List of Pilatus PC-12 operators

As of July 2016, 1,400 Pilatus PC-12s have been delivered.[1] Most are used in the civil market.

Civilian

Airline operators
Bhutan
  • Tashi Air
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
  • Jiangxi Express Airlines[3]
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
United States
  • PlaneSense (Fractional/Charter) - operates 35 PC-12s

Government
Argentina
Australia
Canada
Ireland
Switzerland
United States
  • Customs & Border Protection - Office of Air & Marine (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)[10]
  • Phoenix Police Department (Arizona) - PC-12 Spectre[11]
  • State Of Wisconsin - PC-12/45[12]
  • Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention and Control - 2 PC-12 Spectre for wildland fire and SAR missions.[13]

Military
 Afghanistan
  • Afghan Air Force - operates 18 PC-12NG[14] variants for special operations use. (Similar to USAF U-28A);[15] 13 were delivered in March 2015. In addition Sierra Nevada Corporation has provide five SIGINT aircraft by the end of the year.[16]
 Bulgaria
 Finland
A Finnish PC-12NG in flight
 Ireland
  • Irish Air Corps - currently operates one PC-12NG aircraft in a utility transport role. Currently three PC-12M SPECTRE aircraft are on order for reconnaissance and transport purposes.[19][20]
 Iraq
 South Africa
  Switzerland
 United States

References
  1. "Pilatus Delivers 1400th PC-12 and Achieves Major Flight Time Milestone" (Press release). Pilatus. 5 July 2016.
  2. http://www.harbourair.com/the-experience/fleet/
  3. "Short-distance air service launched in Jiangxi Province, aims to create one-hour commuting circle - Global Times". www.globaltimes.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  4. "Airscene: Military Affairs". Air International, May 2000, Vol. 58, No. 5. p. 261.
  5. "Western Australia Police Air Wing." police.wa.gov.au. Retrieved: 9 February 2017.
  6. "Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority Aircraft Register." casa.gov.au. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
  7. "Ornge Adds New High Performance Medically Equipped Aircraft to Fleet" (Press release). Ornge. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2016 – via Aviation.ca.
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Air_Corps?wprov=sfla
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2018-01-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. Pilatus PC-12 Fact Sheet cbp.gov. Retrieved: 2 July 2017.
  11. "Despite recession, Phoenix police have new $4 mil plane ." azcentral.com. Retrieved: 8 August 2014.
  12. "FAA Registry N395W." FAA. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
  13. "Colorado Unveils New Multi Mission Wildfire Fighting Aircraft" Denver Post
  14. "World Air Forces 2019". Flightglobal Insight. 2019. Archived from the original on December 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  15. "Afghan SpecOps gets PC-12NG Transport Planes." defenseindustrydaily.com, 12 October 2012,
  16. 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.
  17. "Bulgarian military aviation OrBat." Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
  18. "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.
  19. Brady, Tom (25 December 2017). "Air Corps to spend €32m on new aircraft to act as 'an eye in the sky'". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  20. Jennings, Gareth (19 December 2017). "Irish Air Corps signs for three PC-12s". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  21. "South African military aviation OrBat." Archived 2010-12-13 at the Wayback Machine milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
  22. "Swiss military aviation OrBat." milaviapress.com. Retrieved: 1 August 2011.
  23. "U-28A" af.mil Retrieved: 2 July 2017.
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