B200 King air aircraft
CareFlight operates a fleet of B200 King Air aircraft.
The King Air is an American built aircraft and is widely used for aeromedical work. Powered by two gas-turbine engines, it has four-bladed propellers, a pressurised cabin and retractable undercarriage. The King Air is an all-weather, day/night capable aircraft.
CareFlight’s King Airs have been extensively modified to undertake aeromedical missions in Australia. Modifications include:
- wide cargo doors to allow for easy movement of patients in and out of the planes
- electro-pneumatic loading systems for quicker, safer and smoother stretcher loading
- special medical flooring, storage units and oxygen systems
- purpose-designed radios and navigation systems for CareFlight’s long flights to access patients at very remote locations
- cabin configuration to accommodate two stretcher patients, two seated patients and the aeromedical team
B200 Specifications
- Engines: 2 x Pratt and Whitney PT6A – 42 gas turbines, delivering (850 SHP) each
- Max speed 570 km/hr (308 knots)
- Cruising speed 485 km/hr (255 knots)
- Range 1900 km (1100 NM)
- Max altitude 10,668 m (35,000 ft)
- Endurance 6 hrs
- Max weight 5710 kg
- Crew 3 (pilot, doctor, nurse)
- Fuel capacity 3600lbs 1630kg Jet A-1 (refined kerosene)
- Fuel burn 600 lbs/hr
- Total length 13.36 m
- Wingspan 16.6 m
