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505 — Bell Textron 505

Bell Textron 505
B505
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Year
Owner
Bell Textron
Last seen
MTOW
2,000 kg
Range
300 nm
Seats
5
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Bell Textron · 505
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
377
Active
344
Origin
US
Certifying authorities
FAA
Marketplace

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Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
B505
B505
2,000 kg300 nm4
WAIX
WAIX
500 kg550 nm120 kt2
Type certification

The FAA paperwork

TCDS R00008RD · 4 · issued 2020-04-20

The FAA-issued Type Certificate for this model is on file (TCDS R00008RD), but we haven't yet extracted the structured spec values.

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Safety & ops history

Where to look next

Detailed safety & ops history coming soon — view this model's FAA Airworthiness Directives at FAA.gov.
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Bell Textron 505market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Bell Textron 505 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

4 yearsmedian age

Of the 287 registered Bell Textron 505 with a known build year (76% of the 377 we track), the median age is 4 years.

Registration activity

37changed registration in 12 months

37 of the 377 registered Bell Textron 505 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (10% of the fleet), across 37 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
35
Tracked flights
305
Tracked flight hours
660
Share of fleet flying
9%

35 Bell Textron 505 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (9% of the registered fleet), across 305 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.

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