10 Fastest Twin Engine Turboprop Planes

They are and have been for many years the pinnacle of private aviation, as well as trusty people movers in the sky. Twin turboprops are classy, reliable, and most importantly, fast. All while being way more economical than their modern day competitor, the jet plane.

Twin turboprop aircraft are easily recognizable by their unique design which features, as the name implies, two propellers, typically flanking the fuselage of the aircraft.

How fast do twin engine turboprops fly? The planes that made it to this list of fastest twin prop planes, are capable of reaching top speeds of between 268 knots (309mph) and 402 knots (462 mph).

Not all twins will be able to reach these speeds, although it’s interesting that some single engine turboprop planes can achieve even faster speeds than some twin turboprops.

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0:00 Introduction
0:19 Cessna 425 Corsair (309 mph)
0:58 Saab 340 (312 mph)
1:38 ATR 72 (322 mph)
2:27 7. Swearingen Merlin III (345 mph)
3:05 Cessna 441 Conquest II (345 mph)
4:33 Beechcraft Starship 2000A (385 mph)
5:11 Bombardier DHC-8 Q400 (414 mph)
5:51 Piper Cheyenne III 400 LS (414 mph)
6:38 Piaggio P180 Avanti Evo (462 mph)

[jaycooper]

Back in 1989 I worked for a small commuter airline that flew Piper PA31-T1040s this was a Navajo Chieftain with Pratt & Whitney PT6 turboprop engines. This was a rare airplane that Piper only built 23 of these planes. We once had a pilot making the last flight from Anchorage, Alaska to Kenai in just over 9 minutes. This flight is normally a 25 minute flight. The distance between the 2 airports is listed as 70 miles. I once flew in the 1040 as we called it and we reached 255 knots (293 miles per hour). The only problem was the plane was unpressurized so we had to stay below 10, 000 feet. We flew from Kenai to Fairbanks in just over 1.5 hours, a distance of 315 miles. Sadly the airline folded about 6 years later after the owner was killed in a crash where he flew into a mountain side in a snow storm. The airline owned 8 of the 23 built and lost 1 to a crash and had 1 destroyed on the ground by an airport vehicle running into the side of the airplane that almost tore the wing off of it. The piston engine Navajo Chieftain has twin 300 hp engines and the T-1040 turboprop had 2 1, 000 horsepower turbines and was 130 knots faster. We had 1 that we called the "Moose River Bullet" because it was 30 knots faster than the other 7 and we could never figure out why as all 8 airplanes were 100% identical.

[johanjansevanvuuren]

The Embraer 120 Brasilia was also regarded as the fastest commuter turbo prop airliner in it’s time.

[mixlix]

When speed is mentioned in knots on some planes, miles in others and of corse some in km/h. its getting a bit annoying.

[everelairborne]

Forgot the Gulfstream Turbo Commander 1000, 300+ kts

[gregalanharper]

Most of your video footage of the Piper Cheyenne is of the Cheyenne 3 with the lower powered P&W PT-6 engines and three bladed props, as originally produced. (Note the exhausts coming out the side of the engine cowling). The Cheyenne 4 has the Garrett 331s with rear exhaust and, mostly, four blades props, unless re-equipped.

[lawrencerose]

Just got a chance to fly the Piaggio . Unbelievable. We were at FL 390, TAS 385K ground speed over 500K with a big tailwind. And the airplane is unbelievably quiet. I few commercial home on a 737 and couldn’t how noisy it was compared to the Avanti.

[freeofbug]

Starship is the best, nothing better has been done today

[planedisplay]

Surprised and happy to find my Cheyenne video here ! Miss the Saab 2000 I once flew as Copilot ! Have a Good Day !

[skooterk]

The Cessna 425 was renamed the Conquest. The Cessna 441 was 20-30 knots faster than the 425 and a much nicer flying airplane

[robinrother]

Why don't you use knots for airspeed, like almost everyone else in aviation?

[dougsz]

For your information it is a Conquest 425! When first came out they called it a corsair but dropped it for the name
Conquest for obvious reasons. Need to get your information straight!

[mogaos]

#1 is my all time favorit, don't know when i can buy that?

[charlybianchi]

MITSUBISHI MU2 Cruise speed: 547 km/h 340 mph BEST

[RobertoRMOLA]

Very superficial compilation. Several aircraft models - regarded by their speed - were not shown in this video. EMB-120 Brasilia, for instance, is the world fastest twin engine airliner considering what it really counts that is the cruise speed. Even Dash 8 flies slower at cruise setting. Sorry, but is thumbs down!

[Sandhoeflyerhome]

Do you guys ever listen to your mistakes … real howlers everywhere