Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
The stretched Caravan with the 867 shp PT6A-140: up to 14 occupants, fixed gear and a wide cargo door. Flies skydivers, freight and island commuter routes, also from grass and gravel strips.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 195 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 175 kt
- Range
- 1,125 nm
- Service ceiling
- 25,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,330 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 1,020 kg
- Total capacity
- 1,030 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 514 kg
Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 658 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 658 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 570 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass · Gravel
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 3,995 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Garmin G1000 NXi
- Systems
- Autopilot · Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 13
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 3,995 kg
- Max landing weight
- 3,855 kg
- Empty weight
- 2,409 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(A) · CPL(A)
- Class rating
- SET (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine · Variable-pitch propeller
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI)
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- C208
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2013
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 12.67 m
- Wingspan
- 15.87 m
- Height
- 4.71 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.75 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.59 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EXLength 12.67 m
- Cessna 208 CaravanLength 11.46 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VSOStall, landing configurationStall speed with gear and full flaps down. Bottom of the white arc.
- 61 kt
- VS1Stall, cleanStall speed in the clean configuration. Bottom of the green arc.
- 78 kt
- VAManoeuvring speedBelow it, a full control deflection will not overstress the airframe (at maximum weight).
- 112–148 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 125–150 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 175 kt
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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