N814RP

N814RP is a Tecnam P2012 Traveller, a twin-engine piston aircraft operated by 90 KNOTS LLC. SkyMeter has tracked 164 flights totalling 68 hours of airtime via ADS-B across 2 callsigns. The most frequent segment is KN89 to 46N. Service window in our records spans 439 days. Of those flights, 4 (2.4%) carry at least one detected incident: a go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Tecnam P2012 Traveller has a maximum takeoff weight of 8,157 lb, light wake category.

About the Tecnam P2012 Traveller

The Tecnam P2012 Traveller represents a rare modern entry into the twin-piston commuter market, a segment largely abandoned by manufacturers after the 1980s. Designed by Italy's Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam and first flown in 2016, the high-wing eleven-seater was purpose-built for short-haul regional routes where jet economics don't pencil out: island hoppers, bush operations, and thin rural links. Powered by twin Lycoming TEO-540 piston engines producing 375 horsepower each, the Traveller cruises around 190 knots and can operate from unpaved strips as short as 2,600 feet, a capability that has attracted operators serving remote communities in the Caribbean, Scandinavia, and the Pacific.

Cape Air, the largest commuter airline in the United States, selected the P2012 to replace its aging Cessna 402 fleet and became the launch customer in 2019, eventually ordering over seventy airframes. The type's composite fuselage, glass cockpit with Garmin G1000 NXi avionics, and relatively spacious cabin (passengers sit in three rows of paired seats plus a three-across rear bench) offer a step-change in comfort and efficiency over legacy piston twins. Its operating economics hinge on fuel burn around 30 gallons per hour total and minimal crew requirements, making it viable on routes with fewer than a dozen daily passengers.

SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the largest observed operator.