Textron Aviation Denali
The Beechcraft Denali is a clean-sheet single-engine turboprop designed to challenge the Pilatus PC-12, built around the new GE Aerospace Catalyst engine with full digital engine control and a flat-floor cabin wider than its rival's. The Catalyst was certified in 2025, and Textron expects to complete flight testing in late 2026 with entry into service in 2027.
In short: The Textron Aviation Denali is a Turboprop with a range of 1,600 nm, a cruise speed of 285 knots and room for 6 passengers. It lists at about $6.5M new and costs roughly $800 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,600 nm
Range
285 kts
Max cruise
6–9
Passengers
$6.5M
New price
Highlights
- All-new GE Catalyst engine with FADEC
- Flat-floor cabin wider than the PC-12
- Garmin G3000 with Autoland planned
Performance
- Range
- 1,600 nm
- Max cruise
- 285 kts
- Max altitude
- 31,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 2,950 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,560 ft
- MTOW
- 11,300 lb
- Engines
- 1 × GE Aerospace Catalyst
- Power per engine
- 1,300 shp
- Fuel burn
- 55 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G3000
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 9
- Cabin length
- 16.8 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.3 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- 424 cu ft
- Baggage
- 111 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $6.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $800
- Fixed cost / yr
- $350,000
- First delivery
- 2027
- Units built
- Not published
- Pre-owned range
- Not published
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-13. Sources & methodology.
Dimensions & weights
- Length
- 48.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 54.3 ft
- Height
- 15.2 ft
Programme milestones
- 2015-07Announced · Programme announced at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh en.wikipedia.org
- 2021-11-23First flight · First flight, Wichita en.wikipedia.org
- 2025-02Milestone · GE Catalyst engine receives FAA certification flightglobal.com
Sources (2)
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
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Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Residual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 62% ≈ $4M
Compare with similar private jets
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Sources and credits
- Textron Aviation Denali · ZLEA · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons