Meet Tecnam P2012 Traveller
The P2012 Traveller places a shoulder wing above a cabin configured for up to nine passengers and one or two pilots. Tecnam designed it for work including commuter services, charter, cargo and medical transport. The simulator implementation has its own equipment and compatibility statement; planned simulator updates are distinguished from released versions.
History & design
Designed around a working airline
Cape Air’s search for a replacement for its Cessna 402 fleet helped shape the P2012. Tecnam developed a fixed-gear piston twin around regional passenger operations, with the first prototype flying in 2016. The Traveller subsequently gained related configurations, including a STOL version. Engine and propeller-control arrangements vary, so the familiar P2012 silhouette does not imply that every version uses the same cockpit controls.
Wikipedia contributors · Tecnam P2012 Traveller ↗Research-based history of the real aircraft family; see the linked source.
Development milestones
Designer: Luigi Pascale
First flight: 21 July 2016
Wikipedia contributors · Tecnam P2012 Traveller ↗Tecnam P2012 Traveller · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1363070527
In your simulator
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Tecnam P2012 Traveller
FlightSim Studio
Aircraft · Released
| Product | Simulator | Product type |
|---|---|---|
| Tecnam P2012 Traveller ↗Released | MSFS 2020 The developer lists MSFS 2020. A native MSFS 2024 version is in development and is not counted as released. | Aircraft |
Aircraft specifications
Published figures for the named real-aircraft variant. Simulator equipment and performance can differ.
| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
| Wingspan | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) ; 16.6 m (54 ft) on STOL variant |
| Height | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
| Wing area | 25.4 m² (273 sq ft) |
| Empty weight | 2,386 kg (5,260 lb) ; 2,416 kg (5,326 lb) on STOL variant |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,680 kg (8,113 lb) |
| Powerplant | 2 × Lycoming TEO-540C1A 6-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed turbocharged piston engines, 280 kW (375 hp) each |
| Powerplant | 2 × Continental GTSIO-520-S 6-cylinder horizontally-opposed turbocharged, geared piston engines, 280 kW (375 hp) each |
| Propellers | 3 or 4-bladed MT-Propeller, 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) diameter constant-speed fully-feathering propeller |
| Maximum speed | 359 km/h (223 mph, 194 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
| Cruise speed | 319 km/h (198 mph, 172 kn) at 75% power at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
| Stall speed | 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn) full flaps; 122 km/h (76 mph; 66 kn) full flaps on STOL variant |
| Range | 2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi) |
| Service ceiling | 5,900 m (19,500 ft) restricted to four passengers over 4,000 m (13,000 ft) |
| Rate of climb | 5.8 m/s (1,140 ft/min) ; 6.53 m/s (1,285 ft/min) on STOL variant |
In pictures
Photographs show the variants, related designs and historical examples identified in their captions.
Pilot perspectives
A working flight in the Traveller
“Steep turns, stalls and slow flight were easy to master, as were power-on stalls.”
Horne flew the Lycoming-powered Traveller during an October 2021 demonstration trip with Tecnam’s test pilot. He describes electronic engine controls and an automated runup, then reports airwork near the California coast. His favourable handling impression belongs to that flight and loading, rather than every P2012 variant.
Published 1 February 2022; demonstration flight in the original Traveller. The STOL and other engine variants differ.
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Aircraft background
Tecnam P2012 TravellerWikipedia contributors · Research background · retrieved 2026-09-12Product
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