Best single-engine turboprops for your mission

Based on Segrate (MI), 2 people, 250 nm typical trips, any production year and a €250k purchase budget.

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Compare single-engine turboprops from any production year by mission fit, purchase price, annual ownership cost, runway requirement and practical European range. Prices are adjusted to the suggested aircraft year rather than treating every example as financially identical. All figures are indicative estimates that require verification.
Recommended purchase ceiling€200k
Expected annual cash cost€182k to €207k
Main constraintPayload
No exact match — but there is a route forward

That brief asks one aircraft to bend a little too much physics (or accounting). There is no honest exact match, so these are the closest workable directions.

Try changing:
  • Raise the purchase budget to about €1.03m, or allow an older/smaller aircraft.

The models below are near-matches, not recommendations that satisfy every filter.

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Piper PA-46-500TP MeridianPhoto: Aeroprints.com · CC BY-SA 3.0

Piper PA-46-500TP Meridian

Six-seat pressurized owner-flown turboprop
single-engine turboprops
Suggested year2008
Seats6
Range1000 nm
Runway need743 m
Purchase0
Payload92
Range98
Mission100
Why it fits: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare. Watch out: Estimated 2008 price of €1.03m exceeds your €250k budget.
Estimated 2008 purchase
€1.03m
€182k estimated per year
€1.94m over five years
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Daher TBM 700C2Photo: Wengen · CC0 · representative variant

Daher TBM 700C2

Six-seat pressurized high-speed turboprop
single-engine turboprops
Suggested year2005
Seats6
Range1500 nm
Runway need730 m
Purchase0
Payload83
Range98
Mission100
Why it fits: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare. Watch out: Estimated 2005 price of €1.25m exceeds your €250k budget.
Estimated 2005 purchase
€1.25m
€207k estimated per year
€2.28m over five years
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Daher TBM 850Photo: Wengen · CC0

Daher TBM 850

Six-seat high-speed pressurized turboprop
single-engine turboprops
Suggested year2010
Seats6
Range1520 nm
Runway need726 m
Purchase0
Payload81
Range98
Mission100
Why it fits: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare. Watch out: Estimated 2010 price of €1.92m exceeds your €250k budget.
Estimated 2010 purchase
€1.92m
€193k estimated per year
€2.88m over five years
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