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Piper PA-18A-135 · 1953 · Traverse City, MI
N644DR is a 1953 Piper PA-18A-135 (serial 18-2867), registered to Northwestern Michigan College (government) in Traverse City, MI. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 2011 (15 years ago). It carries a Lycoming O-360 SERIES engine rated at 180 hp, the engine on 2% of registered Piper PA-18A-135s. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A87472. It is one of 52 Piper PA-18A-135 aircraft on the FAA registry. Northwestern Michigan College holds 21 aircraft on the registry.
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1 of the 49 registered Piper PA-18A-135 carry this engine (2%), across 5 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
A Piper PA-18A-135 needs roughly 900 ft of runway for takeoff at sea level (takeoff distance ~775 ft plus a 15% safety margin). Check it against a destination airport →
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