Skydiving Aircraft

Over the years of serving the Carolinas, we've worked on making our facility bigger and better, including additions to our skydiving aircraft!

The PAC 750 XL Skydiving Plane

The PAC 750 XL carries up to 17 jumpers to altitude in under 15 minutes and is the newest member of the Piedmont Fleet. As we’ve grown into a bigger and better skydiving facility over the years of serving Charlotte, Greensboro, the Carolinas and surrounding areas, we’ve found the need to improve our fleet, and this aircraft does just that!

This skydiving plane can reach a maximum speed of 196mph, has an average cruise speed of 160mph, and has an average climbing speed of about 100mph. It has an impressive rate of climb up to 2,000 ft per minute and can take up to 17 parachutists to altitude in under 15 minutes. The PAC can easily reach an altitude of 20,000 feet, which makes it the perfect plane for our high altitude skydives, which reach an altitude of around 17,500 feet.

Want more info on the PAC 750 XL? Check out this article on our newest skydiving airplane.

Minimums: 6 Fun Jumpers | 2 Tandems/AFF | 1 Tandem/AFF, 3 Fun Jumpers

The King Air A90

Piedmont Skydiving’s King Air A90 was our very first turbine aircraft and is known as “Royal Faithful” around the dropzone. Slightly smaller than the PAC750, this plane is still a favorite of both experienced and tandem skydivers. Its simple and elegant design also makes it a beautiful sight in the sky.

This multi-engine turbine aircraft can carry 13 jumpers to altitude in only about 10 minutes. The King Air’s maximum speed is about 290mph and can climb at a rate over 2,000ft per minute!

Minimums: 8 Fun Jumpers | 3 Tandems/AFF| 2 Tandems/AFF, 2 Fun Jumpers | 1 Tandem/AFF, 5 Fun Jumpers

Piedmont Skydiving’s King Air A90 Skydiving Airplane

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  • lindsey reguero Avatar
    lindsey r.
    Kai was definitely an amazing instructor. He made us feel very welcomed and made the experience a one of a kind and I’ve been sky diving before ! Good vibe and I’m very happy I was sky diving with him. Thanks for the amazing experience
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    3 years ago
  • Wes McClellan Avatar
    Wes M.
    I jumped with Allen and he was great I will definitely ask for him the next time I do it. The rest of the crew from start to end was amazing and did a awesome job.
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    3 years ago
  • Kate Bowman Avatar
    Kate B.
    I took my boyfriend skydiving for his big 40th birthday. I am so glad that I chose Piedmont Skydiving and that we were lucky enough to end up with Matt as his instructor. It was such an amazing experience that we booked a second jump.. this time, IM GOING!
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    5 years ago
  • Brooks Townsend Avatar
    Brooks T.
    First time skydiving, but from my experience I'd happily go again with Piedmont Skydiving. The instructors were professional, gave us full confidence in our dive, and most of all made it a fun experience. Another person in our group attested that Piedmont was way better than their first time skydiving at another place. Would highly recommend, even if you're nervous about the first time, as this was a bucketlist item and life event that I would've regretted not doing!
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    3 years ago
  • sketrus21 Avatar
    sketrus21
    Went skydiving with my wife! We had an amazing time, Matt was with me and he was laid back and funny and my wife had Josh who helped her every step of the way. Scary as hell but exhilarating 10/10 would do again and are so grateful to Matt and Josh for making it a great experience ????
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    7 years ago