Pilatus Aircraft PC-12 NG
The PC-12 NG, certificated as the PC-12/47E, was launched at NBAA 2007 with a more powerful PT6A-67P engine and a four-screen Honeywell Primus Apex flight deck, raising maximum cruise to 280 knots. It kept the type's forward airstair and large aft cargo door, and about 942 were built between 2008 and 2020, when the PC-12 NGX replaced it.
In short: The Pilatus Aircraft PC-12 NG is a Turboprop with a range of 1,845 nm, a cruise speed of 280 knots and room for 6 passengers. It lists at about $4.9M new and costs roughly $820 an hour to operate (estimate).
1,845 nm
Range
280 kts
Max cruise
6–9
Passengers
$4.9M
New price
Highlights
- Certificated as the PC-12/47E
- Honeywell Primus Apex four-screen flight deck
- Large aft cargo door and 30,000 ft ceiling
Performance
- Range
- 1,845 nm
- Max cruise
- 280 kts
- Max altitude
- 30,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 2,602 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,170 ft
- MTOW
- 10,450 lb
- Engines
- 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67P
- Power per engine
- 1,200 shp
- Fuel burn
- 69 gal/hr
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus Apex
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 9
- Cabin length
- 16.9 ft
- Cabin width
- 5 ft
- Cabin height
- 4.8 ft
- Cabin volume
- 356 cu ft
- Baggage
- 40 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $4.9M
- Variable cost / hr
- $820
- Fixed cost / yr
- $360,000
- First delivery
- 2008
- Out of production
- 2020
- Units built
- 942
- Pre-owned range
- $4M – $5.8M
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
- 53.3 ft
- Height
- 14 ft
- Max fuel
- 2,704 lb
Programme milestones
- 2006-11Announced · PC-12 NG announced at NBAA, Orlando businessairnews.com
- 2007-08-14Milestone · First production aircraft flight businessairnews.com
- 2008-03-28Certification · Simultaneous EASA and FAA certification businessairnews.com
- 2008-05-27First delivery · First delivery, Broomfield, Colorado airframer.com
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$4M – $5.8M
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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