Piaggio Aerospace P.180 Avanti EVO
The Avanti EVO is the latest version of Piaggio's three-lifting-surface pusher turboprop, the fastest in the world at 402 knots with a stand-up cabin as wide as a midsize jet's. The EVO added winglets, redesigned nacelles and quieter scimitar propellers, and Piaggio has resumed marketing the type after its 2025 acquisition by Turkey's Baykar.
In short: The Piaggio Aerospace P.180 Avanti EVO is a Turboprop with a range of 1,720 nm, a cruise speed of 402 knots and room for 7 passengers. It lists at about $8M new and costs roughly $1,200 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,720 nm
Range
402 kts
Max cruise
7–9
Passengers
$8M
New price
Highlights
- Fastest turboprop in the world at 402 kts
- Midsize-jet cabin width with jet-like altitude
- Distinctive three-surface aerodynamic design
Performance
- Range
- 1,720 nm
- Max cruise
- 402 kts
- Max altitude
- 41,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 3,196 ft
- Landing distance
- 3,282 ft
- MTOW
- 12,100 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66B
- Power per engine
- 850 shp
- Fuel burn
- 100 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Collins Pro Line 21
Cabin
- Passengers
- 7 / 9
- Cabin length
- 14.9 ft
- Cabin width
- 6.1 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- 375 cu ft
- Baggage
- 44 cu ft
- Cabin altitude at ceiling
- 6,600 ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $8M
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,200
- Fixed cost / yr
- $480,000
- First delivery
- 2014
- Units built
- 50
- Pre-owned range
- $4.5M – $7M
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
- 47.3 ft
- Wingspan
- 47.1 ft
- Height
- 13.1 ft
- Max payload
- 1,450 lb
- Max fuel
- 2,802 lb
Programme milestones
- 2014-05Announced · Unveiled at EBACE, Geneva airport-technology.com
- 2014-11-28Certification · EASA type certification en.wikipedia.org
- 2015-04First delivery en.wikipedia.org
- 2015-07-06Certification · FAA type certification en.wikipedia.org
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$4.5M – $7M
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% ≈ $5M
Compare with similar private jets
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Sources and credits
- Piaggio Aerospace P.180 Avanti EVO · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons