Embraer EMB-820C Carajá for sale: listings and price

Embraer EMB-820C Carajá for sale: listings and price · Jet Tracker

Acquisition price · pre-owned market

limited data1 active listings (global)Jet Tracker curation · 7 sources · 04/06/2026

US$ 350.0 milR$ 1.8 mi

market medianaging ≈ −3.1%/yr−53% vs Turbohélice Twin Light median

Entry

US$ 320.0 mil

model year 1982

Best value

US$ 350.0 mil

model year 1986

Top of range

US$ 420.0 mil

model year 1988

Basis

Listings

real listings

Minimum

US$ 300.0 mil

R$ 1.5 mi

Median

US$ 350.0 mil

R$ 1.8 mi

Maximum

US$ 900.0 mil

R$ 4.6 mi

Depreciation curve by year of manufacture

CAGR +3.2%/yr·1982→1989

Market median by vintage (USD). Light-blue band = min/max range observed across real listings. Points without reliable public listings (n ≤ 1) use Bluebook/curve interpolation and are flagged as lower confidence.

4 of 5 points with reduced confidence (n ≤ 1 listing observed). The estimate for these years comes from Aircraft Bluebook / market-curve interpolation, not from direct listings.

Landed in Brazil

Index ≈ ×1.21 to ×1.44 on the aircraft value, already with ferry, ANAC nationalization and ICMS.

Air taxi

US$ 362.0 mil – 1.1 mi

R$ 1.8 mi – 5.7 mi · ICMS Agreement 75/91 · ~4 to 5%

Private use

US$ 404.0 mil – 1.3 mi

R$ 2.1 mi – 6.6 mi · ICMS ~18 to 25%

Market estimate: value + ferry + ANAC nationalization + ICMS, no legal review. Federal taxes (II/IPI/PIS/COFINS) ~0% for aircraft (NCM 88.02); the weight is the state ICMS, higher for private use.

Cost per flight hour

Operate · owned

US$ 852/h

R$ 4.3 mil/h · Variable/h

Fixed/yr: US$ 218.8 mil
Total/h @ 400 hrs/yr: US$ 1.4 mil/h

Charter · 🌎 World

US$ 1.0 mil – 1.2 mil/h

R$ 5.1 mil – 6.1 mil/h

Charter · 🇧🇷 Brazil

US$ 900 – 1.3 mil/h

R$ 4.6 mil – 6.6 mil/h

Operate = direct cost/hour (fuel + maintenance + engine); excludes fixed costs (hangar, crew, insurance). PA-31 Navajo-class charter ~US$1000-1200/hr (Mercury Jets, Monarch). BR turboprop Carajá band estimated similar to a light twin-turboprop charter; no public Flapper Carajá-specific quote found, so BR range is an estimate anchored to world rate plus typical BR premium.

How we read this price · 7 sources · researched 04/06/2026

Discontinued BR-built Piper PA-31 derivative (Embraer/Neiva). Market labels the PT6A-27/-34 twin-turboprop conversion as both EMB-820C and EMB-821 'Carajá' interchangeably; nearly all listings are in Brazil and many quote 'consulte'/reference prices, so spread is wide and data thin (limited_data). Real points (FX 5.06 BRL/USD, BCB 2026-06-03): 1989 EMB-820C 3364h R$1.4M~US$277k (aeromarketplace, sold/withdrawn); 1989 EMB-821 4115h US$900k asking (compreasaalta); 1988 EMB-820C 2500h US$1.5M asking-outlier (aeromercado-cited); 1989 R$1.8M~US$356k; 1986 EMB-821 7970h R$3.5-10M 'reference only' (aeronavesavenda); piston PA-31-350 airframe basis retail US$209k (planephd PAPI 2026-03-01, 1973-84 MY). Twin-turboprop (two PT6A-27/-34, 550shp ea, confirmed twin, not single; category turboprop_twin_light, floor US$0.3M). Median anchored to sale-likely BR light twin-turboprop range (~US$350k); min set to category floor (US$0.3M, near the real US$277k withdrawn 1989 listing); max capped at a real direct asking (US$900k), excluding the US$1.5M/R$10M aspirational outliers. DOC ~US$600/hr (PT6A turboprop class, ~50gph Jet-A; piston PA-31-350 variable was US$484/hr per planephd).

AeroMarketplace - Carajá EMB-820C 1989, opened: 1989, 3364h, turbo-hélice, R$1,400,000 (listing withdrawn)
Compre a Sa Alta - EMB-821 Carajá 5367, opened: 1989, 4115h, PT6A-34 550shp, US$900,000 asking
AeronavesaVenda - EMB-821 Carajá 1986, opened: 1986, 7970h, twin turboprop, R$3.5-10M reference-only band

Market estimates for guidance only, not a firm quote. Confirm the value with a broker/appraiser before any transaction.

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