Our Data & Methodology
How AeroGurus collects, cleans and verifies the used-aircraft market — and what that means for the numbers you see on every page.
Where our data comes from
AeroGurus continuously aggregates aircraft-for-sale data from a wide range of independent sources — broker and dealer inventories, manufacturer-affiliated sellers and major listing marketplaces. Rather than send you to dozens of sites, we bring the whole market into one place so you can compare like for like. Every listing keeps a link back to its original source so you can verify and contact the seller directly.
How we normalize it
The same aircraft is described differently on every source. We standardize manufacturer and model names to a single canonical form — preserving the original marque (a Learjet stays a Learjet, a Socata TBM stays a Socata) rather than collapsing brands — so that a search for one model returns every matching aircraft regardless of how each seller spelled it.
One aircraft, one page
A single airframe is often advertised in several places at once. We identify each aircraft by its registration and serial number and merge those duplicate adverts into one record, across 13,757 individual aircraft. That means you see each aircraft once — with every place it is listed — instead of scrolling past the same airplane five times.
Live prices, not stale snapshots
Prices, photos and availability are re-checked on a rolling daily cycle — we scan our sources every day, and most listings are re-checked within a few days. When a listing changes price or leaves the market, we record it — so the figures on AeroGurus reflect the market now, and our sold-aircraft history reflects the last asking prices of comparable airframes before they left the market — final sale prices are rarely disclosed publicly.
How we calculate price ranges
The price range and median asking price you see on a model page are calculated only from listings that publish a real numeric price. Aircraft advertised as POA (Price on Application) or “Contact for Price” still appear in the results, but they are excluded from the from–to range and from the median, so a hidden price never distorts the figures. We report a median — the middle asking price — rather than a simple average, because the median resists being skewed by one unusually high or low listing. All figures are asking prices; final sale prices are rarely disclosed publicly, and our sold-aircraft history shows the last asking price an airframe carried before it left the market.
Specifications & safety
Each model is paired with verified performance, engine and weight specifications, and — where official accident-history records exist — safety information drawn from public aviation-authority and accident-investigation registries, including FAA aircraft-registration data and the NTSB accident database (160 aircraft currently carry recorded incident history). We surface this so a purchase decision rests on more than an asking price.
What we don’t do
AeroGurus is an independent aggregator, not a broker. We don’t sell aircraft, take commissions on sales, or alter a seller’s asking price. Aggregated data can contain errors from its source; before any transaction, always confirm registration, hours, condition and price directly with the seller, review the airframe and engine logbooks, and commission an independent pre-purchase inspection.
Questions about our data or found something that looks wrong? Contact us — corrections help every buyer who comes after you.