King Air B200GT D-IBTA, built in 2009, seen from the side on the ground. · Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK · CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · resized
Beechcraft · Turboprop
King Air B200GT
Third of five versions of the King Air 200, and the last before winglets became standard.
The B200GT is the King Air 200 with stronger engines and a Collins glass cockpit, and the fastest 200 built before winglets arrived. It is durable and well supported, but fuel bills are high and full tanks leave little room for people.
Buy it if
You want two engines, room for six to eight people, short-runway ability and a factory glass cockpit, and most of your trips run 300 to 1,000 nm.
Skip it if
Your trips often run past 1,000 nm with a full cabin, you need to stand up or want an enclosed lavatory, or a single-engine turboprop's lower fuel bill matters more than a second engine.
Biggest compromise
Fuel or people, rarely both. With full tanks a typically equipped B200GT carries only about 165 lb of payload, so long legs mean empty seats, while filling all eight seats cuts range to roughly 600 nm.
The numbers that matter
Purchase price
$2.2M–$2.5M
guide value (Aircraft Bluebook)
What it costs per year
$1.08M
at 300 hrs · two professional pilots
How far it flies
1,650 nm
600–1,038 nm with passengers
How fast
307 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
8
8 typical (up to 10 by interior)
Pilots needed
1
Certified for one pilot with no type rating; insurers expect annual recurrent training.
Price
What one costs to buy
Guide value
$2.2M–$2.5M
Other sites
8.6% of the fleet
Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Sellers aren't publishing prices. AvBuyer's market panel shows asks of $2.99–4.0M, while Aircraft Bluebook guide values for 2008–2011 aircraft run $2.2–2.5M.
Price vs its family and alternatives
Scroll to explore · select a jet for details
King Air B200GT · This aircraft
$2.2M–$2.5M guide
Guide value, not a listed asking price.
Sits between the King Air B200 and the King Air 250.
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, airframe maintenance, engine program, both engines and propeller reserve and trip costs rise as you fly more. Two professional pilots, recurrent training, hangar, insurance and subscriptions and databases stay the same however much you fly.
Where the money goes
- Two professional pilots$407,00038%
- Recurrent training$25,0002%
- Hangar$39,5004%
- Insurance$25,5002%
- Subscriptions and databases$11,5001%
- Fuel$297,59128%
- Airframe maintenance$141,00013%
- Engine program, both engines$111,00010%
- Propeller reserve and trip costs$22,5002%
Two professional pilots is the biggest single cost at 38% of the total.
The JetGrade
72 out of 100 — Slightly above its class
Peer group: King Air B200, King Air 250, King Air C90GTx, Pilatus PC-12 NG, Piaggio P.180 Avanti II
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on reliability & support, weakest on range & payload.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-10-04.
Where it flies
Sample trips and reach
Typical trips on a map
Nonstop
Depends on weight or weather
Fuel stop likely
3 of 6 sample trips are comfortable nonstops.
Sample flight times
- 1.1 hr
Carlsbad → Las Vegas
205 nm · Short hop, well within range
- 2.5 hr
Carlsbad → Aspen
625 nm · Mountain airport; summer departures may need less weight
- 2.9 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Nonstop with four aboard at full speed
- 3.7 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · Nonstop with four at slower cruise; little headwind margin
- 4.8 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · One stop with four aboard
- 8.2 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · Usually two stops with four aboard
Lineage
What came before and after
2007–2011
King Air B200GT
PT6A-52 engines and Pro Line 21 glass for up to 25 knots more.
2021–present
King Air 260
Adds autothrottle, digital pressurization and the Pro Line Fusion cockpit.
What changed from the King Air B200
- PT6A-52 engines hold 850 shp to about 25,000 ft instead of fading at altitude.
- Up to 25 knots faster than the B200, with a high-speed cruise near 307 knots.
- Collins Pro Line 21 glass cockpit with traffic and terrain warning comes standard.
- Four-blade Hartzell propellers are matched to the new engines.
- Maximum takeoff weight stays at 12,500 lb, so pilots need no type rating.
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
King Air B200GT
- JetGrade
- 72
- Price
- $2.2M–$2.5M guide
- Cost per year
- $1.08M
- Range
- 1,650 nm
- Speed
- 307 kt
- Seats
- 8
- Cabin length
- 16′ 8″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2007–2011
← Before
- JetGrade
- 74
- Price
- $1.85M
- Cost per year
- $827K
- Range
- 1,580 nm
- Speed
- 291 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 16′ 8″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 1981–2009
After →
- JetGrade
- 70
- Price
- $3.1M–$4.95M guide
- Cost per year
- $825K
- Range
- 1,720 nm
- Speed
- 310 kt
- Seats
- 7
- Cabin length
- 16′ 8″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2011–2020
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 79
- Price
- $4.42M
- Cost per year
- $524K
- Range
- 1,830 nm
- Speed
- 280 kt
- Seats
- 6
- Cabin length
- 16′ 11″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2008–2020
- King Air 250 instead: The same certified model with winglets, composite propellers and a ram-air system; about 400 ft shorter takeoff, but it costs more.
- King Air B200 instead: The same cabin for much less money; up to 25 knots slower, usually older, and often needing avionics upgrades.
- Pilatus PC-12 NG instead: One engine instead of two, but a similar-size cabin, a big cargo door and a much smaller fuel bill.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 · 850 shp each
No APUEngine hours until overhaul
- Phase inspection (each of four) · 200 hr
- Starter-generator overhaul · 1,000 hr
- Engine hot section inspection · 1,800 hr
- Engine overhaul · 3,600 hr
- Gear actuator end-play check every 30 months
Pay-per-hour engine plans from Pratt & Whitney Canada and Textron cover hot sections and overhauls; check enrollment status and transfer terms before buying.
Known issues
Engine overhaul and hot sections
Two PT6A-52s run 3,600 hours between overhauls; hot-section repairs can top $100,000 per engine without a program.
Fuel versus payload
Full tanks leave about 165 lb of payload, so long trips and full cabins rarely mix.
Aging Pro Line 21 avionics
Pro Line 21 is a generation old; check database, ADS-B and WAAS updates and budget for future upgrades.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 10 checked
Textron Aviation supports the King Air with factory service centers, mobile service units and a 24-hour AOG line, and ships nearly all in-stock parts the same day.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Two PT6A-52 engines hold 850 horsepower to about 25,000 ft, giving a high-speed cruise near 307 knots.
- Takes off in about 2,545 ft at sea level at maximum weight, opening up thousands of shorter runways.
- A 16 ft 8 in cabin seats eight, with 55 cu ft of baggage space you can reach in flight.
Limitations
- Full tanks leave only about 165 lb of payload, and eight passengers cut range to roughly 600 nm.
- Burns 124 to 135 gallons of jet fuel an hour, pushing a two-pilot budget past $1 million a year.
- At 4 ft 9 in tall the cabin is crouch-height, and the lavatory is a belted seat, not a room.
The King Air B200GT is the third version of Beechcraft's King Air 200, the twin turboprop that has defined its class since 1974. Launched at EBACE in May 2007 and certified that November, it kept the B200's airframe, cabin and 12,500 lb maximum weight but swapped in Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 engines and a Collins Pro Line 21 glass cockpit. In 2011 Beechcraft added winglets, composite propellers and a ram-air system and began selling the same certified model as the King Air 250, so the B200GT name covers roughly the 2007 to 2011 aircraft.
Pilot's take
The B200GT flies like any King Air 200: stable, honest and comfortable on short runways, now with power that holds up when it is high and hot. Pro Line 21's three big screens, traffic and terrain warning and, on updated aircraft, WAAS approaches ease single-pilot workload. The catch is planning. On most trips you trade fuel for passengers, and an engine failure on takeoff still demands current, well-trained hands, which is why we would want rigorous recurrent training or a second pilot.
Who this is for
Companies and owner-operators flying four to eight people on 300 to 1,000 nm trips, often into shorter or higher airports, who value two engines, a deep support network and a glass cockpit over the lowest fuel bill.
Ask about this aircraft
Answers come only from our research file on the King Air B200GT.
Your earlier questionsOwners
Private to verified ownersOwn a Beechcraft King Air B200GT? Verify with its FAA registration to join the owners' thread and the real-cost poll.