Turboprop · Single-engine turboprop

Pilatus PC-12 NGX


The PC-12 NGX is the third generation of the world’s best-selling single-engine turboprop, with a digitally controlled PT6E engine, autothrottle and larger windows. More than 2,000 PC-12s are in service.

In productionSince 2020
Pilatus PC-12 NGX side profile
$6.2MTypical list price
1,803Range (nm)
290Max cruise (kt)
8/9Passengers (typical)
30,000Ceiling (ft)

Overview

The PC-12 NGX is the third generation of the world’s best-selling single-engine turboprop, with a digitally controlled PT6E engine, autothrottle and larger windows. More than 2,000 PC-12s are in service.

Key points

  • Cargo door and unpaved-runway approval
  • Cabin borrowed from the PC-24
  • Largest single-type fleet in U.S. charter turboprops

Mission fit

Single-engine turboprop class
  • Owner-flown and small-operator missions where fuel burn drives the decision
  • Access to short and rough strips that jets cannot use
  • Cargo, medevac and passenger flexibility from one airframe

In the U.S. charter fleet

FAA Part 135 · PC-12 NG / NGX
236aircraft on Part 135 certificates
73charter operators

Most based in NH (47), CA (24), CT (21), OR (18), UT (13).

Operators include QAVVIK AIR, LLC, JET THERE LLC, Midland Aircraft Sales and Services, Inc., Aero Charter Inc., American Air Charter Inc., Kansas City Aviation Center, Inc..

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 · Full fleet registry.

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