Beechcraft King Air 250

Turboprop twin engine • Low Wing • Retractable gear

Range Map

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Payload vs. Range

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Occupants

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Fuel on board

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Range

Available Range / nm

Mission capable. Aircraft can handle the current load with full fuel tanks.

Fuel capacity reduced by gallons ( gal usable for nm range).

Over max gross weight. Reduce payload by lbs to safely operate this aircraft.

Extra weight is the additional payload available with your selected passengers.

Mission Profile

Used market

310

KTAS

Cruise Speed

1,720

Max Range

35,000

Service Ceiling

Occupants

115

lbs

Wet Payload

Endorsements & ratings:

High-Performance
Complex
High-Altitude
Pressurization
Multi-Engine
Instrument

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About the Beechcraft King Air 250

Type certificated 2007

Overview

The King Air 250 is the working-pilot’s B200, introduced in 2010 as a B200GT-evolved successor with factory-standard performance modifications: BLR Aerospace winglets, Raisbeck Ram Air Recovery, and composite four-blade propellers. The combination materially improves short-field, hot-and-high, and climb performance over the base B200GT, without crossing the 12,500 lb threshold that triggers a type rating on the 350.

For the GA buyer, the 250 sits at the sweet spot of the modern King Air range. It avoids the type rating, runs the same airframe pilots already know, and delivers light-jet-class field performance from a turboprop economics base. Production continued through 2021 before the line was rebranded as the King Air 260.

Key Features for GA Buyers

Factory-standard performance package. BLR winglets, RARS inlet recovery, and composite props are standard, not aftermarket. Performance lifts are baked in rather than bolt-on.
No type rating. At 12,500 lb MTOW exactly, the 250 stays inside Part 23 normal-category certification, unlike the 300/350 series.
Pro Line Fusion flight deck. Touchscreen avionics on later airframes (2015+) bring synthetic vision and modernised situational awareness into a King Air cockpit for the first time.
Strong residuals. King Air 200-series airframes hold value well; the 250 trades on that pattern with the additional benefit of being the most modern non-type-rated variant.

Trade-offs

Twin-turboprop fuel and maintenance. Around 100-140 GPH cruise burn and the maintenance load of two PT6A-52 engines puts hourly costs well above single-engine alternatives like the PC-12.
Slower than light jets on long legs. 310-knot cruise loses to a Citation M2 or Phenom 300 on missions over 600 nm; the 250’s argument is short legs, short runways, and full payload.
Weight ceiling pressure. The 12,500 lb MTOW is restrictive at full fuel and full passengers; an aftermarket 13,420 lb gross-weight increase is available but adds documentation and insurance complexity.
Successor pressure. The 260 (with Pro Line Fusion as standard, autothrottle, and improved interior) is the active production line; pre-owned 250 buyers compete with depreciation pressure from new 260 deliveries.

Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Height: 14.8 ft
Length: 43.83 ft
Parking area (ft²): 3316.53 ft²

Max Takeoff Weight: 12,500 lbs
Max Landing Weight: 12,500 lbs
Useful Load: 3,760 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 544 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed: 310 KTAS
Never-Exceed (V_NE): Source: Pilot's Operating Handbook / Aircraft Flight Manual 259 KIAS
Max Structural Cruise (V_NO): Source: Pilot's Operating Handbook / Aircraft Flight Manual 259 KIAS
Approach Speed: 105 KIAS
Stall, Clean (V_S₁): Source: third-party reference 88 KIAS
Range: 1720 NM
Service Ceiling: 35,000 ft
Rate of Climb: 2450 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle: 2,111 ft
Landing ground roll: 2,845 ft

Engines

Sources

Where the figures on this page come from. Beechcraft King Air 250 specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.