Perf question King Air 350
 

Hello

I got a question. Got recently in touch with somebody who was considering to get a King Air 350 B300 however, the airfield is only 2624ft paved long. He was asking me if that would be realistic. Private operations so no AOC.

As i am not really familiar with King Air i tried to look up data but i have no access to a POH/AFM.

Can somebody give me a MTOW for: 2624ft paved runway, 150ft elevation, 25 C and standard atmosphere. Just to have a rough idea. My gut is saying it is a no-go and consider other airfield or other aircraft.

Thank for helping me.

Hello, Enigma01! Beechcraft stipulate Takeoff Field Length (MTOW) of 3,300 ft. (1,000m). Please see: Beechcraft King Air 350 Brochure

- Ed

Hi thank you. I found this as well. But i was more thinking what MTOW it can take off on a 2625 ft runway. Then we can play around with fuel or payload. To have a rough idea.

TX anyway.

my quick read of the POH is

11,500 lbs = 2637 ft runway
11,000 lbs = 2534

So with a BOW of 10K#, 2 pax, about 600# of fuel? Enough for 30 minutes with 45 reserve? Sounds pretty limiting....

yeah, for sure

I would suggest a PC12 would be more suitable for that runway

I would suggest a Caravan

:)

Tx a lot guys.

Thats what i thought as well… very limiting.

4,000 hrs in the 350. our in-house safety rule of thumb was 4500 FT strip was minimum for all ops.

yes, we know what the "book" said and what a brand-new airplane, on a perfect day, flown by a test pilot, could do.

for us, 4500 ft was the rule