List of Pilatus PC-12 operators
As of October 2019, 1,700 Pilatus PC-12s have been delivered.[1] Most are used in the civil market.
Civilian
Airline operators
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- Air Bravo Corp
- Nakina Air Service
- North Star Air
- Pascan Aviation
- Wasaya Airways
- Tantalus Air
- Harbour Air[2]
- Jiangxi Express Airlines
- Alpha Aviation s.r.o. (5x PC-12)
- Hendell Aviation
- JetFly
- Silver Flight
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- Fly7
- Advanced Air
- Alaska Seaplanes
- Boutique Air
- PlaneSense
- Surf Air
- Tradewind Aviation
- Quest Diagnostics
- Aviation Charters, Inc
Other notable civil operators
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- Royal Flying Doctor Service - operates 31 PC-12s for EMS/medical transport duties.
- Comair Flight Services (Charter) - operates 11 PC-12s
- South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service (Medevac) - operates 5 PC-12s
- Fireblade Aviation (Charter) - operates 2 PC-12s
- Execujet (Charter) - operates 8 PC-12s
- Absolute Aviation (Charter) - operates 1 PC-12 (1 known PC-12)
- PlaneSense (Fractional/Charter) - operates 35 PC-12s
Government
- Argentine National Gendarmerie - operates two PC-12s[4]
- Western Australia Police - operates two PC-12s for staff transport, search and rescue and disaster relief.[5]
- Northern Territory Police[6]
- Ontario Provincial Police - PC-12/45 with a camera mounted under the fuselage
- Ornge - operates 10 PC-12 NG for aeromedical transport[7]
- Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- 1 PC-12 NG Federal Office of Civil Aviation[8]
- Customs & Border Protection - Office of Air & Marine (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)[9]
- Phoenix Police Department (Arizona) - PC-12 Spectre[10]
- State Of Wisconsin - PC-12/45[11]
- Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention and Control - 2 PC-12 Spectre for wildland fire and SAR missions.[12]
Military
Bulgarian Air Force PC-12
- Bulgarian Air Force - operates one PC-12 for VIP and cargo transport.[13]
- Chadian Air Force - operated one aircraft modified with a FLIR turret, damaged in the July 2017 N'Djamena storm.[14]
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A Finnish PC-12NG in flight
- Finnish Air Force - operates six PC-12NG aircraft as liaison aircraft.[15]
- Irish Air Corps - currently operates four aircraft, one PC-12NG aircraft in a utility transport role, and three PC-12M SPECTRE aircraft were delivered in September 2020 for reconnaissance and transport purposes.[16][17]
- South African Air Force - operates one PC-12 with 41 Squadron for VIP transport.[18]
- Swiss Air Force - operates one PC-12 for research flights and VIP transport.[19]
- United States Air Force - operates 35[20] PC-12 (designated U-28A), for special operations (Air Force Special Operations Command).[21]
- United States Navy - operates 1 PC-12NG[20]
Former operators
Military
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- Afghan Air Force - operates 18 PC-12NG[20] variants for special operations use. (Similar to USAF U-28A);[22] 13 were delivered in March 2015. In addition Sierra Nevada Corporation has provide five SIGINT aircraft by the end of the year.[23]
- USAF 318th Special Operations Squadron 1st Special Operations Group
References
- "The World's Best Turboprop – Better Than Ever: Pilatus Reveals the PC-12 NGX" (Press release). Pilatus. 22 Oct 2019.
- "Aircraft Fleet - Harbour Air". www.harbourair.com. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13.
- "Aircraft Fleet". AMREF Flying Doctors. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- Rivas, Santiago (April 2021). "Cracking the Drug cartels". Air International. Vol. 100, no. 4. pp. 46–49. ISSN 0306-5634.
- "Western Australia Police Air Wing." police.wa.gov.au. Retrieved: 9 February 2017.
- "Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority Aircraft Register." casa.gov.au. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- "Ornge Adds New High Performance Medically Equipped Aircraft to Fleet" (Press release). Ornge. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2016 – via Aviation.ca.
- "Bund kauft ein Pilatus-Flugzeug | Luzerner Zeitung | Mobile". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- Pilatus PC-12 Fact Sheet cbp.gov. Retrieved: 2 July 2017.
- "Despite recession, Phoenix police have new $4 mil plane ." azcentral.com. Retrieved: 8 August 2014.
- "FAA Registry N395W." FAA. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- "Colorado Unveils New Multi Mission Wildfire Fighting Aircraft" Denver Post
- "Bulgarian military aviation OrBat." Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- Delalande, Arnaud (21 September 2017). "Tough times for Chadian Air Force". Key Aero.
- "Pilatus PC-12 NG for Finnish Air Force" (Press release). Pilatus Aircraft. 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- Brady, Tom (25 December 2017). "Air Corps to spend €32m on new aircraft to act as 'an eye in the sky'". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- Jennings, Gareth (19 December 2017). "Irish Air Corps signs for three PC-12s". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- "South African military aviation OrBat." Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- "Swiss military aviation OrBat." milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- "World Air Forces 2019". Flightglobal Insight. 2019. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "U-28A" af.mil Retrieved: 2 July 2017.
- "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes." defenseindustrydaily.com, 12 October 2012,
- Jennings, Gareth (18 March 2015). "Afghan special forces to receive PC-12 SIGINT aircraft". janes.com. IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
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