Daher Aircraft TBM 980
Unveiled on 15 January 2026, the TBM 980 is the sixth TBM 900-series model and the first with Garmin's G3000 PRIME flight deck, using three 14-inch edge-to-edge touchscreens. It shares the TBM 960's airframe, PT6E-66XT engine, five-blade propeller and HomeSafe autoland, adds Starlink Mini and USB-C provisions in the cabin, and was priced at $5.82 million.
In short: The Daher Aircraft TBM 980 is a Turboprop with a range of 1,730 nm, a cruise speed of 330 knots and room for 4 passengers. It lists at about $5.8M new and costs roughly $760 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,730 nm
Range
330 kts
Max cruise
4–5
Passengers
$5.8M
New price
Highlights
- Garmin G3000 PRIME with three 14-inch touchscreens
- 330 kt cruise and 1,730 nm range
- HomeSafe emergency autoland standard
Performance
- Range
- 1,730 nm
- Max cruise
- 330 kts
- Max altitude
- 31,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 2,535 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,430 ft
- MTOW
- 7,615 lb
- Engines
- 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-66XT
- Power per engine
- 850 shp
- Fuel burn
- 55 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G3000 PRIME
Cabin
- Passengers
- 4 / 5
- Cabin length
- 13.3 ft
- Cabin width
- 4 ft
- Cabin height
- 4 ft
- Cabin volume
- 123 cu ft
- Baggage
- Not published
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $5.8M
- Variable cost / hr
- $760
- Fixed cost / yr
- $300,000
- First delivery
- 2026
- 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
- 35.2 ft
- Wingspan
- 42.1 ft
- Height
- 14.3 ft
- Max payload
- 1,470 lb
- Max fuel
- 1,956 lb
Programme milestones
Sources (4)
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% ≈ $3.6M
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