A single engine turboprop whose repositioning flights get published weeks before they fly. No jet on this board gives you that much warning, and that changes how you use the page.
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Because a PC-12 leg is typically visible for weeks, this is the one aircraft page where checking once a fortnight is enough. Most of what is showing at any moment was published a while ago and will still be there tomorrow.
The other side of that coin: a flight published a month out has a month in which the operator's plans can change, and a noticeably larger share of PC-12 legs are withdrawn before their date than on short notice types. Long notice is not a firm flight. Treat an early listing as a strong lead, then confirm with the operator closer to the day.
The routes are concentrated in a way no jet on this site matches. Boise is the hub: McNary Field to Boise, Boise to Bermuda Dunes in the Coachella Valley, and back again. Away from Idaho the aircraft scatters thinly across North America with a light European presence. If you are in the mountain west of the United States the PC-12 is a regular; anywhere else it is a visitor.
The PC-12 has a single Pratt and Whitney PT6A turboprop. It is the reason the aircraft can use short and unpaved strips a jet cannot, and the reason its running costs sit well below the jets on this board. Both feed into why its operators are relatively comfortable publishing a repositioning flight early, sometimes with a price attached, which makes the PC-12 one of the types that actually informs the seat cost guide.
The newer PC-12 NGX is tracked on its own page because operators list it separately. Specification: PC-12 NG, GlobalAir. The seat count on any individual listing is the operator's and is the one to trust.
The PC-12 first flew in 1991 and became the most successful single engine turboprop business aircraft ever built, with over 2,000 delivered. The NG of 2008 added the PT6A-67P engine and a Honeywell Apex glass cockpit. One engine, a large cargo door, and the ability to use short and unpaved strips give it a role no jet can fill, and its operating costs sit well below any aircraft with two engines on this site.
| Manufacturer | Pilatus |
|---|---|
| Engines | 1 x Pratt & Whitney PT6A-67P |
| Passengers | 7 maximum |
| Cabin | 16 ft 10 in long, 5 ft wide, 4 ft 8 in high |
| Range | 1,800 nm maximum, 1,638 nm on the normal profile |
| Maximum cruise | 285 knots |
| Ceiling | 30,000 ft |
Source: GlobalAir.