Pilatus
Pilatus PC-12
The single‑engine turboprop that reaches airfields jets cannot, with a cabin closer to a light jet than a propeller aircraft.
Aircraft
Turboprop charter.
Short hops and strips the jets can't reach. Representative types: King Air 350 · Pilatus PC-12.
- Typical seats
- 6–8
- Category range
- 1,500+ nm
- Typical cruise
- ~300 kts
- Hourly, indicative
- $1,600–$3,000
The aircraft
Aircraft in this class
The 2 turboprop types we source, longest range first. The hourly figure is the indicative market range for the class, $1,600–$3,000, not a rate for a specific tail.
The mission
When this cabin is the right call.
Short hops and strips the jets can't reach. With roughly 6–8 seats and 1,500+ nm of range, this category suits trips where cabin size and runway performance both matter.
We don't own aircraft, so there's no incentive to push you up or down a category. If a smaller cabin does your trip for less, we'll say so — and if this one is being stretched to its limits, we'll say that too.
Where it excels
- Reaches short and unpaved strips a jet simply cannot use
- Markedly lower hourly cost than any jet
- Efficient on legs under about two hours
Where it doesn't
- Slower cruise means longer trips feel long
- No stand-up cabin
- Lower ceiling can mean more weather en route
We publish the drawbacks because you will meet them anyway, and it is better to hear them now than at the airport.
Specifications
The numbers that decide the trip.
- Cabin height4 ft 9 in
- Cabin width4 ft 10 in
- Cabin length17 ft
- Typical payload≈ 2,300 lb
- Baggage volume≈ 50 cu ft
- Typical field length≈ 3,000 ft
- Max operating altitude30,000 ft
- Stand-up cabinNo
- LavatoryEnclosed or curtained, aft
Category-typical figures based on the representative types above. Individual aircraft vary with model year, interior layout and installed options — and runway requirements move significantly with altitude, temperature and weight. The operator's own performance data governs every trip.
Range in practice
Routes a turboprop flies
Distances are great-circle figures; times are computed from a ~300 kts cruise plus taxi allowance, and move with winds and routing.
- 1,139 mi3 h 45 mfrom $8,105one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,137 mi3 h 45 mfrom $8,088one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,122 mi3 h 42 mfrom $7,982one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,107 mi3 h 39 mfrom $7,875one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,105 mi3 h 39 mfrom $7,859one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,100 mi3 h 38 mfrom $7,826one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,092 mi3 h 37 mfrom $7,769one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,090 mi3 h 36 mfrom $7,753one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are the low end of this cabin's indicative bracket for the leg, one way, with our fee and federal excise tax included. They are brackets to plan against, not quotes.
