Our Fleet

The wings behind every mission.

Pilots for Patients owns no aircraft of its own. Every flight happens in a volunteer pilot's personal airplane — donated along with their time, fuel, and skill so a patient can reach care they couldn't otherwise afford to fly to.

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Pilot-owned aircraft
A Volunteer-Powered Fleet

Whatever they fly, they fly it for a patient

Our pilots range from weekend flyers in a four-seat Skyhawk to owner-operators of turboprops and light twins. What every one of these aircraft has in common: a pilot who volunteered it, and its fuel, for someone else's flight to care.

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Everyday piston singles

Four-seat, single-engine aircraft make up the backbone of the fleet — practical, economical, and flown by the majority of our active pilots. The Cessna 182 Skylane alone accounts for our single most common aircraft type.

Cessna 182 Skylane parked on the ramp

Cessna 182 Skylane

4 seats · Cruise ~145 kt · Range ~915 nm

Our most-flown aircraft type — a dependable, high-wing four-seater that shows up on more pilot profiles than any other model.

Photo: 先従隗始, Wikimedia Commons (CC0 1.0 / Public Domain)

Piper Cherokee in flight

Piper Cherokee / Arrow

4 seats · Cruise ~140 kt · Range ~800 nm

The low-wing Piper PA-28 family, in Cherokee, Warrior, and retractable-gear Arrow trim — a longtime favorite among our volunteers.

Photo: Mike Burdett, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Cessna 172 Skyhawk on the runway

Cessna 172 Skyhawk

4 seats · Cruise ~124 kt · Range ~640 nm

The most-produced aircraft in history, and still a trusted, no-frills workhorse for shorter missions close to home.

Photo: Fiver, der Hellseher, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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High-performance piston

Faster and longer-legged singles let pilots cover more distance in a mission day — popular with volunteers who fly patients across multiple states.

Cirrus SR22 parked on grass

Cirrus SR-20 / SR-22

4–5 seats · Cruise ~180 kt · Range ~1,000 nm

One of the most common aircraft in our fleet — a modern composite single with a full-airframe parachute and glass cockpit.

Photo: Adrian Pingstone, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Beechcraft Bonanza on a snowy ramp

Beechcraft Bonanza

6 seats · Cruise ~170 kt · Range ~920 nm

A classic, well-loved six-seat single flown by many of our longest-serving pilots.

Photo: CambridgeBayWeather, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Piper Saratoga on final approach

Piper Saratoga

6 seats · Cruise ~160 kt · Range ~800 nm

Piper's roomy PA-32R single — enough seats for a patient and multiple companions on one flight.

Photo: FlugKerl2, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Cessna 210 Centurion landing

Cessna 210 Centurion

6 seats · Cruise ~170 kt · Range ~745 nm

A retractable-gear, six-seat single prized for its speed and load-carrying ability.

Photo: Adrian Pingstone, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Piper Malibu Mirage in flight

Piper Malibu Mirage

6 seats · Cruise ~213 kt · Range ~1,290 nm

A pressurized, cabin-class single that lets a pilot fly a patient over weather and well beyond a single state.

Photo: Ad Meskens, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Twin-engine aircraft

A smaller number of our pilots fly twin-engine aircraft — extra capacity and engine-out redundancy for longer over-water or mountain routes.

Beechcraft Baron 58 in flight over a town

Beechcraft Baron 58

6 seats · Cruise ~200 kt · Range ~1,000 nm

A fast, six-seat piston twin flown by a handful of our most experienced volunteers.

Photo: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Cessna 310 parked on grass

Cessna 310

6 seats · Cruise ~200 kt · Range ~1,000 nm

A classic light twin, easily spotted by its distinctive tip-tank-mounted wing fuel tanks.

Photo: Grahame Hutchison, Wikimedia Commons (GFDL 1.2)

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Turboprop & light jet

A small group of our pilots fly turbine aircraft — the fastest, longest-range missions in the fleet, often covering the trips other aircraft simply can't reach in a day.

Beechcraft King Air 90 climbing after takeoff

Beechcraft King Air 90 / 200

8–10 seats · Cruise ~250 kt · Range ~1,150 nm

A twin-turboprop cabin-class aircraft with room for a patient, companions, and crew on longer missions.

Photo: João Carlos Medau, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Pilatus PC-12 nose-on view

Pilatus PC-12 / Kodiak

6–9 seats · Cruise ~270 kt · Range ~1,800 nm

A single-engine turboprop built for speed and range — among the longest-legged aircraft any of our pilots fly.

Photo: Bzuk, Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)

Piper Meridian on the taxiway

Piper Meridian / TBM 850

5–6 seats · Cruise ~260 kt · Range ~1,000 nm

Pressurized, single-engine turboprops that combine airline-like speed with the simplicity of one engine.

Photo: EDVK, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Have an aircraft? We could use it.

Whatever you fly — a four-seat piston single or a turboprop twin — there's a patient somewhere who needs the seat next to you.

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