Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
Turboprop single engine • High Wing • Fixed gear
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About the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX
Overview
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX is the high-output member of the Caravan family, certified in 2013 to answer the hot-and-high and climb limitations of the earlier 675-shp 208B. An 867-shp Pratt & Whitney PT6A-140 lifts climb rate by roughly 38 percent over the standard Grand Caravan and improves takeoff out of demanding strips, while retaining the Caravan’s fixed-gear, high-wing layout. Most EX airframes ship with the Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck.
For the GA buyer, the EX is a fixed-gear utility single built around payload and dispatch reliability rather than speed. It carries more than 3,500 lb of useful load, seats up to fourteen in commuter configuration, and operates from short and rough runways, but it is unpressurized and cruises at about 185 KTAS, so its case rests on hauling capacity and field access rather than block speed.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- 867-shp PT6A-140. The EX adds about 38 percent climb rate over the 675-shp Grand Caravan, which is what restores its hot-and-high and obstacle-clearance performance.
- Payload and seating. A useful load above 3,500 lb supports up to fourteen seats or a cargo-pod freight configuration.
- G1000 NXi avionics. The standard suite includes SurfaceWatch and HSI mapping.
- Fixed-gear airframe. The Caravan airframe is built for high-cycle utility and Part 135 work.
Trade-offs
- Higher fuel burn. The added power raises fuel flow over the 675-shp version, around 60 GPH in cruise and higher in climb.
- Acquisition premium. As the top model in the line, the EX trades at a premium to standard 208B airframes on the used market.
- Unpressurized. The 25,000-foot ceiling is academic without pressurization, so passenger missions stay at lower, oxygen-light altitudes.
- Slower than the Kodiak 900. At 185 KTAS the EX trails the Kodiak 900 and any cabin-class single on cross-country legs; it is a hauler first.
See Also
- Cessna Caravan 675 – the standard 675-shp 208B that the EX is the high-output development of. Compare
- Daher Kodiak 900 – a faster, stretched fixed-gear single-turboprop hauler in the same payload class. Compare
- Pacific Aerospace P-750 XSTOL – a specialized short-field hauler competing for the same utility missions. Compare
- Pilatus PC-12 – the pressurized cabin-class single buyers step up to when speed and comfort outweigh acquisition cost. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 15.5 ft
- Length
- 41.6 ft
- Parking area (ft2)
- 2893.86 ft2
- Max Takeoff Weight
- 8,807 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- 8,500 lbs
- Useful Load
- 3,532 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- 335 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- 185 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (Vne)
- 175 KIAS
- Max Structural Cruise (Vno)
- 150 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 83 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (Vs1)
- 78 KIAS
- Range
- 912 NM
- Service Ceiling
- 25,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 1275 fpm
- Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
- 2,160 ft
- Landing ground roll
- 1,836 ft
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