Piper Aircraft · In Production
M500
Piper M500 active-aircraft record with source-reviewed program lineage and key specifications. Published qualifiers and development-state limits are preserved exactly.
Canonical model record
Program and lineage fields
- Current marketed name
- M500
- Program / lineage
- PA-46 Malibu/Mirage/Meridian lineage → M500
- Type / tags
- business_turboprop
- Launch & first flight
- M500 branding/product launch 2015; derivative of Meridian
- Certification / entry into service
- Certified/in service
- Current lifecycle / stage
- Active production / marketed
- Source basis
- OEM + FAA
Source-led data
Key specifications
- Range
- 1,000 nm on current 2026 brochure (LRC/standard conditions)
- Speed / ceiling
- 260 ktas; FL300
- Field performance
- TO 2,438 ft over 50 ft; landing 2,110 ft over 50 ft
- Cabin
- 12.3 ft L × 4.1 ft W; cabin volume 165 cu ft
- Engine / capacity / MTOW
- 1× P&WC PT6A-42A, 500 shp; MTOW 5,092 lb
- Data note
- Use current 2026 brochure; older/current marketing pages can show differing range labels
Field-level provenance
Sources and review notes
- M500oem · high confidence
Piper M500 active-aircraft reference
Official section-level source retained from the supplied source-reviewed dataset; preliminary and derivative qualifiers remain visible at field level.
Open source - M-Classoem · high confidence
Piper M500 active-aircraft reference
Official section-level source retained from the supplied source-reviewed dataset; preliminary and derivative qualifiers remain visible at field level.
Open source - Piperoem · high confidence
Piper M500 active-aircraft reference
Official section-level source retained from the supplied source-reviewed dataset; preliminary and derivative qualifiers remain visible at field level.
Open source
Aircraft history and related intelligence
Piper M500 active-aircraft record with source-reviewed program lineage and key specifications. Published qualifiers and development-state limits are preserved exactly.