List of Pilatus PC-12 operators
Appearance
As of July 2016[update], 1,400 Pilatus PC-12s have been delivered.[1] Most are used in the civil market.
Civilian
Airline operators
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Canada
Chile
- Europe
- New Zealand
- Russia
- United States
- Tanzania
Former airline operators
- Canada
Other notable civil operators
- Australia
- Royal Flying Doctor Service - operates 31 PC-12s for EMS/medical transport duties.
- South Africa
- Comair Flight Services (Charter) - operates 11 PC-12s
- United States
- PlaneSense (Fractional/Charter) - operates 35 PC-12s
Government
- Argentina
- Argentine National Gendarmerie - operates one PC-12[3]
- Australia
- Western Australia Police - operates two PC-12s for staff transport, search and rescue and disaster relief.[4]
- Northern Territory Police[5]
- Canada
- Ontario Provincial Police - PC-12/45 with a camera mounted under the fuselage
- Ornge - operates 10 PC-12 NG for aeromedical transport[6]
- Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Switzerland
- 1 PC-12 NG Federal Office of Civil Aviation [7]
- United States
- Customs & Border Protection - Office of Air & Marine (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)[8]
- Phoenix Police Department (Arizona) - PC-12 Spectre[9]
- State Of Wisconsin - PC-12/45[10]
- Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention and Control - 2 PC-12 Spectre for wildland fire and SAR missions.[11]
Military
- Afghan Air Force - ordered 18 PC-12NG variants for special operations use. (Similar to USAF U-28A);[12] to be delivered by July 2015. In addition Sierra Nevada Corporation will provide five SIGINT aircraft by the end of the year.[13]
- Bulgarian Air Force - operates one PC-12 for VIP transport.[14]
- Finnish Air Force - operates six PC-12NG aircraft as liaison aircraft.[15]
- Irish Air Corps - ordered three PC-12NG aircraft 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 28 PC-12/47s (designated U-28A) for special operations.[20]
References
- ^ "Pilatus Delivers 1400th PC-12 and Achieves Major Flight Time Milestone" (Press release). Pilatus. 5 July 2016.
- ^ http://www.harbourair.com/the-experience/fleet/
- ^ "Airscene: Military Affairs". Air International, May 2000, Vol. 58, No. 5. p. 261.
- ^ "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.
- ^ https://mobile.luzernerzeitung.ch/nachrichten/schweiz/abo/Bund-kauft-ein-Pilatus-Flugzeug;art9641,844438
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bulgarian military aviation OrBat." milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Swiss military aviation OrBat." milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
- ^ "U-28A" af.mil Retrieved: 2 July 2017.