FLYING’s editor-in-chief Julie Boatman had a chance to fly with the new system—including the associated autothrottle in Garmin’s test bed King Air 200 with demonstration pilot Jessica Koss.

The King Air 200, which debuted in 1972, has a maximum speed of 270 miles per hour and can accommodate six to eight passengers.

The Super King Air 200 was introduced in 1973, expanding the King Air product line and solidifying Beechcraft's position in the twin-engine turboprop market.

Garmin has already been delivering autoland-retrofitted King Air 200s in the USA. The system is now available on other types including Piper M600s, Cessna Citations, Cirrus Vision Jets, Daher TBMs ...

Then on 3 January, Illinois-based maintenance firm Elliot Aviation said it also delivered a King Air 200 modified to have Garmin auto-land and the G1000 NXi avionics.

Two avionics installers have announced deliveries of Beechcraft King Air 200 turboprops upgraded with Garmin Autoland technology this year. Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies (BAT) of Columbia ...

The FAA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) allows King Air 200 owners to upgrade their autopilot and enables an all-Garmin scalable avionics retrofit. Amy Wilder · Wednesday, February 01, 2023 ...

The King Air offers a lot of flexibility on the antenna location, which can be mounted aft as it is on this model 200 or further forward near the cockpit, depending on the customer’s needs and ...

The Aviation Week Network Fleet Discovery Database counted 1,559 in-service King Air 200-series aircraft and 88 200Cs as of 2024. More than half—848—were based in North America.

Retrofits of Autoland and the autothrottle will be available for the 200-series King Airs in the third quarter, followed by 300-series King Airs in 2024.

The King Air 260 combines the platform’s rich history of rugged reliability and versatility with state-of-the-art upgrades and next-generation capability, offering a greater ease of flying.