Pilatus Aircraft PC-24
The PC-24 is the only business jet certified for unpaved runways, combining a cargo door, a flat-floor cabin larger than most light jets and single-pilot operation. Pilatus delivered a record 51 in 2024 and introduced an upgraded version with 2,000 nm range and higher payload, keeping demand strong from owner-pilots, charter fleets and air-ambulance operators.
In short: The Pilatus Aircraft PC-24 is a Light Jet with a range of 2,000 nm, a cruise speed of 440 knots and room for 6 passengers. It lists at about $12.5M new and costs roughly $1,900 an hour to operate (estimate).
2,000 nm
Range
440 kts
Max cruise
6–10
Passengers
$12.5M
New price
Highlights
- Certified for unpaved and short runways
- Standard cargo door and flat-floor cabin
- Single-pilot Swiss engineering
Performance
- Range
- 2,000 nm
- Max cruise
- 440 kts
- Max Mach
- 0.74
- Max altitude
- 45,000 ft
- Takeoff distance
- 2,930 ft
- Landing distance
- 2,410 ft
- MTOW
- 18,300 lb
- Engines
- 2 × Williams FJ44-4A-QPM
- Fuel burn
- 165 gal/hr
Cabin
- Passengers
- 6 / 10
- Cabin length
- 23 ft
- Cabin width
- 5.6 ft
- Cabin height
- 5.1 ft
- Cabin volume
- 501 cu ft
- Baggage
- 90 cu ft
- Min. crew
- 1
Economics
- New price
- $12.5M
- Variable cost / hr
- $1,900
- Fixed cost / yr
- $600,000
- First delivery
- 2018
- Units built
- 350
- Pre-owned range
- $8.5M – $11.5M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly. Data reviewed 2026-09-11. Sources & methodology.
Pre-owned range & Residual value curve
Pre-owned range
$8.5M – $11.5M
Estimates. Operating costs and pre-owned prices are modelled from industry benchmarks and updated quarterly.
Export CSVResidual value curve
Estimated value retention over 10 years from new, by category depreciation model.
Year 10: 47% ≈ $5.9M
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