Pilatus PC-12 NGX
A single-engine turboprop that works like a small airliner: pressurised, 30,000 ft, big cargo door and happy on gravel strips. Flying doctors, police and owner-pilots love it.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 290 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 236 kt
- Range
- 1,803 nm
- Service ceiling
- 30,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,920 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 1,220 kg
- Total capacity
- 1,230 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 616 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 184 kg/h
Fuel burn in cruise at 27,000 ft. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 808 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 808 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 661 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass · Gravel
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 4,740 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Honeywell Primus Apex
- Systems
- Autopilot · Autothrottle · Pressurised cabin · Retractable gear · Constant-speed propeller · TCAS collision avoidance · Terrain warning (TAWS) · Weather radar
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 9
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 4,740 kg
- Max landing weight
- 4,500 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(A) · CPL(A)
- Class rating
- SET (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine · Pressurised cabin · Variable-pitch propeller · Retractable gear · High-performance aircraft theory (HPA)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI) · RVSM
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Pilatus
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- PC12
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2019
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 14.4 m
- Wingspan
- 16.28 m
- Height
- 4.26 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.6 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.67 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Pilatus PC-12 NGXLength 14.4 m
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EXLength 12.67 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.
- 67 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 119–163 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 236 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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