We Fly: Pilatus PC-12 Pro

‘Everybody’s Everything’ earns its place as the single-engine turboprop that can do it all.

Rick Durden

Monday, December 15, 2025 at 08:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

The PC-12 series has a reputation for a long center of gravity range...unless you’re carrying gold bricks in weird locations, it’s difficult to load the airplane out of CG. [Credit: Pilatus Aircraft]

Key Takeaways:

The PC-12 Pro introduces a new, highly customized Garmin G3000 Prime integrated flight deck, featuring advanced automation and a comprehensive suite of safety systems like Safety Autoland and Emergency Descent Mode.
Building on its predecessors, the Pro offers a faster max cruise speed, an additional 100 pounds of useful load, and user-centric cabin refinements including quick-release seats and upgraded interiors.
The aircraft maintains its exceptional mission flexibility, easily transforming from luxury passenger transport to medevac or heavy cargo hauling, underscored by its robust design and massive cargo door.

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In the more than 30 years the Pilatus PC-12 has been in service, its unique combination of speed, load-carrying ability, massive cargo door, large, flat-floored cabin, operating flexibility in high-density terminals as well as the backcountry, and fuel efficiency has caused it to acquire several flattering nicknames, including, and perhaps most accurate, the “Flying Turbine Suburban.”

However, after two days of flying the recently released PC-12 Pro, with its new Garmin G3000 Prime integrated flight deck (customized for Pilatus) and another 100 pounds of useful load, I came away unable to stop thinking of the title of Carlos Santana’s 1971 hard-driving rock song, “Everybody’s Everything.”