Cessna 170B

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In the FlightDecide app since 2026-07-16. Reviewed 2026-09-28. 3 of 6 tables from the handbook. Anything marked “Not yet verified against the handbook” comes from FlightDecide's earlier library and hasn't been checked against the printed page.

Cessna 170B preflight numbers at a glance: max gross weight 2200 lb, typical useful load 790 lb, 37 gal usable fuel, cruise up to about 95.7 KTAS (reference figure at 8000 ft, standard day). 3 of the 6 performance tables below are read from the published POH/AFM and cite their figure and page; treat the ones marked “Not yet verified against the handbook” as estimates. Use them for planning and study, and confirm against the POH for your specific serial number before flight.

Cessna 170B specs and key numbers

Not yet verified against the handbook

Cessna 170B V-speeds

Not yet verified against the handbook

Knots indicated (KIAS) unless the POH states otherwise. Speeds vary by model year and serial; the placarded speeds and your POH govern.

Cessna 170B cruise performance

Not yet verified against the handbook

Source not verified: the library's record cites no handbook page for these rows. True airspeed and fuel flow depend on altitude, power setting, temperature, and leaning technique.

Standard-day (ISA) rows shown, sampled across the POH table for readability; the FlightDecide app carries the full digitized table, including non-standard temperatures.

How much runway does a Cessna 170B need?

Not yet verified against the handbook: takeoff ground roll and landing ground roll

Handbook figures at 2200 lb, 0 ft pressure altitude, 15.6 °C. The takeoff ground roll and landing ground roll are estimates, at 15 °C, not yet checked against the handbook. Real-world technique, wind, surface, and density altitude move these substantially, so apply your own margin (many pilots use 1.5× the book number) and run the numbers for the actual conditions.

See how density altitude stretches these distances on a hot day.

Takeoff distance

Flaps up, full throttle, to clear a 50 ft. obstacle at 76 MPH TIAS, gross weight 2200 lb, zero wind, hard surface level runway. The handbook prints only the total distance over the 50 ft obstacle; it gives the ground run as a rule rather than a column ("Ground run approx. 40% distance shown"), so no ground-roll value is carried. Distances are reduced approximately 10% for each 6 m.p.h. of wind.

Source: Cessna 170 Owner's Manual, "52, 53, 54 and 55 Models" (form P213-13-RPC-200-3/79). Section V - Operational Data, Performance Information - Landplane, printed page 37 (PDF page 43) · Performance Information - Landplane: Take-off Distance (Ft.), Flaps Up · page 37

interpolated   extrapolated beyond the handbook

Landing distance

Flaps 40 deg, to land over a 50 ft. obstacle at 67 MPH TIAS approach, gross weight 2200 lb, zero wind, hard surface level runway. The handbook prints only the total distance over the 50 ft obstacle; it gives the ground roll as a rule rather than a column ("Roll 40% distance shown"), so no ground-roll value is carried. Distances are reduced approximately 10% for each 6 m.p.h. of wind.

Source: Cessna 170 Owner's Manual, "52, 53, 54 and 55 Models" (form P213-13-RPC-200-3/79). Section V - Operational Data, Performance Information - Landplane, printed page 37 (PDF page 43) · Performance Information - Landplane: Landing Distance (Ft.), Flaps 40 deg · page 37

interpolated   extrapolated beyond the handbook

Rate of climb

Flaps up, full throttle, gross weight 2200 lb, McCauley propeller. Best climb speed TIAS is printed beside the rows and is not carried as a field because it sits LEFT of the altitude column, outside the window the shared extractor reads: 89 MPH at sea level, 86 at 2000 ft, 84 at 4000 ft, 81 at 6000 ft, 79 at 7000 ft.

Source: Cessna 170 Owner's Manual, "52, 53, 54 and 55 Models" (form P213-13-RPC-200-3/79). Section V - Operational Data, Performance Information - Landplane, printed page 37 (PDF page 43) · Performance Information - Landplane: Normal Rate of Climb, Feet per min., Flaps Up · page 37

interpolated   extrapolated beyond the handbook

Common Questions

Plan a flight in this aircraft

Reference data for planning and study: approximate, and not a substitute for the FAA-approved AFM/POH for your specific aircraft, an official weather briefing, or your judgment as pilot in command (14 CFR 91.3). Source: Cessna 170B Owner's Manual, Cessna Aircraft Company Data synced from the FlightDecide aircraft library on 2026-09-28.