Aircraft Piper M600SLS, 2020

A 2020 aircraft, s/n 4698110. 786 flight hours over 700 cycles — about 130 hours a year, well below the market average of 350–450. Cabin — 4 seats. Average sector — 1.1 h: typical short business legs. There is no flight attendant or hot meal service — the cabin is compact. There is no in-flight baggage access — bags are loaded on the ground. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

The average pre-owned price for the model is $2.5M. Running costs at 300–400 h/year — about $618K/year, or $1,545 per flight hour. The price of a specific aircraft depends on year, hours flown and engine-programme status. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

America's Piper has built more than 144,000 aircraft since 1937. Today its flagships are the M-Class family: the piston M350, the turboprops M500, M600SLS and the new M700 Fury with 556 km/h speed and 2,850 km range. It is the most affordable entry into turboprop aviation: six seats, a pressurised cabin, Garmin G3000 avionics — priced from $3 to $4.1M. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

The M600SLS was the world's first to gain the certified Garmin Autoland system: if the pilot is incapacitated the aircraft picks an airfield, lands and shuts down the engine itself — just press one button. Plus automatic stall protection, life monitoring and the proven PT6A-42A. For a family owner-flown aircraft, no rival has yet fully matched this set. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

A new M700 Fury is ~$4.1M, the M600SLS ~$3.7M, used M500s can be found at $1.7–2.4M, and the piston M350 from $1.1M. Operation is among the cheapest in the owner-flown class: ~$600–800 direct costs an hour on the turboprop versions. The ideal niche is 500–2,000 km routes for 3–4 people. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

Piper Aircraft is an American company from Vero Beach, Florida, founded in 1937. One of the most prolific marques in history: more than 144,000 aircraft built. Its current flagships are the M-Class family (piston M350 and turboprop M500/M600/M700). Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

Turboprops are the optimum for flights up to 1,500–2,000 km: London–Geneva, Paris–Milan, Vienna–Munich. Their element is short and unpaved strips: a Pilatus PC-12 lands in 600 m, so thousands of airfields are reachable that a jet physically cannot use. An hour costs one and a half to two times less than a jet, and on legs up to 1,000 km the time penalty is only 15–25 minutes. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

Single-engine aircraft take 4–9 passengers: the TBM 960 seats six over 3,200 km, the Pilatus PC-12 NGX up to nine over 3,400 km. The twin-engine King Air 360ER carries eight almost 5,000 km. Class cruise speed is 500–610 km/h. A rule of thumb: a full cabin cuts maximum range by 20–30%. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

A jet is faster — 750–850 km/h versus 500–610 — and flies higher, above turbulence. The turboprop answers with economics: 220–350 L/hour versus 500–700, a charter hour from $1,800 versus $3,000+, plus access to short unpaved strips. On legs up to 1,000 km the time difference is under half an hour, so short hops make sense by turboprop and long ones by jet. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

The piston step into the class starts at $1–1.5M (Piper M350); single turboprops: used TBM 850s $2–2.5M, PC-12 NG $3–5M, fresh TBM 960 and PC-12 NGX $4.5–6.5M. Twin King Air 250/350 $3–6M. Price is set by the PT6A time remaining to overhaul ($400–600K), propeller condition, avionics and airframe corrosion history. Send us a request — we'll prepare options, calculate running costs and analyse the best fit for your task.

The standard path takes 6–10 weeks. Step 1: a letter of intent (LOI) with price and terms — 3–5 days. Step 2: a 5–10% deposit into escrow and signing of the purchase agreement. Step 3: a pre-purchase inspection — 1–3 weeks. Step 4: rectification of findings and price adjustment. Step 5: closing — simultaneous transfer of funds, title and risk, technical acceptance and ferry of the aircraft.

A pre-purchase inspection (PPI) is an independent check at a certified centre: airframe, engines, corrosion, records and compliance with airworthiness directives. It takes from 3 days on a turboprop to 2–3 weeks on a heavy jet and costs $15–100K — paid by the buyer. By market practice the seller pays to rectify airworthiness-affecting defects. A seller refusing a PPI is grounds to walk away.