Turboprop Aircraft For Fractional Ownership

About Turboprop Aircraft

The new and used single- and twin-engine turboprop aircraft you’ll find for sale on AviationTrader.com.au costing anywhere from less than $600,000 to $4 million or more offer a wide range of features and performance. These planes have the ability to transport four or more passengers for distances of 2,778 kilometres (1,500 nautical miles) or more on business, private, special-mission, adventure, and other flights. In general, they provide more power, speed, and safety than piston aircraft and friendlier prices and ongoing maintenance and service costs than jets, while still providing similar amenities and features.

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Daher Kodiak 100 Series II Turboprop

A key example from the category include the Beechcraft King Air 360 from the long-running King Air platform, which equips two Pratt & Whitney Canada turboprop engines spinning four-blade Hartzell propellers. The plane provides a flight range of more than 3,334 km (1,800 nm)—roughly the distance from Perth to Melbourne—at a cruise speed of 312 ktas, all while carrying a roughly 2,313-kilogram (5,100-pound) useful load. Another is Piper Aircraft’s single-engine M600 SLS that can fly nonstop 3,071 km (1,658 nm) at 30,000 feet (9,144 metres), complete with a pressurized cabin, Garmin G3000 avionics, and the autonomous flying HALO safety system with Garmin’s Autoland technology.

Turboprops In Action

Hungarian engineer György Jendrassik gets credit for designing the first turboprop engine in the late 1920s before creating the CS-1 prototype engine in the late 1930s. The Gloster Meteor EE2227 that used two Rolls-Royce RB 50 Trent engines is regarded as the first turboprop aircraft to fly in 1945, while the Vickers Viscount that took flight in 1948 using a Rolls-Royce Dart engine is considered the first turboprop airliner, as well as the first turboprop with four engines. A Boulton Paul Balliol prototype from 1948 is credited as being the first single-engine turboprop.

Although both turboprops and jets use gas-turbine engines, turboprop engines use a turbine to rotate a shaft that then spins the propeller. Despite being slower, turboprops have the advantage of being able to operate out of most general-aviation airports, making them a popular, cost-efficient choice for many business trips ranging from 1,111 to 1,852 km (600 and 1,000 nm). Compared to piston aircraft, turboprops are costlier initially and often louder to operate but generally provide greater overall reliability (particularly twin-engine models) and less long-term inspection- and maintenance-related costs.

Find The Turboprop For You

You’ll find a large selection of turboprop aircraft for sale every day on AviationTrader.com.au from such leading brands as Beechcraft, Cessna, Daher, Pilatus, Piper, and SOCATA.