Best twin-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 twin-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€407k to €559k
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 €330k, or allow an older/smaller aircraft.

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

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Beechcraft King Air C90 XP135APhoto: Acroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized · representative variant

Beechcraft King Air C90 XP135A

6-occupant pressurized twin-engine turboprop
twin-engine turboprops
Suggested year1993
Seats6
Range721 nm
Runway need1000 m
Purchase39
Annual cost5
Cabin fit60
Payload100
Range100
Mission100
Does not meet your brief: Its estimated purchase price is €328k. What still works: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare.
Estimated 1993 purchase
€328k
€407k estimated per year
€2.36m over five years
Closest option
Twin Commander 690B RenaissancePhoto: Devin Johnson101 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized · representative variant

Twin Commander 690B Renaissance

6-occupant pressurized twin-engine turboprop
twin-engine turboprops
Suggested year1976
Seats6
Range785 nm
Runway need900 m
Purchase30
Annual cost4
Cabin fit60
Payload100
Range100
Mission100
Does not meet your brief: Its estimated purchase price is €381k. What still works: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare.
Estimated 1976 purchase
€381k
€530k estimated per year
€3.03m over five years
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Fairchild Swearingen Merlin IIIAPhoto: Aeroprints.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized · representative variant

Fairchild Swearingen Merlin IIIA

8-occupant pressurized twin-engine turboprop
twin-engine turboprops
Suggested year1979
Seats8
Range1409 nm
Runway need950 m
Purchase23
Annual cost3
Cabin fit20
Payload100
Range100
Mission100
Does not meet your brief: Its estimated purchase price is €459k. What still works: Carries 2 people with baggage and useful fuel. Flies your typical 250 nm trip with fuel reserves to spare.
Estimated 1979 purchase
€459k
€559k estimated per year
€3.25m over five years