Epic Aircraft E1000 GX
The E1000 GX is the production version of Epic Aircraft's six-seat carbon-fibre turboprop, which received FAA type certification in November 2019 and a production certificate in July 2020. A 1,200-shp PT6A-67A gives a 333-knot maximum cruise and a 34,000 ft ceiling, and flight-into-known-icing approval followed in December 2023. It was superseded by the E1000 AX in July 2025.
In short: The Epic Aircraft E1000 GX is a Turboprop with a range of 1,560 nm, a cruise speed of 333 knots and room for 4 passengers. It lists at about $4.8M new and costs roughly $780 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,560 nm
Range
333 kts
Max cruise
4–5
Passengers
$4.8M
New price
Highlights
- All-carbon-fibre six-seat airframe
- 333 kt maximum cruise and 34,000 ft ceiling
- Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck
Performance
- Range
- 1,560 nm
- Max cruise
- 333 kts
- Max altitude
- 34,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 2,254 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,399 ft
- MTOW
- 8,000 lb
- Engines
- 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A
- Power per engine
- 1,200 shp
- Fuel burn
- 60 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Garmin G1000 NXi
Cabin
- Passengers
- 4 / 5
- Cabin length
- 15 ft
- Cabin width
- 4.6 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.9 ft
- Cabin volume
- 184 cu ft
- Baggage
- 18 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $4.8M
- Variable cost / hr
- $780
- Fixed cost / yr
- $300,000
- First delivery
- 2020
- Out of production
- 2025
- 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
- 35.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 43 ft
- Height
- 12.5 ft
- Max payload
- 2,238 lb
- Max fuel
- 1,769 lb
Programme milestones
- 2013Announced · E1000 programme launched as certified version of the Epic LT en.wikipedia.org
- 2015-12-19First flight en.wikipedia.org
- 2019-11Certification · FAA type certificate (E1000) avweb.com
- 2020-02First delivery en.wikipedia.org
- 2021-07Milestone · E1000 GX type certificate flyingmag.com
- 2023-12Milestone · FAA flight-into-known-icing (FIKI) approval flyingmag.com
Sources (3)
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% ≈ $3M
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