Bell Helicopter 206B JetRanger III for sale: listings and price

Bell Helicopter 206B JetRanger III for sale: listings and price · Jet Tracker

Acquisition price · pre-owned market

43 active listings (global)Jet Tracker curation · 6 sources · 04/06/2026

US$ 525.0 milR$ 2.7 mi

market medianaging ≈ −2.5%/yr−67% vs Helicóptero Light Turbine median

Entry

US$ 400.0 mil

model year 1985

Best value

US$ 525.0 mil

model year 1990

Top of range

US$ 900.0 mil

model year 2009

Basis

Listings

real listings

Minimum

US$ 375.0 mil

R$ 1.9 mi

Median

US$ 525.0 mil

R$ 2.7 mi

Maximum

US$ 699.0 mil

R$ 3.6 mi

For sale now (real asking)7 listings · 21/09/2026

Floor

US$ 395.0 mil

R$ 2.0 mi

Median

US$ 545.0 mil

R$ 2.8 mi

Ceiling

US$ 665.0 mil

R$ 3.4 mi

Asking-price range across active listings today. The band above is our curated valuation; this is the live market.

Depreciation curve by year of manufacture

CAGR +2.6%/yr·1979→2009

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.

3 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 ≈ ×1.17 to ×1.58 on the aircraft value, already with ferry, ANAC nationalization and ICMS.

Air taxi

US$ 440.0 mil – 964.0 mil

R$ 2.3 mi – 4.9 mi · ICMS Agreement 75/91 · ~4 to 5%

Private use

US$ 492.5 mil – 1.1 mi

R$ 2.5 mi – 5.7 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$ 414/h

R$ 2.1 mil/h · Variable/h

Fixed/yr: US$ 131.6 mil
Total/h @ 400 hrs/yr: US$ 743/h

Charter · 🌎 World

US$ 950 – 2.4 mil/h

R$ 4.9 mil – 12.0 mil/h

Charter · 🇧🇷 Brazil

US$ 1.3 mil – 1.8 mil/h

R$ 6.5 mil – 9.3 mil/h

Operate = direct cost/hour (fuel + maintenance + engine); excludes fixed costs (hangar, crew, insurance). World: JetRanger charter ~$950/hr (Paramount Business Jets / BWIfly), single-turbine helicopter charter ranges up toward ~$2,350/hr (LongRanger benchmark, AeroAffaires). BR: single-engine turbine helicopter charter starts ~R$7,000/hr (Flapper/voejetsbra), taxi-aereo de helicoptero a partir de ~R$10,000/hr; converted at ~R$5.5/USD = ~$1,270-$1,820/hr. BR figures are category-level (monomotor turbina), not Bell-206-specific tariff.

How we read this price · 6 sources · researched 04/06/2026

Pre-owned asking-price research Jun-2026. AvBuyer 206B-III priced listings $495k-$595k (1979 7,686h $495k; 1995 9,934h $595k; 1975 11,775h $539k), plus EUR/GBP listings. Controller.com aggregate range $420k-$699k (1981 16,330h $375k low; 1995 5,101h $699k high). GlobalAir 1970 206B 23,090h $350k. Aircraft Bluebook (Winter 2023, via AvBuyer/helivalues) avg retail by year: 1985 ~$0.40m, 2009 ~$0.90m, resale data 1977-2009. AeronavesAvenda BR cites USD 400k-850k secondary. Median $525k reflects clustering of verified USD asking prices; min/max anchored on verified USD listings.

AvBuyer - Bell 206B III for sale, Fetched Jun-2026; priced USD listings $495k-$595k incl 1979 7,686h $495k, 1995 9,934h $595k, 1975 11,775h $539k; plus EUR/GBP listings
Controller.com - Bell 206B III, Aggregate asking range $420k-$699k; 1981 16,330h $375k, 1995 5,101h $699k, 1985 3,830h $649k
GlobalAir - JetRanger 206B-3, 1970 206B 23,090h $350k (International Aviation Marketing); 206B-3 specific listings intermittent
helivalues.com - Official Helicopter Blue Book 206B III, Resale pricing model years 1977-2009; Aircraft Bluebook Winter 2023 avg retail 1985 ~$0.40m, 2009 ~$0.90m (values behind subscription, summary via AvBuyer)

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

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