Overview
The King Air 260 updates the 250 with autothrottles and a digital pressurization system, keeping the mid-size King Air competitive with the PC-12 NGX on short-runway and unpaved-strip missions.
Key points
- Pro Line Fusion with touchscreen controllers
- Entry point to the twin King Air line
- Widely used by flight schools and air taxi operators
Mission fit
Twin turboprop class- Short-runway and unpaved-strip access with twin-engine redundancy
- Regional trips of one to three hours with six to nine passengers
- Medevac, government and utility roles as well as executive transport
In the U.S. charter fleet
FAA Part 135 · King Air B200 / 250 / 260211aircraft on Part 135 certificates
140charter operators
Most based in TX (24), CA (15), AK (11), OR (9), CO (9).
Operators include BERING AIR INC, GRANT AVIATION INC, LAKE CLARK AIR INC, Kenai Aviation Operations, LLC, Carver Aero, LLC, EagleMed, LLC.
Counts cover the FAA type-certificate family named above, which can include earlier variants of the same airframe. Source: our Part 135 operator database, updated monthly. Browse operators.
Compare in class
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