Piaggio P.180 Avanti

what is it?

The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is an executive/VIP light transport aircraft, designed by Piaggio Aero and built in Italy. It features twin, wing-mounted turboprop engines, in a pusher configuration. The Avanti seats up to nine people in a pressurized cabin and may be flown by one or two pilots.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · 14 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 741 km/htop speed
• range 2,797 kmwithout refuelling
• size 5,489 kgmax take-off weight
• built 216made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 40 years ago, in 1986.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,797 km: 16× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1986-09-23

introduced

1990

status

in production

number built

216

role

executive transport

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Piaggio Aerospace, Piaggio

engines

2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66B

crew

1

length

14.4 m

wingspan

14 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

5,489 kg

top speed

741 km/h

cruise speed

589 km/h

range

2,797 km

ceiling

12,497 m

ICAO code

P180

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.