Why Turboprops Are Better Than Light Jets

One of the major advantages of turboprops is that they have excellent short-field take-off and landing capabilities. Most turboprop aircraft have much shorter takeoff and landing distances than light jets, which means they have access to smaller, regional airports with shorter runways.
When it comes to safety: turboprops are safer than light jets, due to their increased ‘balanced field’ capability.
A balanced field implies how quickly, safely, and easily you can stop a plane – if anything goes wrong – after it has reached its takeoff speed. As turboprops have large propellers, they provide extra drag to help the plane stop when required, besides they use much shorter take-off and landing length, giving you more room to stop the plane or rotate to avoid a potential hazard when needed.

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[Dwaynesaviation]

I'm sorry for the mistake, the range of the Avanti Evo is 2, 795 km or 1800NM. And not 2, 795NM

[markstevens]

This really helped with making my decision: sticking with the Toyota.

Thanks.

[mohammadfaizal]

Mind says turboprop
Heart says jet
Wallet says none

[sleserjr]

The capability of a light jet to get above the weather is very underrated. Weather is a big factor when it comes from getting A to B.

[jabom]

I had to fly out of my small town for work several times a month. I had the choice of airlines. One had a Boeing 737 and the other had Bombardier Q400. I learned that the Bombardier was much easier and quicker than the 737. The actual flight time was only about 15 minutes slower, but the startup, loading, and egress were much faster and less stressful. Also, the legroom was better on the Q400.

[skulinex]

That guy on the B roll looking at the window, then calling the lady to check it out from HIS window, smoooth lol

[Chris_at_Home]

I worked for a company that had a PC12 to fly techs, mechanics, engineer and bosses around. They used this for small airports.

[tyt]

Sorry what’s the make and model of the last airplane? The audio changed to a promo clip

[cujet]

Appreciate the video. However, it is really important to include 2 points. Turboprops operate in icing altitudes and really suffer because of it. Second, turboprops really are slower than the specifications might suggest, because most flights have a headwind component. AND, the slower you are, the more headwinds affect you. Our PC12 often does the NY-FL run in 4.5 hours, due to headwinds. Our G600 1:59! They are not close in real world speeds, and as always, props are props and jets are jets. Make sure to consider passenger MPG when honestly comparing planes. Spending a lot of time bucking a headwind is not a fuel efficient strategy.

[zaco-kmsu]

Multiple factors have to be considered before choosing between turboprops and jets. It's not just money. I see many saying they'd rather have a jet. Well, it's not going to be that safe. If a turboprop is safer and cheaper to maintain, that's 2 great reasons to have one. If they're just as comfortable and quiet as a jet nowadays that's another reason to go for a turboprop. Very interesting that turboprops can be more expensive than jets.

[amamdawhatever]

If you were to take the initial purchase price of the TBM 940 and Vision jet and divide it by the operating cost delta, it would take 30 years for the vision jet to cost as much as the TBM up front. The TBM/VJ comparison probably only works with an older TBM.

[poseidon]

"The most popular single engine jet" : That's funny considering it's the only certified single engine jet.

[philippedesegovia]

Congratulations for your well-done and well documented video. However in your price comparison between the TBM and the Cirrus VisionJet, there is something wrong. The $4.5 million price of the TBM 940 comes with 5 years or a 1, 000 flight hours maintenance contract. So to establish a fair comparizon, you should remove the $300 per hour maintenance cost.

[TheBillzilla]

Having flown both small turboprop and jet aircraft, I'll take the jet every time. much nicer to fly.

[blackseabrew]

I much prefer a light jet. The prop noise really wears on me. It simply can't be attenuated. The extra time saved may not be a big deal if you are looking at only one flight but if a light jet is employed full time throughout the day it means more flights can be made throughout the day. I hired on to a company in 2011, 250 employees, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It had purchased a 9 seat Cessna Citation a year prior to ferry employees to jobsites and meetings. The company was in the oil & gas business so it flew to Houston everyday in the morning and then usually to a jobsite somewhere in the southern USA and then returned to Tulsa. Then it made an afternoon trip which was usually longer in nature to the east coast, west coast or North Dakota oil/gas production areas. If time was available it often then made a quick Houston run in the evening. A prop plane could not have executed this work load in the time alotted! The business owner was a shrewd businessman and had purchased this plane for a little over $1million. Millions less than normal. I'm certain that in the past 11 years that plane has more flight hours than any other Citation in existence. It was flying all the time. It saved the company boatloads of money not only in plane tickets and hotel rooms but work days not lost in the airports. A stateside job that would have cost three man days now only cost a single day. If we kept the plane full, and we always did, this added up to enormous savings. Not only that if a customer called in the USA, we could have someone there that evening at the latest. So our service department saw a large sales increase as customers knew our technician would be there that day. Plus, they would only get billed for one day of service, not three with two of them being for travel. Yes we billed for air travel but it was a very reasonable flat rate if I remember correctly.

[dieselyeti]

Any turbine engine is more efficient at higher altitudes, not just jets. I flew a Caravan and Pilatus PC-12 for a charter company years ago and love props.

[daniellong]

I love how you have people standing up and walking around in a turboprop. There aren't any turboprops you can do that in.

[trevormiles]

Do you think that maybe the word " better " can be replaced with "efficient"? I do not think the prop is better but I do feel it is more economical, maintenance friendly and more importantly you access to more fields to land on.

[shevetlevi]

If you think about it a turbofan (which most civilian jets are) is a turboprop with alot more blades and a shrouded prop.

[Braun]

The Avanti originally was a joint project between Piaggio and Learjet.
The americans wanted to enter the then new turboprop trend, finally pulled out leaving the project to the italians.