Sell your aircraft for what it is worth.
An independent broker who prices it against the real market, has it shot properly, screens the buyers, and closes it through escrow. You keep flying it until it sells.
Sell your aircraft through an independent Seattle broker who prices it against the live market, brings in a professional team to photograph and film it, lists it where buyers are looking, qualifies every inquiry, and runs escrow and title through to closing. Nazarov Aviation represents piston and turboprop owners across the Pacific Northwest.
How to sell an airplane
Six stages. You sign off on the price and the marketing before any of it goes live, and buyers never hear anything about your airplane that you have not already seen.
Price it against the live market
Type, total time, time since overhaul on the engine and prop, avionics, damage history, paint and interior, and what comparable aircraft are actually closing at rather than what they are asking. You get the real number, including the one you may not want to hear.
Photograph and film it
Shot by a professional photo and film team Vlad brings in, on a good day, in the right light, directed by a pilot who knows which details a buyer looks for. Exterior, panel, interior, logbooks, and a film that shows the aircraft flying rather than sitting on a ramp.
List it where buyers are looking
Controller, Trade-A-Plane and Hangar67, plus direct outreach to buyers already searching for the type. We confirm the exact list with you before anything goes live.
Screen every inquiry
Tire kickers, low-ball probes, and brokers fishing for your paperwork never reach you. Real buyers get a straight conversation, the full records, and a showing by appointment.
Escrow, title and closing
Funds move through a licensed aviation escrow company, never directly between the two parties. Title search for liens, bill of sale, FAA registration, and a clean transfer on the day.
Delivery to the buyer
Most buyers are not local. We ferry the aircraft to the new owner ourselves, so the sale does not stall on the last leg and you are not arranging a pilot you have never met.
Photography and film
Good photos and video are why a buyer books a flight to come see your airplane instead of scrolling past it.
Most aircraft listings are six phone photos taken in a dark hangar. That is what you are up against. We bring in a professional photo and film team to shoot the exterior, the panel, the interior, and the details a buyer of that type actually looks for, and to cut a film that shows the aircraft in the air, not just parked.
The same person who brokers your deal directs the shoot, so the photos match what the logbooks say and nothing gets shot from an angle that hides something. That matters twice: once when a buyer is looking online, and again when they show up and the airplane looks exactly like the pictures.
Proof point, pending confirmation: a recent aircraft film reached {VIDEO_VIEWS} views on {VIDEO_PLATFORM} and the aircraft went pending. Figures to be confirmed.
The photography on this site is real, professional work on real aircraft, not stock. There is more of it on aircraft for sale.
Aircraft we have sold
Every one of these has closed. This is the record of what we have placed, and how your airplane would be presented.
What it costs, and what you get
One fee, quoted for your specific airplane on a call. No surprises when you get to closing.
- Our fee, quoted for your actual airplane.We agree it in writing before anything is photographed or listed, so you know what you will net the day the funds release. What it comes to depends on the type, the value, and how much of the sale you want us to run, which is why it is a conversation and not a price list.
- Independent, so you get an honest price.We are not clearing our own inventory and we are not tied to a manufacturer. Pricing your airplane so it sits for eight months does not help you, and neither does pricing it to give it away.
- A broker who actually flies the types he lists.Vlad is an owner-pilot. When a buyer asks a specific question about the panel, the float installation, or the records, the answer comes from someone who has flown the aircraft.
- One firm, all the way through delivery.If the buyer is in Florida, we fly your airplane to Florida. See aircraft ferry service.
Buying as well as selling, or trading up? See aircraft acquisition, or read more about Vlad.
Contact Us
A quick note now, and Vlad comes back to you himself. He answers his own phone.
Seller questions
What owners ask before they list. If yours is not here, ask it.
How do I sell my airplane?
Three things decide it: an honest price, presentation good enough that a buyer will get on an airliner to come and see it, and a clean paper trail. We price it, have it professionally photographed and filmed, list it, screen the inquiries, and run escrow and title through to closing. You keep flying it until it sells.
What is my aircraft worth?
Value comes from the type, total time, engine and prop time since overhaul, avionics, damage history, paint and interior, and what comparable aircraft are closing at rather than what they are advertised at. We will give you that number before you commit to anything.
Where will you list it?
Controller, Trade-A-Plane and Hangar67. We agree the exact list with you before the aircraft goes live, and we do direct outreach to buyers already looking for the type rather than waiting for the listing to work on its own.
What do you charge to sell my aircraft?
The fee is quoted for your aircraft on a call, and it is agreed in writing before the airplane is listed, so you know what you net before a single photograph is taken. What it comes to depends on the type, what the aircraft is worth, and how much of the sale you want run for you.
Do I have to stop flying it while it is listed?
No. Keep flying it. We schedule the photography and the film around you, and showings happen by appointment. An aircraft that is being flown and maintained sells better than one that has been sitting.
How does the money actually move?
Through a licensed aviation escrow company, not between you and the buyer. The buyer funds escrow, a title search confirms there are no liens, the bill of sale and FAA registration are filed, and the funds release to you when the aircraft transfers.
Tell us what you own. We will tell you what it is worth.
Type, year, total time, and where it sits. That is enough for a straight answer on price and timing.