grabs.
Heard by the network
Heard by 8 Skydex receivers (Georgia, Alabama): 717 different airframes, 3,416 sightings since 24 Aug 2026, last on 11 Nov 2026.
- BakerC - FiberflyTower — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 175 airframes, 555 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- BakerC - KACJ — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Georgia · run by @ebc1613 — 86 airframes, 227 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- ebc0045_auburn — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Alabama · run by @ebc1613 — 73 airframes, 201 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Auburn — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Alabama · run by @parkercs — 72 airframes, 163 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Hoyt Clagwell — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Florida · run by @k-han — 71 airframes, 153 sightings, last 2026-11-10
- Asheville NC — 🇺🇸 United States of America · North Carolina · run by @parker-redding — 67 airframes, 136 sightings, last 2026-11-09
- sdf-feed68 — 🇺🇸 United States of America · Kentucky · run by @sdf-feed68 — 66 airframes, 146 sightings, last 2026-11-11
- Fips — 🇩🇪 Germany · Baden-Württemberg · run by @fips — 54 airframes, 150 sightings, last 2026-11-10
Operators
Distinct airframes per operator, from the callsigns our receivers hear (recorded since 7 Oct 2026) and from caught aircraft. The operator is the latest one heard, not an ownership history. Also heard: 723 private (not named), 11 without an operator callsign yet.
- ICAO type code
- PA46
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Engines
- 1 × piston-engined
- Typical seats
- 5
- Range
- 2,491 km
- Cruise speed
- 240 kt
- Wingspan
- 13.1 m
- Length
- 8.8 m
- MTOW
- 2 t
- Card rarity
- common