BrokerBeat — Where turbine inventory clears, and where it recycles

August 2026 · GlobalAir.com marketplace data THE PULSE · turbine market, year-over-year Sales activity ? +12% vs. last year Listings sold 74% of resolved listings Listings withdrawn ? Steady vs. last year BY SEGMENT · current levels Segment / cabin class Active Months of supply Days on market Very light jet 48 7.6 105 days Light jet 100 5.5 96 days Midsize jet 142 8.0 131 days Super-mid jet 81 7.8 115 days Large-cabin jet 209 6.5 79 days Single turboprop 53 6.2 86 days Twin turboprop 67 7.7 159 days Active listings as of September 1, 2026. Months of supply is active listings divided by the trailing-twelve-month selling pace; days on market is the median days a listing has been posted. Large-cabin jets (highlighted) clear fastest; light jets are the tightest-supplied turbine segment. Lower supply and fewer days mean a tighter, faster-moving segment. Welcome back to BrokerBeat, a monthly report on the state of the turbine marketplace. Our mission is to share intelligence that you won't find anywhere else by leveraging GlobalAir.com's position as one of business aviation's largest aircraft marketplaces. In addition to the data, we're launching our broker leaderboard this month that covers the segment leaders on this platform. Stick around to find out who's in charge. But first, a look at the mood, the numbers and the takeaways of the past month. The business aviation industry spent the summer arguing with itself with contradicting data on fleet utilization, OEM orders and production. RVA's RVantage survey put its Net Optimism reading at plus 3.9 points in the second quarter, which means that owners and operators are leaning optimistic but are close to equally divided. Supply continues to be tight with new airframe order books backlogged for multiple years. Quality, late model iron is hard to find, especially in the large-cabin segment. Read the used listings and the picture becomes clearer with the strongest segments at the ends of the barbell: Large-cabin jets on one side and light jets and single-engine turboprops at the other. The twin-turboprop market appears to be spinning its wheels as a pattern of pulled and relisted tails is becoming commonplace. Deal flow and seller sentiment The raw sales numbers look good, with 1,219 units selling over the trailing twelve months against 1,088 in the prior twelve. That's a YoY gain of 12 percent. But upon further inspection, August sales were softer. Previous month sales are provisional as late reporting figures into the equation, so the trailing-twelve-month window continues to be the one to watch. Monthly turbine sales indexed to the 2025 average. The trend, not any single month, is the read. Conversion Roughly three of every four listings overall concluded in a sale over the past 12 months. Single-engine turboprops led the way at 76 percent, followed by jets at 74 percent and twin-turboprops at 69 percent. That split continues to widen as we dig deeper into the numbers. Months of supply Used supply confirms that fast sales correlate with limited supply, with one exception. Light jets now edge out the field with the slimmest supply margin at 5.5 months, just ahead of single-engine turboprops at 6.2 and large-cabin jets at 6.5 — the heavyweights at the ends of this barbell-shaped market. The midsize middle wears the oversupply crown at 8.0 months, with super-midsize trailing closely behind at 7.8. Twin-turboprops have thinned to 7.7 months but that's increasingly due to owners pulling tails without a sale. Time on the market How long a listing has sat mirrors the findings above. Large-cabin jets now turn over fastest of all, a median 79 days on the market, with light jets close behind at 96 and single-engine turboprops at 86. The median jet overall sits 97 days. Twin-turboprops bring up the rear at 159 days, with 42 percent past the 180-day mark. Patience is a virtue within this segment. Turbine segments by months of supply and median days on market; bottom-left is tight and fast. As of September 1, 2026. GlobalAir.com marketplace data. Broken down by cabin size, large-cabin jets are the hottest corner with a median of 79 days on the market against 6.5 months of supply. Light jets with the tightest book in turbine: 96 days and 5.5 months of supply. Very light jets sit for a median of 105 days, super-midsize aircraft run at 115 and midsize jets bring up the rear at 131 days on 8.0 months of supply. It's the highest stale share of any jet class. When we look for outside corroboration of GlobalAir.com's numbers, AMSTAT's Q2 fleet transaction figures land in the same manner. Heavy jet sales are running at 44.2 percent above their 10-year average, leading the market with just 5.2 percent of the fleet currently listed for sale. While medium jets actually fell 5.6 percent short of their 10-year average, the past 12 months is a bounce back with a 13.6 percent gain over the previous year. And RVantage's confidence report shores up those figures within the respective fleets. What prices for heavies are doing Large-cabin transaction prices are a bit of a curiosity as AMSTAT reported median transaction values up 13 percent YoY even though asking prices have fallen 34.6 percent over the same period. AMSTAT general manager Andrew Young puts the gap into perspective within the mix of what is changing hands. "This divergence reflects a market where younger, higher value jets are trading and realized transaction values have continued to hold up while older, lower value units are staying on the market dragging down the average asking price." — Andrew Young, AMSTAT general manager Where buyers are leaning in Demand for jets, as measured through GlobalAir.com's BrokerNet email network over the trailing 12 months also shows large-cabin listings drawing the most buyer attention at an average of 39.9 clicks per broadcast, with midsize jets once again confirming marketplace laggard signals and bringing up the rear at 32.6. The specific models that garnered the most attention were, unsurprisingly, a Gulfstream G650ER and a Global 6000. Buyer's attention is in alignment with seller supply and clearance speed. This is where you'll find the most heat. Who cleared inventory When we break down sales according to brand over cabin class, Cessna takes the title by a country mile. It led turbine removals in August with 23, ahead of Bombardier at 12 and Beechcraft at 11. As for the brokerages behind that turnover — who sold the most, who leads each segment, and whose book is growing fastest — that's for our inaugural leaderboard that follows. Market impact The signal to watch in the upcoming months is the slow lane, not the fast one. Large-cabin jets are moving because, even with healthy demand and limited supply, buyers and sellers agree on price. Twin-turboprops have not found that median yet, as owners respond to a soft market by relisting the same aircraft rather than lowering the ask. But until then, with the signals remaining mixed, the market continues to move, along with our sentiment that remains positive. Q4, normally a strong quarter, is where we could see a divergence or rally. The October issue of BrokerBeat should give us a clue.The BrokerBeat LeaderboardBrokerBeat's leaderboard is a monthly honor roll for the brokerages moving turbine aircraft on GlobalAir.com. We track movement on a rolling 90-day window to eliminate noisy data. Sales are logged by overall volume and segment. We also recognize a "riser of the month" for the fastest growing book of business. And now without further ado, we present August's Movers of the Month: THE BROKERBEAT LEADERBOARD Turbine brokerage activity on GlobalAir.com · trailing 90 days through August 31, 2026 · for-sale listings only MOVERS OF THE MONTH · turbine aircraft sold, trailing 90 days # Brokerage Sold 1 International Aircraft Marketing 20 2 Jetcraft 14 3 Guardian Jet 13 4 Avpro 12 5 Omnijet 11 SEGMENT LEADERS Jets · most sold International Aircraft Marketing 19 turbine jets sold Turboprops · most sold Guardian Jet 5 turboprops sold RISER OF THE MONTH QS Partners For-sale turbine book grew from 9 listings to 18 since June — up 100%, the fastest-growing inventory on the marketplace. Counts are turbine aircraft sold on GlobalAir.com over the trailing 90 days through August 31, 2026 (for-sale listings; manufacturers and auction platforms excluded). Figures reflect GlobalAir.com marketplace activity, not audited transactions. Method and notes Sales, conversion, engagement, and top-mover figures cover August 2026 and the trailing twelve months (September 2025 through August 2026), from GlobalAir.com removal and BrokerNet records. Leaderboard figures cover turbine aircraft sold over the trailing 90 days and reflect GlobalAir.com marketplace activity, not audited transactions. Active listing counts, months of supply, and days on market are from the marketplace inventory snapshot of September 1, 2026; months of supply divides active listings by the trailing-twelve-month selling pace, and sales are indexed to the 2025 monthly average. Jet cabin classes follow the GlobalAir.com cabin-class convention. External figures are from AMSTAT's 2026 Q2 Preowned Business Aircraft Market Report; survey context is from RVA's RVantage Q2 2026 survey. Scope is turbine only.