Turboprop
- Seats
- 6–9
- Range
- ~1,800 nm
- Per hour
- $1,800–3,200
Pilatus PC-12, King Air 350
Charter, jet card, fractional, per seat
What it really costs to fly private.
Honest hourly ranges, every fee named, and an all-in charter quote for your exact trip.
- All-in quotesFederal excise tax, segment fees and airport charges are inside the price you see.
- FAA Part 135 operatorsEvery flight is run by a certificated air carrier, or the foreign equivalent abroad.
- One advisor, start to finishThe same person handles your request, the options and the day you fly.
- No membership or depositAsk for a price without signing up, prepaying or committing to anything.
Four ways to pay
Charter, jet card, fractional or a single seat.
They all put you on a private aircraft. They differ in what you commit upfront, how the hourly cost is set and how much control you keep over the schedule. Here is the short version; the comparison tool goes further.
Estimates for US on-demand charter, before federal excise tax and fees.
Flight time only: hours × $4,500–7,000, before 7.5% tax and fees.
As a rough rule of thumb, fractional shares start to earn a look at around 50 hours a year, and whole ownership somewhere in the low hundreds.
| Feature | Charter | Jet card | Fractional | Per seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Per trip, for the whole aircraft | A prepaid block of hours at fixed hourly rates | A share of one aircraft, plus a monthly fee and an hourly fee | Per seat, on a flight someone else schedules |
| Upfront | Nothing to request a quote | The block of hours, paid in advance | The share purchase and a multi-year contract | One ticket at a time |
| Typical yearly use | Occasional, up to about 50 hours | Roughly 25 to 100 hours | 50 hours (1/16 share) and up | A handful of trips |
| Schedule and route | Yours, door to door | Yours, within peak-day rules | Yours, with notice periods | Set by the seller |
| Watch for | Repositioning, daily minimums, crew overnights | Peak-day surcharges, daily minimums | Fees continue in months you do not fly | Schedule changes or cancellation by the seller |
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Aircraft
Five sizes cover almost every trip.
Seats, range and hourly cost rise together. Choose the smallest aircraft that carries your group, bags and distance comfortably, and the price follows.
Light jet
- Seats
- 6–8
- Range
- 2,000–2,150 nm
- Per hour
- $3,500–5,500
Phenom 300E, Citation CJ4, Learjet 75
Midsize
- Seats
- 7–9
- Range
- ~2,100 nm
- Per hour
- $4,500–7,000
Citation XLS+
Super-midsize
- Seats
- 8–10
- Range
- 3,200–4,000 nm
- Per hour
- $6,500–9,500
Challenger 350, Citation Longitude, Praetor 600
Large cabin
- Seats
- 10–16
- Range
- 4,000–4,300 nm
- Per hour
- $8,500–13,000
Gulfstream G450, Challenger 650, Falcon 2000LXS
Full aircraft guide, including very light and ultra long range jetsHourly figures are estimates before tax and fees.
How it works
From request to wheels-up in four steps.
No app, no account. You talk to one charter advisor who knows your trip from the first message to the moment you land.
- 01
Send the trip
Route, dates, passengers and anything unusual: pets, skis, a tight connection. The form takes about a minute.
- 02
Get priced options
We go to Part 135 operators that suit the trip and send back aircraft options with all-in prices, not teaser rates.
- 03
Choose and confirm
You pick the aircraft. The charter agreement names the operating carrier before you pay anything.
- 04
Fly
Your advisor confirms timing, the private terminal, catering and cars, and stays with the trip until you land.
Pricing
What actually moves the price.
The hourly rate is only the start. These are the lines that turn a rate into a real number, and the ones we spell out in every quote.
- Flight timeRate × hours
Billed at the category's hourly rate for the time in the air, plus taxi time with some operators.
- RepositioningOften charged
If the aircraft starts somewhere else, the empty flights to reach you and to get home are part of the cost.
- Daily minimums1–2 billed hours a day
Many operators bill a minimum for each day the aircraft is assigned to you, even on days it stays on the ground.
- Crew overnightsPer night
Hotel and expenses for the crew whenever the aircraft waits with you away from its base.
- Federal excise tax7.5%
Charged on domestic US charter, and included in every quote we send.
- Segment feesAbout $5 a passenger, per leg
A federal per-passenger charge, indexed every year.
- Airport and handlingVaries by airport
Landing, parking and handling fees. Busy airports and peak weekends cost more.
- Season and extrasAs needed
De-icing in winter, catering, Wi-Fi, and international fees such as customs and overflight charges.
Popular routes
What well-flown trips cost in flight time.
Typical aircraft and flight-time estimates for six familiar routes. Your quote adds repositioning, taxes and fees for your exact dates.
TEB → DJTNew York to Palm Beach
- Flight time
- About 2h30
- Suits
- Light jet
- Flight-time est.
- $8,750–13,750
TEB → ASENew York to Aspen
- Flight time
- About 4h30
- Suits
- Super-midsize
- Flight-time est.
- $29,250–42,750
VNY → SJDLos Angeles to Los Cabos
- Flight time
- About 2h15–2h30
- Suits
- Midsize
- Flight-time est.
- $10,125–17,500
HPN → NCENew York to Nice
- Flight time
- About 8h
- Suits
- Large cabin
- Flight-time est.
- $68,000–104,000
OPF → LTNMiami to London
- Flight time
- About 8h30–9h
- Suits
- Large cabin
- Flight-time est.
- $72,250–117,000
DAL → JACDallas to Jackson Hole
- Flight time
- About 2h30–2h45
- Suits
- Midsize
- Flight-time est.
- $11,250–19,250
Estimates: flight hours × the category's typical hourly range, before repositioning, taxes, segment fees and airport charges. Times vary with winds and aircraft.
Safety and standards
Who actually flies you.
We arrange the trip; a certificated air carrier operates it. In the US that means an operator holding an FAA Part 135 certificate, with its own maintenance programme, training standards and crew duty limits. Abroad, the local equivalent applies.
FAA Part 135
The federal rules for on-demand air carriers. Operators are certificated and overseen by the FAA, and crews fly within legal duty and rest limits.
ARGUS
Third-party ratings of charter operators. Gold reflects safety data; Gold+ and Platinum add on-site audits.
Wyvern
Audits operators against its own standard. Operators that pass can hold Wyvern Wingman status.
IS-BAO
The international code of practice for business aviation, with operators registered at stage 1, 2 or 3 as their safety system matures.
Ask for an operator's certificate and audit status before you book; you will have both. The rules themselves are public: 14 CFR Part 135.
How much does it cost to fly private?
On-demand charter in the US typically runs from about $1,800 an hour for a turboprop to $13,000 or more for a large-cabin jet, before tax and fees (estimates). The total for a trip adds repositioning, daily minimums, crew overnights, airport fees, 7.5% federal excise tax on domestic flights and a small per-passenger segment fee.
Is a jet card cheaper than charter?
Often not per hour. A card buys fixed rates and guaranteed availability in exchange for paying upfront. With a few trips a year and flexible dates, on-demand charter frequently costs less; if you need certainty on peak days, a card can be worth it. Read the peak-day surcharges and daily minimums before you buy one.
When does fractional ownership make sense?
When you fly enough to use a share. A 1/16 share works out to about 50 flight hours a year. Owners pay for the share, a monthly management fee and an hourly fee for time flown, so it rewards steady, predictable flying.
What does an all-in quote include?
Flight time, repositioning, federal excise tax, segment fees and the airport and crew costs the operator can see for your itinerary. Anything that depends on later choices, such as special catering or a change of route, is priced and agreed with you before it is added.
Are empty legs a good way to save?
They can be. Empty legs are repositioning flights sold at a discount, often 25–75% off, but the route and time are fixed and the flight can be cancelled if the original trip changes. They suit flexible travellers with a backup plan.
Do you own or operate the aircraft?
No. We are an air charter broker. Every flight is operated by an FAA Part 135 air carrier, or the foreign equivalent, which holds operational control of the aircraft. The operator is named in your charter agreement before you pay.
Can the dog come too?
Often, yes. Plenty of operators take dogs and cats in the cabin, and each one signs off on pets aircraft by aircraft. Say how many are coming and roughly how big, and every option we send will be one that accepts them.
Is there a membership or deposit before you will quote?
Neither. Asking for a price is free and binds you to nothing. Payment only comes up once you choose an aircraft, under the terms of the charter agreement.
Explainers
The numbers, explained.
Longer reads on how private flying is priced, written to be useful before you spend anything.
Ways to fly
25, 50 or 200 hours a year: which way to fly
How yearly hours change the math between charter, jet cards, fractional shares and whole ownership.
Fractional
Fractional ownership in plain numbers
Shares, hours, monthly fees and the exit: how the costs of a fractional share stack up, line by line.
Ownership costs
What an aircraft costs while it is parked
Fixed costs keep running when the engines stop. What that means for owners and for your quote.
Request a quote
Send us the trip. We'll send the real number.
Tell us where, when and who is flying. A charter advisor will come back with aircraft options and an all-in price from Part 135 operators.
- Federal excise tax and fees included in the price
- No membership, deposit or sign-up
- One-way, round-trip and multi-city, worldwide
- Pets welcome on many aircraft, with operator approval