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What your budget buys

Set a budget, your group and roughly how long the flight is. The planner lays out the realistic options with honest ranges, then you can send the trip for an exact all-in price.

$12,000
$1,000$60,000
How long is the flight?

Westchester to Nantucket is under an hour, Teterboro to Palm Beach about 2½, New York to Aspen about 4½ and New York to Los Cabos about 5½.

How flexible are your dates?

Options for 4 passengers, about an hour

Estimates use typical US hourly rates for the flight time plus the 7.5% federal excise tax. They exclude repositioning, daily minimums and extras such as de-icing, which can add to a one-way trip in particular. Your quote will be exact and all-in.

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Send the trip for an exact price

Add your route and dates. Your budget and flexibility go to the advisor with the request, so the options you receive start with the ones that fit.

  • 1We check aircraft from Part 135 operators near your departure airport.
  • 2We look for empty legs and shared seats on your route and dates.
  • 3You receive options by email, each with one all-in price.

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How the estimates work

Each option multiplies a typical flight time for the distance you chose by the typical US hourly range for that aircraft class, then adds the 7.5% federal excise tax that applies to domestic charter. Turboprops get a longer flight time, because they cruise slower than jets on the same route.

Empty legs are shown at 25 to 75 percent below the matching charter estimate, which is the usual spread. Whether one exists for your trip depends on where aircraft happen to be repositioning, which is why date flexibility matters so much.

The per-seat figure is simply the charter estimate shared across your passengers. It shows how quickly the cost per person falls when the seats are filled.

What can move the real price

Repositioning is the big one: if the nearest suitable aircraft is two hours away, those hours are usually billed. One-way trips can cost up to about double the flight time if the aircraft has to fly home empty, unless the operator has another trip for it.

Daily minimums of one to two billed hours apply on many aircraft, so very short flights can cost more than the clock suggests. Peak days, crew overnights and winter de-icing add to the total. Your quote lists all of it in one price.

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