List of Pilatus PC-12 operators

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As of October 2019^[update], 1,700 Pilatus PC-12s have been delivered.^[1] Most are used in the civil market.

Civilian

Airline operators

Tashi Air

Azul Brazilian Airlines

Aerocardal

Jiangxi Express Airlines^{[citation needed]}

Alpha Aviation (12x PC-12)

Air Alsie

Hendell Aviation

St Barth Executive (4x PC-12)

Oriens Flight Operations

Amref Health Africa^[3]

JetFly

Silver Flight

Sounds Air

Dexter Air Taxi

Fly7 (23x PC-12)

Coastal Aviation

Other notable civil operators

Royal Flying Doctor Service - operates 31 PC-12s for EMS/medical transport duties.^{[citation needed]}

Comair Flight Services (Charter) - operates 11 PC-12s
South African Red Cross Air Mercy Service (Medevac) - operates 5 PC-12s
Fireblade Aviation (Charter) - operates 2 PC-12s
Execujet (Charter) - operates 8 PC-12s
Absolute Aviation (Charter) - operates 1 PC-12 (1 known PC-12)

PlaneSense (Fractional/Charter) - operates 35 PC-12s

Government

Argentine National Gendarmerie - operates two PC-12s^[4]

Western Australia Police - operates two PC-12s for staff transport, search and rescue and disaster relief.^[5]
Northern Territory Police^[6]
South Australia Police^[7]

Ontario Provincial Police - PC-12/45 with a camera mounted under the fuselage
Ornge - operates 10 PC-12 NG for aeromedical transport^[8]
Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

1 PC-12 NG Federal Office of Civil Aviation^[9]

Bureau of Land Management - 1997 PC-12 N190PE - utility and fire logistics support. Use split between Alaska Fire Service and Boise NAO.^[10]
Colorado Department of Public Safety Division of Fire Prevention and Control - 2 PC-12 Spectre for wildland fire and SAR missions.^[11]
Customs & Border Protection - Office of Air & Marine (U.S. Department of Homeland Security)^[12]
NASA Glenn Research Center - 2008 PC-12 N990AG in support of NASA's Advanced Air Mobility mission^[13]
Phoenix Police Department (Arizona) - PC-12 Spectre N620FB - for surveillance and light transport duties.^[14]^[15]
Texas Department of Public Safety - 2 PC-12 Spectres, to provide air patrol, criminal surveillance and rescue. N219TX is named for the late Texas Highway Patrol Trooper Ernesto Alanis and based in Edinburg, Texas, and N243TX is named for the late Texas Ranger Bobby Paul Doherty and based in San Antonio^[16]^[17]^[18]
State Of Wisconsin - 3 PC-12s operated by Wisconsin Air Services to provide air transportation services for State and University of Wisconsin officials^[19]^[20]

Military

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force PC-12

Bulgarian Air Force - operates one PC-12 for VIP and cargo transport.^[21]

Chad

Chadian Air Force - operated one aircraft modified with a FLIR turret, damaged in the July 2017 N'Djamena storm.^[22]

Finland

A Finnish PC-12NG in flight

Finnish Air Force - operates six PC-12NG aircraft as liaison aircraft.^[23]

Ireland

Irish Air Corps - currently operates four aircraft, one PC-12NG aircraft in a utility transport role, and three PC-12M SPECTRE aircraft were delivered in September 2020 for reconnaissance and transport purposes.^[24]^[25]

South Africa

South African Air Force - operates one PC-12 with 41 Squadron for VIP transport.^[26]

Switzerland

Swiss Air Force - operates one PC-12 for research flights and VIP transport.^[27]

United States

United States Air Force - operates 35^[28] PC-12 (designated U-28A), for special operations (Air Force Special Operations Command).^[29]
United States Navy - operates 1 PC-12NG^[28]

Former operators

Civilian

Airline operators

Military

Afghanistan

Afghan Air Force - operates 18 PC-12NG^[28] variants for special operations use. (Similar to USAF U-28A);^[30] 13 were delivered in March 2015. In addition Sierra Nevada Corporation has provide five SIGINT aircraft by the end of the year.^[31]

United States

USAF 318th Special Operations Squadron 1st Special Operations Group

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