Denali flight-test aircraft N222NT on display at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, July 2023. · Photo: ZLEA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Beechcraft · Turboprop
Denali
Textron's first all-new single-engine executive turboprop, positioned below the twin-engine King Air family.
On paper the Denali is the first real rival to the Pilatus PC-12: a wider cabin, 1,600 nm with four passengers and modern Garmin automation. But it is not yet certified, so price, costs and reliability remain promises.
Buy it if
You want a new single-pilot turboprop with a big, flat-floor cabin and cargo door, you can wait for 2027 deliveries, and you are comfortable being an early owner of a new airframe and engine.
Skip it if
You need an aircraft now, want a proven service record and resale market, fly from grass or gravel strips, or care most about speed. A PC-12 or TBM delivers today.
Biggest compromise
Everything is preliminary. Textron has not published certified weights, landing distance, operating costs or engine program pricing, and the program is years behind its 2020 target.
The numbers that matter
What it costs per year
$347K
at 300 hrs · one professional pilot
How far it flies
1,600 nm
How fast
285 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
6
6 executive (9 commuter)
Pilots needed
1
Designed for one pilot; final crew rules come with FAA certification, expected before 2027 deliveries.
Price
What one costs to buy
Typical asking price
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Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Not yet delivered, so there are no resale prices. FLYING reported an expected new list price of about $6.4–6.6 million in September 2026.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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For sale now
None listed right now
Cost to own
What it costs per year to run
300hours / year
Per year
Per flight hour
Estimate — your operator will quote actual numbers.
Fuel and landing fees, pilot travel and supplies rise as you fly more. One professional pilot, recurrent training, hangar, insurance and subscriptions and databases stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
Partial estimate- One professional pilot$89,65226%
- Recurrent training$13,3994%
- Hangar$25,0467%
- Insurance$50,00014%
- Subscriptions and databases$6,0002%
- Fuel$147,42043%
- Landing fees, pilot travel and supplies$15,0004%
Fuel is the biggest single cost at 43% of the total.
The JetGrade
Not yet rated
Peer group: Pilatus PC-12 NGX, Daher TBM 960, Piper M700 Fury, Epic E1000 AX
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical
This model hasn't been graded yet.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-10-02.
Where it flies
Sample trips and reach
Typical trips on a map
Nonstop
Depends on weight or weather
Fuel stop likely
4 of 6 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 1.2 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop with large fuel margin
- 2.6 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · High-altitude airport; weight and weather matter
- 3.1 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Comfortable nonstop with four passengers
- 3.6 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Nonstop with four passengers and full reserves
- 4.6 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · Nonstop with four passengers in calm winds
- 8.3 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · Needs one stop, typically mid-continent
Size and cabin
How big it is, inside and out
Outside
Silhouette · scaled to length
Length
Wingspan
Height
Inside the cabin
Cabin length
Width
Height
Compare
How it stacks up
This aircraft
Denali
- JetGrade
- Not yet graded
- Cost per year
- $347K
- Range
- 1,600 nm
- Speed
- 285 kt
- Seats
- 6
- Cabin length
- 16′ 9″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2026
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 80
- Price
- $7.39M
- Cost per year
- $608K
- Range
- 1,889 nm
- Speed
- 290 kt
- Seats
- 6
- Cabin length
- 16′ 11″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2020–2025
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 69
- Cost per year
- $780K
- Range
- 1,720 nm
- Speed
- 310 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 16′ 8″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2021–now
- Pilatus PC-12 NGX instead: The proven benchmark: similar speed and cabin, shorter takeoff, grass and gravel approval, and a deep resale and service network.
- Daher TBM 960 instead: About 45 knots faster and cheaper to run, if a smaller six-seat cabin with no cargo door is enough.
- Beechcraft King Air 260 instead: Two engines, a larger cabin and Textron support, at higher purchase and operating cost.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
1 × GE Aerospace Catalyst 1300-CS1A · 1,300 shp each
No APUEngine hours until overhaul
- Scheduled inspection · 800 hr
- Engine overhaul · 4,000 hr
Textron says engine trend monitoring removes the mid-life hot section inspection; hourly engine plan pricing has not been announced.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 9 checked
Textron Aviation, which supports the King Air and Citation fleets worldwide, will service the Denali; GE Aerospace is expanding Catalyst engine support ahead of first deliveries.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Cabin is 63 inches wide and 58 inches tall with a flat floor, wider than any other pressurized single.
- Textron quotes 1,600 nm with four passengers at 285 knots and full reserves.
- Garmin G3000 with Emergency Autoland, autothrottle and a 6,130 ft cabin at 31,000 ft.
Limitations
- Not yet certified; deliveries are expected in 2027, about seven years late.
- Takeoff distance of 2,950 ft is longer than a PC-12's 2,485 ft.
- At 285 knots it is about 45 knots slower than a TBM 960.
The Beechcraft Denali is Textron Aviation's first clean-sheet single-engine executive turboprop. It was unveiled as the Cessna Denali at Oshkosh in 2016, moved to the Beechcraft brand in 2021, first flew in November 2021, and has been flying with three test aircraft since. It sits below the twin-engine King Air family and aims squarely at the Pilatus PC-12, which has owned this corner of the market for three decades.
Pilot's take
From the cockpit, the Denali is built around workload reduction: a single power lever, automatic engine starts, an autothrottle and Garmin's G3000 with Emergency Autoland. That makes it a strong candidate for single-pilot operation, though insurers will decide how much turboprop time a new owner needs in a new type. We would watch three things once certified data arrive: real fuel flow at altitude, landing distance, and whether short or unpaved strips are approved. Until then, the 285 knots and 1,600 nm should be treated as targets rather than proven numbers.
Who this is for
Owners and small companies who carry four to eight people or bulky gear 500 to 1,500 nm, want a single-pilot turboprop with a cargo door and a near-jet cabin, and can wait for delivery.
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