Best single-engine turboprops for your mission

Based on Segrate (MI), 1 to 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€181k to €424k
Main constraintPurchase price
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 €530k, or allow an older/smaller aircraft.

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

Closest option
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 PT6A-27 configurationPhoto: JDrewes · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized · representative variant

Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 PT6A-27 configuration

PC-6/B2-H4 Turbo Porter configuration using the PT6A-27 engine
single-engine turboprops
Suggested year2008
Seats8
Range488 nm
Runway need700 m
Purchase11
Annual cost12
Cabin fit20
Payload100
Range100
Mission90
Does not meet your brief: Its estimated purchase price is €786k. What still works: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare.
Estimated 2008 purchase
€786k
€181k estimated per year
€1.69m over five years
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Piper PA-46-500TP Meridian

Six-seat pressurized owner-flown turboprop
single-engine turboprops
Suggested year2000
Seats6
Range1000 nm
Runway need743 m
Purchase13
Annual cost10
Cabin fit60
Payload100
Range100
Mission100
Does not meet your brief: Its estimated purchase price is €673k. What still works: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare.
Estimated 2000 purchase
€673k
€218k estimated per year
€1.76m over five years
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Viking Air / De Havilland Canada Turbine Beaver

9-occupant single-engine turboprop
single-engine turboprops
Suggested year1955
Seats9
Range536 nm
Runway need700 m
Purchase19
Annual cost5
Cabin fit20
Payload100
Range100
Mission88
Does not meet your brief: Its estimated purchase price is €524k. What still works: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare.
Estimated 1955 purchase
€524k
€424k estimated per year
€2.64m over five years