List of Pilatus PC-12 operators explained

, 1,700 Pilatus PC-12s have been delivered.^[1] Most are used in the civil market.

Civilian

Airline operators

• Tashi Air

• Azul Brazilian Airlines

• Air Bravo Corp
• Nakina Air Service
• North Star Air
• Pascan Aviation
• Wasaya Airways
• Tantalus Air
• Harbour Air^[2]

• Aerocardal

• Jiangxi Express Airlines

• Alpha Aviation (11x PC-12)

• Air Alsie

• Hendell Aviation

• St Barth Executive (4x PC-12)

• Oriens Flight Operations

• Amref Health Africa^[3]

• JetFly

• Silver Flight

• Sounds Air

• Dexter Air Taxi

• Fly7 (23x PC-12)

• Advanced Air
• Alaska Seaplanes
• Boutique Air
• PlaneSense
• Surf Air
• Tradewind Aviation
• Quest Diagnostics
• Aviation Charters, Inc

• Coastal Aviation

Other notable civil operators

• 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]
• South Australia Police^[7]

• Ontario Provincial Police - PC-12/45 with a camera mounted under the fuselage
• Ornge - operates 10 PC-12 NG for aeromedical transport^[8]
• Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• 1 PC-12 NG Federal Office of Civil Aviation^[9]

• Bureau of Land Management - 1997 PC-12 N190PE - utility and fire logistics support. Use split between Alaska Fire Service and Boise NAO.^[10]
• Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention and Control - 2 PC-12 Spectre for wildland fire and SAR missions.^[11]
• Customs & Border Protection - Office of Air & Marine (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)^[12]
• NASA Glenn Research Center - 2008 PC-12 N990AG in support of NASA's Advanced Air Mobility mission^[13]
• Phoenix Police Department (Arizona) - PC-12 Spectre N620FB - for surveillance and light transport duties.^{[14] [15]}
• Texas Department of Public Safety - 2 PC-12 Spectres, to provide air patrol, criminal surveillance and rescue. N219TX is named for the late Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Ernesto Alanis and based in Edinburg, Texas, and N243TX is named for the late Texas Ranger Bobby Paul Doherty and based in San Antonio^{[16] [17] [18]}
• State Of Wisconsin - 3 PC-12s operated by Wisconsin Air Services to provide air transportation services for State and University of Wisconsin officials^{[19] [20]}

Military

• Bulgarian Air Force - operates one PC-12 for VIP and cargo transport.^[21]

• Chadian Air Force - operated one aircraft modified with a FLIR turret, damaged in the July 2017 N'Djamena storm.^[22]

• Finnish Air Force - operates six PC-12NG aircraft as liaison aircraft.^[23]

• 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.^{[24] [25]}

• South African Air Force - operates one PC-12 with 41 Squadron for VIP transport.^[26]

• Swiss Air Force - operates one PC-12 for research flights and VIP transport.^[27]

• United States Air Force - operates 35 PC-12 (designated U-28A), for special operations (Air Force Special Operations Command).^[28]
  • 1st Special Operations Wing
    • 319th Special Operations Squadron
  • 27th Special Operations Group
    • 318th Special Operations Squadron
  • 492d Special Operations Wing
    • 6th Special Operations Squadron
    • 19th Special Operations Squadron
  • 919th Special Operations Wing
    • 5th Special Operations Squadron
• United States Navy - operates 1 PC-12NG^[29]

Former operators

Civilian

Airline operators

• Bearskin Airlines
• NAC Air
• Peace Air

Military

• Afghan Air Force - operates 18 PC-12NG variants for special operations use. (Similar to USAF U-28A);^[30] 13 were delivered in March 2015. In addition Sierra Nevada Corporation has provide five SIGINT aircraft by the end of the year.^[31]

• USAF 318th Special Operations Squadron 1st Special Operations Group

Notes and References

1. The World's Best Turboprop – Better Than Ever: Pilatus Reveals the PC-12 NGX . 22 Oct 2019. Pilatus.
2. Web site: Aircraft Fleet - Harbour Air . www.harbourair.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130913021110/http://www.harbourair.com/the-experience/fleet/ . 2013-09-13.
3. Web site: Aircraft Fleet. 2021-03-26. AMREF Flying Doctors. en-US.
4. Rivas . Santiago . Cracking the Drug cartels . . April 2021 . 100 . 4 . 46–49 . 0306-5634.
5. https://www.police.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Our-agency/Specialist-Units/Police-Air-Wing "Western Australia Police Air Wing."
6. https://archive.today/20120723021830/http://www.casa.gov.au/scripts/airsresults.asp?VHin=&framein=all&manuin=&modelin=&regholdin=NORTHERN+TERRITORY+POLICE&regopin=&serialin=&num_results=10&Search=Search&session=1074628808 "Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority Aircraft Register."
7. https://www.miragenews.com/sapol-aircraft-featured-in-photo-shoot-over-adelaide/
8. . Ornge Adds New High Performance Medically Equipped Aircraft to Fleet. Ornge. 7 October 2008. 1 July 2016. Aviation.ca.
9. Web site: Bund kauft ein Pilatus-Flugzeug | Luzerner Zeitung | Mobile . 2018-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019050707/https://mobile.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/abo/Bund-kauft-ein-Pilatus-Flugzeug;art9641,844438 . 2016-10-19 . dead .
10. Web site: Bureau of Land Management Montana/Dakotas State Aviation Plan . Bureau of Land Management . 73 . 2022.
11. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26538974/colorado-unveils-new-multi-mission-wildfire-fighting-aircraft "Colorado Unveils New Multi Mission Wildfire Fighting Aircraft"
12. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/FS_2014_PC-12%20Pilatus.pdf Pilatus PC-12 Fact Sheet
13. News: Smith Kilkenny . Nancy . New NASA Aircraft Helps Researchers Evaluate Technologies for Urban Transport Systems . NASA . Glenn Communications . 21 November 2022.
14. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/03/21/20100321policeplane0321.html "Despite recession, Phoenix police have new $4 mil plane ."
15. Web site: Spectre – Eyes Over Phoenix . Pilatus Aircraft . 11 April 2016.
16. Web site: Aircraft Operations Division . Texas Department of Public Safety . 17 December 2023.
17. News: New DPS Airplane Named in Honor of Fallen Trooper . Texas Department of Public Safety . 26 June 2017.
18. News: Pilatus delivers Special Mission PC-12 NG to Texas DPS . Skies Magazine . 3 June 2013.
19. Web site: Air Transportation for State and University of Wisconsin Officials and Employees . Wisconsin Air Services . 17 December 2023.
20. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N395W "FAA Registry N395W."
21. http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/bulgaria/index.php "Bulgarian military aviation OrBat."
22. Web site: Delalande . Arnaud . Tough times for Chadian Air Force . Key Aero . 21 September 2017.
23. . Pilatus PC-12 NG for Finnish Air Force. dead. Pilatus Aircraft. https://web.archive.org/web/20090917204824/http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/applications/press_release/index_rd.php?det=0000000275. 17 September 2009. 24 April 2009. 7 May 2009.
24. Web site: Brady. Tom. Air Corps to spend €32m on new aircraft to act as 'an eye in the sky'. Irish Independent. 26 December 2017. https://archive.today/20171226011904/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/air-corps-to-spend-32m-on-new-aircraft-to-act-as-an-eye-in-the-sky-36421630.html. 26 December 2017. 25 December 2017. dead.
25. Web site: Jennings. Gareth. Irish Air Corps signs for three PC-12s. IHS Jane's 360. 26 December 2017. https://archive.today/20171226011533/http://www.janes.com/article/76545/irish-air-corps-signs-for-three-pc-12s. 26 December 2017. 19 December 2017. dead.
26. http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/southafrica/index.php "South African military aviation OrBat."
27. http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/switzerland/index.php "Swiss military aviation OrBat."
28. http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104607/u-28a.aspx "U-28A"
29. Web site: World Air Forces 2019. 2019. Flightglobal Insight. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085650/https://www.flightglobal.com/asset/26019/waf/. 2019-03-27. live. 16 August 2019. dmy-all.
30. http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Afghan-SpecOps-gets-PC-12NG-Transport-Planes-07577/ "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes."
31. News: Afghan special forces to receive PC-12 SIGINT aircraft . Jennings . Gareth . 18 March 2015 . janes.com . IHS Jane's Defence Weekly . 2 July 2017.