This 2024 Cessna T206H Is a Load-Lifting, Nearly New ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Like large SUVs on land, the 206 has transitioned from utility to personal flights.

FLYING Staff

Monday, October 14, 2024 at 11:19 AM ET

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Kimberly Johnson

2024 Cessna T206H [Courtesy: Brent Eastin]

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The article highlights a 2024 Cessna T206H, priced at $1.15 million, as "Today's Top Pick" for its exceptional versatility and utility in various aviation roles.
Praised for its robust design since the mid-1960s, the Cessna 206 features double cargo doors and a spacious cabin, enabling it to transport both heavy cargo and passengers comfortably to diverse destinations, from backcountry strips to luxury resorts.
This near-new model (50 hours) is equipped with a powerful 310 hp engine and an advanced Garmin G1000 NXi IFR avionics suite, offering significant payload capacity (3,600 lbs MTOW), short-field capability, and comfortable cross-country performance.

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Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.

Today’s Top Pick is a 2024 Cessna T206H.

Ever since its arrival in the mid-1960s, the Cessna 206 has been desirable for its versatility.

The aircraft is known for its double cargo doors, designed to allow the loading of a 55-gallon drum and other heavy, awkward items, but that big cabin has always been an inviting place for passengers as well. Over time this utility design has evolved to become an all-around personal aircraft capable of moving furniture to a new home or transporting your family on a luxury vacation.

If the easiest route—or possibly the only route—to your next destination includes a backcountry turf strip, the T206H is the right airplane for the job. It also fits right in when rolling up to a posh FBO serving high-end resorts.

With a maximum takeoff weight of 3,600 pounds, the T206H can lift more people and cargo than most piston singles while still providing solid cross-country cruising speed. While pilots will appreciate this aircraft’s short-field capability and easy handling, passengers will remember its comfortable seats, legroom, and factory air conditioning.

When they say the airplane is just like an SUV, they mean it as a compliment.

This 2024 Cessna 206 is close to brand-new, having logged just 50 hours. The aircraft is equipped with a 310 hp Textron Lycoming TIO-540-AJ1A engine and a heated three-blade McCauley propeller.

The IFR panel features the Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite with ADS-B In and Out, wireless database and flight plan loading, Garmin Electronic Stability Protection, integrated VFR sectional charts, IFR high and low charts with Night Mode, vertical situation display, and selectable visual approaches.

Pilots looking for a roomy, powerful and capable late-model load carrier that is ideal for family and business travel should consider this 2024 Cessna T206H, which is available for $1.15 million on AircraftForSale.

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