Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter
A STOL utility aircraft with a 550 shp PT6A on a tailwheel airframe: it clears 15 m in under 500 m at 2,800 kg. Common as a jump plane and in mountain and glacier flying.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 125 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 151 kt
- Range
- 500 nm
- Service ceiling
- 20,500 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,010 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 118 kg/h
Fuel burn at typical cruise. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 475 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 475 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 315 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass · Gravel · Snow · Water
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 2,800 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 10
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 2,800 kg
- Max landing weight
- 2,660 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,400 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- PPL(A) · CPL(A)
- Class rating
- SET (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Tailwheel · 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
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
- PC6T
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1985
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 10.9 m
- Wingspan
- 15.87 m
- Height
- 3.2 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.25 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.67 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo PorterLength 10.9 m
- Piper PA-46-600TP M600Length 9.05 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Red line: never exceed
- 52 kt
- 58 kt
- 95 kt
- 151 kt
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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