TBM 700B F-HBGB at Friedrichshafen, Germany, in April 2016. · Photo: Alec Wilson, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Daher · Turboprop
TBM 700B
Second of four TBM 700 versions, between the original 700A and the stronger 700C1/C2.
For about $1.15M to $1.65M, the 700B gives you jet-like 300 kt speed, one pilot and a big boarding door. The trade-off is a small cabin, very little payload with full tanks and a $626,000 engine overhaul waiting at 3,500 hours.
Buy it if
You fly yourself or hire one pilot, usually carry two or three people 400 to 900 nm, want to cruise near 300 kt above most weather, and value an easy door for older passengers or pets.
Skip it if
You need to fill every seat and the tanks at once, want a lavatory, need room to walk around, or cannot absorb a large engine overhaul bill in the next few years.
Biggest compromise
Payload. With the tanks full, a factory-weight 700B carries only about 360 lb after a 200 lb pilot, so you trade fuel for people on almost every trip.
The numbers that matter
Purchase price
$1.29M
typical asking · $1.15M–$1.65M
What it costs per year
$457K
at 300 hrs · one professional pilot
How far it flies
1,550 nm
750–900 nm with passengers
How fast
300 kt
high-speed cruise
Seats
4
4 typical, 5 maximum (6 optional)
Pilots needed
1
Certified for one pilot; most are owner-flown, and insurers expect formal type training.
Price
What one costs to buy
Typical asking price
$1,295,000
Where asking prices sit
Low
$1.15M
Typical
$1.29M
High
$1.65M
Most asking prices fall inside this band.
Other sites
Priced vs call
with a price / call for price
Five of seven 700Bs for sale show asks, from $1.15M to $1.65M. Engine time and avionics explain most of the spread.
Price vs its family and alternatives
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TBM 700B · This aircraft
$1.29M
Sits between the Meridian (PA-46-500TP) and the TBM 700C1 / C2.
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 overhaul reserve and propeller reserve and trip costs 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
- One professional pilot$130,00028%
- Recurrent training$10,0002%
- Hangar$20,6505%
- Insurance$21,0005%
- Subscriptions and databases$6,0001%
- Fuel$147,72632%
- Airframe maintenance$56,00112%
- Engine overhaul reserve$55,20012%
- Propeller reserve and trip costs$10,5002%
Fuel is the biggest single cost at 32% of the total.
The JetGrade
69 out of 100 — Below its class average
Peer group: TBM 700A, TBM 700C1 / C2, Pilatus PC-12/45, Piper Meridian, Piper PA-46 JetPROP DLX
Seven categories at a glance
- - - 70 = typical— This aircraft
Strongest on speed & trip time, weakest on range & payload.
Grades are editorial opinions about the model, not any specific aircraft. Sponsors and affiliates have no input. Reviewed 2026-09-30.
Where it flies
Sample trips and reach
Typical trips on a map
Nonstop
Depends on weight or weather
Fuel stop likely
1 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; tight with four aboard
- 3.6 hr
Santa Ana → San José del Cabo
765 nm · Four aboard needs slower economy cruise
- 3.9 hr
Teterboro → West Palm Beach
900 nm · One stop with four aboard; nonstop when lighter
- 4.9 hr
Dallas → Teterboro
1,190 nm · One stop, typically in the Southeast
- 8.4 hr
Carlsbad → Teterboro
2,100 nm · Two stops, typically mid-continent
Lineage
What came before and after
1999–2002
TBM 700B
Adds a wide one-piece door and optional pilot door.
From 2025
TBM 980
Latest version, approved in Europe in December 2025.
What changed from the TBM 700A
- Main door widened from about 2 ft 2 in to 3 ft 6 in, now one piece.
- Power-assisted door with separate retractable steps and a handrail.
- Optional forward pilot door lets the pilot board without crossing the cabin.
- Zero-fuel weight raised to 6,001 lb, allowing more cabin load on shorter trips.
- Engine, cockpit and maximum takeoff weight carried over unchanged from the 700A.
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
TBM 700B
- JetGrade
- 69
- Price
- $1.29M
- Cost per year
- $457K
- Range
- 1,550 nm
- Speed
- 300 kt
- Seats
- 4
- Cabin length
- 13′ 3″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 1999–2002
← Before
- JetGrade
- 67
- Cost per year
- $395K
- Range
- 1,550 nm
- Speed
- 300 kt
- Seats
- 4
- Cabin length
- 13′ 4″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 1990–1999
After →
- JetGrade
- 70
- Price
- $2M
- Cost per year
- $457K
- Range
- 1,580 nm
- Speed
- 296 kt
- Seats
- 4
- Cabin length
- 13′ 3″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2002–2006
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 77
- Price
- $2.9M
- Cost per year
- $515K
- Range
- 1,500 nm
- Speed
- 265 kt
- Seats
- 6
- Cabin length
- 16′ 11″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 1996–2005
Alternative
- JetGrade
- 63
- Price
- $1.28M
- Cost per year
- $418K
- Range
- 1,000 nm
- Speed
- 260 kt
- Seats
- 4
- Cabin length
- 12′ 3″
- Pilots
- 1
- Years built
- 2000–2015
- TBM 700C1 / C2 instead: The C2 adds 815 lb of takeoff weight and a rear cargo hold, so it carries far more with full tanks; it costs more.
- Pilatus PC-12/45 instead: Slower at about 270 kt, but a much larger cabin, a cargo door, an enclosed lavatory option and far more payload.
- Piper Meridian instead: Cheaper to run with a smaller engine and lower overhaul cost, at about 260 kt and with a similarly small cabin.
Gold marks the best figure in each row.
Owning one
What to know before you buy
Engines & inspections
1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64 · 700 shp each
No APUEngine hours until overhaul
- 200-hour inspection · 200 hr
- Flap actuator lubrication directive · 400 hr
- Tail fitting corrosion directive · 1,200 hr
- Engine hot section inspection · 1,750 hr
- Engine overhaul · 3,500 hr
- Propeller overhaul · 4,000 hr
- Annual inspection every 12 months
Few 700Bs for sale mention an engine program. Most owners set money aside each hour instead, so price the next overhaul into any offer.
Known issues
Engine overhaul cost exposure
The factory overhaul now costs $626,000 every 3,500 hours; hot starts can force an expensive early inspection.
Hard-landing damage
Hard landings can crack landing gear supports, an expensive structural repair; check records and inspect before buying.
Tail fitting corrosion
A 2026 directive requires repeat tail fitting inspections every 1,200 hours or two years unless new fittings are installed.
Pre-buy checklist
0 of 10 checked
Daher still supports the TBM 700 series with factory parts, new landing gear actuators and 54 service centers, including a factory center in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Review
The full review
Strengths
- Cruises at about 300 kt (345 mph) on one engine, as fast as many older light jets.
- The main door is 3 ft 6 in wide, about two-thirds wider than the 700A door.
- Takes off in about 2,133 ft over a 50 ft obstacle at maximum weight, and grass strips are approved.
Limitations
- Only about 360 lb of payload after the pilot with full fuel, so a full cabin means short legs.
- Cabin is 4 ft tall and 3 ft 11 in wide, with no lavatory as standard.
- The factory engine overhaul now costs $626,000, often a third or more of the aircraft's price.
The TBM 700B is the second version of Socata's TBM 700, the single-engine pressurized turboprop that started the fast-single category in 1990. Built from 1999 to 2002, it kept the 700A's 700 shp Pratt & Whitney PT6A-64 engine, cockpit and weights, but replaced the narrow two-piece entry door with a one-piece, power-assisted door 3 ft 6 in wide, added an optional pilot door up front and raised the zero-fuel weight. About 100 were built before the reinforced 700C1 and C2 took over.
Pilot's take
The 700B flies like the rest of the early TBMs: quick, solid in cruise, and demanding at low speed. Seven hundred horsepower on a light airframe means a firm left roll if power comes in fast during a go-around, and the French accident agency found that pattern behind several losses of control. Treat recurrent training as part of the purchase price. In cruise, it rewards planning. Near 300 kt at 26,000 ft is real, but on long legs you will likely fly slower to keep the reserves you want. The wide door and pilot door make it a much easier airplane to live with than the 700A.
Who this is for
An experienced owner-pilot, or an owner with one hired pilot, who flies 150 to 400 hours a year with two to four people and wants the fastest used single-engine turboprop for well under $2M.
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