Pilatus PC-12 NGX for Sale: 2026 Market Study

A note on the numbers in this study: they come from public sources, cited inline and dated, not from a subscription pull. Treat them as a snapshot. If you are pricing a specific aircraft, we will confirm the figures before you make an offer.

The airframe in brief

The PC-12 NGX is the third generation of the PC-12. Pilatus certified it on October 14, 2019, unveiled it at NBAA-BACE the following week, and began customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2020 (Pilatus press release, October 2019). It kept the PC-12 fuselage and wing and changed what sits in front of and behind the firewall: a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-67XP with electronic propeller and engine control, a Honeywell-based Advanced Cockpit Environment with autothrottle, and a BMW Designworks cabin with larger windows (Pilatus NGX factsheet). Pilatus quotes 1,803 nm of range with four passengers, 290 knots top cruise, and 988 lb full-fuel payload (Pilatus, via AVweb). Buyers choose it for the reason they chose the original: a 1,200 shp single that carries a real load, uses short and unpaved strips, has a cargo door, and flies with one pilot.

Fleet and availability

Pilatus delivered its 2,000th PC-12 in May 2023, and the type has passed 10 million fleet hours (AIN, May 12, 2023). NGX output has run roughly 80 to 96 units a year: 82 in 2021 (AVweb), 80 in 2022 (AIN), and 96 in 2024 (Pilatus, via Airdatanews, March 2025). That puts the NGX population in the high 400s this autumn; JETNET's public page showed 468 tracked (October 20, 2026) and AvBuyer showed 476 in a July 2026 snapshot. Listings have stayed in the teens all year: 13 on JETNET's public page and on AvBuyer, 16 in Guardian Jet's undated brochure, and 7 priced listings on GlobalAir on October 12, 2026. JETNET's public page shows average days on market of 154, and names the United States as the primary market.

Asking prices

Data by model year is thin because most sellers list without a price. What is public: AvBuyer's July 2026 range was $6.70M to $7.65M across 13 aircraft. Guardian Jet's brochure shows $5.2M to $8.25M across 2020 to 2025 model years. GlobalAir's October 12, 2026 average was $7.4M across seven priced listings, with a 2023 aircraft at $7,395,000. For reference, Pilatus list was $6.2M in Q2 2024 (GlobalAir), and the PC-12 PRO is quoted at $6.8M typically equipped (AIN, March 17, 2025). The honest reading is that low-time 2022 to 2024 NGXs are asking at or above what they cost new, which is a function of the factory order book, not of the airframe.

What moves and what sits

The quick sales are low-time executive-configured aircraft with the 6+2 or 4+4 seating, complete logs, and a clean engine data history. The PT6E's electronic control records every start and exceedance, so there is less room for a seller to talk around an engine event; ask for the engine data download, not a summary. Aircraft that sit are the ones configured for cargo or combi work being sold into the passenger market, high-cycle aircraft out of charter or fractional service, and anything with paint or interior that signals hard use. Interior condition matters more on this type than on most turboprops because the BMW cabin is the reason buyers pay the NGX premium over an NG.

What to check

1. Engine. The PT6E-67XP data log, any exceedances, and whether the aircraft is enrolled in a P&WC maintenance program that transfers. Listings show a 5,000-hour TBO (Controller, October 2026); verify against the current P&WC document.

2. Avionics. ACE software load and open service bulletins. The NGX shares little with the PRO's Garmin suite, so do not expect an upgrade path to G3000 Prime.

3. Warranty. Remaining airframe, engine, and avionics coverage, and whether Pilatus will transfer it to the new owner.

4. Configuration and interior. Confirm the seating kit is aboard, check the cargo door seal and tracks if the aircraft did utility work, and look at the seats and side ledges under good light.

5. Operating history. Unpaved-field use, and current 12-month and 100-hour status. No NGX has reached its ten-year items yet.

Who it suits

The NGX fits an owner flying 300 to 1,200 nm legs with four to six people, often into airports a light jet cannot use, who wants one pilot and one engine's fuel bill. If the mission is mostly 800 nm and up with the same four people, a used Phenom 300 or Citation CJ3+ will do it faster for similar money. If the budget is $4M to $5.5M, a 2015 to 2019 PC-12 NG gives up the electronic engine control and the new cabin but keeps the airframe; AvBuyer listed NGs at $4.8M to $5.0M this year. If you want the newest cockpit and can wait, the PC-12 PRO began deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2025 (Pilatus).

Timing

With listings in the teens and days on market around five months, there is no urgency on the sell side and little leverage on the buy side. The thing to watch into 2027 is whether PRO deliveries loosen the NGX market as early owners trade up; that is when the 2020 and 2021 aircraft should get more negotiable. If a year-end closing matters to your planning, start the pre-buy now and confirm with your advisor.

Joseph Pennella, Penn Jets LLC

Sources

• Pilatus Aircraft, press release on PC-12 NGX launch, October 2019

• Pilatus Aircraft, PC-12 NGX factsheet, accessed October 20, 2026

• AIN, "Pilatus Delivers 2,000th PC-12 Turboprop Single," May 12, 2023

• AVweb, "Pilatus Delivers 1800th PC-12," 2022

• Airdatanews, "Pilatus launches the PC-12 PRO," March 2025

• AIN, "PC-12 Pro Is First Aircraft Certified with G3000 Prime," March 17, 2025

• JETNET public marketplace page, PC-12 NGX, accessed October 20, 2026

• AvBuyer, PC-12 NGX and PC-12 NG market data, approx. July 2026

• Guardian Jet, PC-12 NGx brochure, undated, accessed October 20, 2026

• GlobalAir, PC-12 NGX listings and list price, October 12, 2026 and Q2 2024

• Controller.com, PC-12 NGX listings, October 2026

General market information only; not tax or legal advice.