Overview
The PC-24 is the only business jet certified for unpaved runways, with a cargo door and a flat-floor cabin that converts between passenger, cargo and medevac layouts. Pilatus calls it the Super Versatile Jet.
Key points
- Operates from 2,900 ft grass and gravel strips
- Honeywell-based ACE avionics with autothrottle
- Popular with air ambulance and remote-area operators
Mission fit
Light class- Trips under 1,500 nm with four to seven passengers
- Single-pilot approved, keeping crew costs down for owner-operators
- Short-runway access to airports large jets cannot use
In the U.S. charter fleet
FAA Part 135 · PC-2440aircraft on Part 135 certificates
17charter operators
Most based in NH (18), CA (4), NC (3), IL (2), MI (2).
Operators include American Air Charter Inc., RSB Investments LLC, VENTURE JETS LLC, Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc., Cobalt Air, LLC, Northern Illinois Flight 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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