Cessna 206H Stationair
Six-seat utility single with 300 hp, fixed gear and wide double cargo doors at the rear. A workhorse for bush flying, skydiving and float operations, and a common step up from four-seat Cessnas.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 142 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 182 kt
- Range
- 721 nm
- Service ceiling
- 15,700 ft
- Rate of climb
- 988 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 329 l
- Total capacity
- 348 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 174 l
- Usable fuel weighs
- 237 kg
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 567 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 567 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 425 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass · Gravel · Water
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 1,633 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 5
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,633 kg
- Max landing weight
- 1,633 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,013 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Variable-pitch propeller · High-performance endorsement (FAA, over 200 hp)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- C206
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1998
Scale drawing
- Length
- 8.52 m
- Wingspan
- 10.97 m
- Height
- 2.55 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.2 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.01 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Cessna 206H StationairLength 8.52 m
- Cessna 400 Corvalis TTLength 7.68 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VAManoeuvring speedBelow it, a full control deflection will not overstress the airframe (at maximum weight).
- 125 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 100 kt
- VNOMax structural cruisingAbove it, fly only in smooth air. Top of the green arc.
- 149 kt
- VNENever exceedNever fly faster than this. Red line.
- 182 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Cessna 206H Stationair in the simulator
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