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Cessna 208 Caravan

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High wing, single engine turboprop utility aircraft. Includes Grand Caravan EX, Super Cargomaster EX and the all-electric e-Caravan variants

Photo: Textron Aviation

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop, Electric, Hybrid

Application

Business, Utility

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

TKS fluid

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

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Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Synthetic vision Option SAF certified (100%) Standard

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
Cessna 208B Caravan	1986 / 1986	Production: 68 (2007) GAMA: Cessna Aircraft Company 208B Caravan IB. Stretched variant, includes 208B Grand Caravan, passenger version.
Cessna Super Cargomaster EX	1986 / 1986	Freight variant, based on Caravan EX.
Cessna 208 Caravan 675	1997 / 1997	Production: 1 (2026) GAMA: Textron Aviation CE-208 Caravan 675. Marketing designation for 208 Caravan variant with more powerful engine.
Cessna Grand Caravan EX	2012 / 2012	Production: 16 (2026) GAMA: Textron Aviation CE-208B Grand Caravan EX. Upgraded 208B Caravan with enhanced engine.
magniX / AeroTec eCaravan	2020 / 2020	All-electric variant converted by magniX and AeroTec.

Airframer

Textron Aviation Inc.

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