Beechcraft Super King Air - Variants

Variants

In roughly chronological order, the 200 and 300 Series King Air variants and production numbers are:

Model 200

Prototypes and initial production version, 858 built including those converted to Model 200Ts; first prototype was converted to PD 290 jet aircraft and first three production aircraft were delivered to U.S. Army as Model A100-1s.

Model A200

First model purpose-built for U.S. military (Army and Air Force), 75 built.

Model 200T

Version with optional wingtip fuel tanks, optional dome-shaped side windows in the rear fuselage, and modified belly to allow aerial photography. Prototype and subsequent aircraft converted from Model 200s and re-serialled; 23 delivered.

Model A200C

Second military model built for U.S. Navy and USMC with cargo door in LH rear fuselage, 90 built.

Model 200C

Civil equivalent to A200C, 36 built.

Model A200CT

Third military model, built for U.S. Army with cargo door and wingtip fuel tanks of Model 200T, 93 built.

Model 200CT

Civil equivalent to A200CT; one aircraft converted from Model 200C.

Model B200

Current baseline production model; updated version of Model 200. 1,157 built as of the end of 2009 including those converted to Model B200Ts. 12 aircraft delivered as Model 1300s. Later models fitted with Pro Line 21 avionics

Model B200C

Version of B200 with cargo door, available to order; 112 built as of the end of 2009, of which 47 were built for the United States Air Force as C-12Fs. Later models fitted with Pro Line 21 avionics. A total of 65 other aircraft, similar in specification to the B200C, were built for the U.S. military.

Model B200T

Version of B200 similar to Model 200T; aircraft converted from Model B200s and re-serialled. 23 delivered.

Model B200CT

Version of B200C with wingtip fuel tanks; all aircraft converted from B200Cs and re-serialled. Eight delivered, to the Marina de Guerra del Perú and Israeli Air Force. Another two similar aircraft built for the Israeli Air Force are without an official designation.

Model B200 (marketed as King Air 250)

Includes new Hartzell composite scimitar propellers and third-party winglets and Ram Air Recovery System; can operate from shtorter runways than the B200GT.

Model 300

Two versions, the standard Model 300 with increased MTOW of 14,000 lb (6,300 kg) and the Model 300LW with MTOW limited to 12,500 lb (5,700 kg) to meet the aviation regulatory requirements of various countries; 247 built including 35 Model 300LW and including two Model 300s modified and another 17 built specifically for the FAA for use in navaid calibration.

Model B300 (marketed as King Air 350)

Stretched model with two extra cabin windows each side of forward fuselage and winglets on wingtips; in production as King Air 350i and King Air 350iER. 687 built as of the end of 2009, including 42 extended range versions delivered as 350ERs. Later aircraft fitted with Pro Line 21 avionics.

Model B300C (marketed as King Air 350C)

Version of B300 with cargo door; available for order as 350iC and 350iCER. 35 built as of the end of 2009 including one for the Swiss Air Force with modifications for aerial surveillance and five aircraft modified prior to delivery with underwing hardpoints and delivered as 350CERs. Later aircraft fitted with Pro Line 21 avionics.

Model B200GT

Updated version of B200; current civil production model. A total of 97 are built as of the end of 2009.

Model B200CGT

Updated version of B200C; available for order, but none built as of the end of 2009.

Model B300 (marketed as King Air 350i)

Updated version of B300 with interior upgrade; certified in December 2009.

Model 1300 Commuter

B200 configured as a regional airliner, with room for two crew and 13 passengers, fitted with two overwing emergency exits instead of the standard model's single overwing exit and an optional 455 lb (206 kg) belly cargo pod; a nose baggage compartment provided by relocating avionics from the nose to elsewhere in the aircraft. A total of 14 were built in 1989 and 1990.