Lowest price private jets for short flights

By Doug Gollan, September 26, 2021

These private jet cards are the cheapest way to make flights of 35 minutes or less

So you want to find the lowest price to fly by private jet? With all the recent program changes, we’ve run the numbers from the Private Jet Card Comparisons’ database (Update 107 for 2021) of over 50 jet card providers to give you the cheapest flight costs for short flights, from light jet to large-cabin aircraft. You can also compare jet card pricing to on-demand charter quotes.

Short flights on private jets can save hours of driving time. As you can see, many journeys that would have you stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic can be done in minutes – if you have access to a jet card.

Short Hop Private Jet Flights

  • Westchester County (HPN) to Westhampton (FOK) – 13 minutes
  • San Jose (SJC) to Napa County (APC) – 14 minutes
  • Boston (BOS) to Nantucket (ACK) – 21 minutes
  • Los Angeles (HHR) to Santa Barbara (SBA) – 22 minutes
  • St. Louis (SUS) to Lake of the Ozarks (AIZ) – 25 minutes
  • Naples (APF) to Key West (EYW) – 26 minutes
  • San Francisco (SFO) to Truckee-Tahoe (TRK) – 27 minutes
  • Chicago (PWK) to Door County Cherryland (SUE) – 30 minutes
  • Westchester County (HPN) to Nantucket (ACK) – 31 minutes
  • Santa Barbara (SBA) to Monterey (MRY) – 32 minutes
  • San Francisco (SFO) to Monterey (MRY) – 33 minutes
  • Tampa (TPA) to Ft. Lauderdale Executive (FXE) – 33 minutes
  • Atlanta (PDK) to Brunswick (BQK) – 34 minutes
  • Los Angeles (VNY) to Las Vegas (LAS) – 35 minutes

Private jet flight pricing

However, figuring out what you will pay isn’t always easy. While fixed-rate jet cards with guaranteed availability mean you know your hourly price, what you pay is driven by additional factors.

Key factors to how much will be debited from your account include daily minimum, fuel surcharges, taxi time, and if taxi time is included in the daily minimum.

To help you sort through it all, we used our QUICK COMPARE FLIGHT PRICING. Our exclusive jet card flight pricing calculator enables you to compare jet cards versus each other as well as your on-demand charter quotes.

QUICK COMPARE FLIGHT PRICING provides FLIGHT COST, including tax time, fuel surcharges, FET, and amortized membership costs for programs that have fees to join or ongoing.

In our analysis, we give you the specific card, how many seats are guaranteed, the published hourly rate, as well as lead-time to book on non-peak days (see tables below).

Light – Lowest Price Private Jet Flight Cost – 35-minute flights

Company – Customer Target Areas if regionalJet Card Name- DescriptionMinimum Seats Guaranteed on Non-Peak DaysHourly Rate, including Fuel Surcharges and FET as applicableFLIGHT COST, including taxi time, fuel, FET as applicable, amortized membership (only flight of the day)PSA Non-Peak Day Advance Reservations Lead Time (in hours)
Silverhawk Aviation, Inc. Silverhawk Jet Card (within 50 miles of Lincoln, NE7$ 5,375$ 3,13548
Sentient Jet (SJ)Light Preferred75,9935,99324
Dreamline Aviation Great Circle – Home Airport – SQL, OAK, VNY45,0536,06324
Dreamline Aviation Great Circle – Regional – LA/SF45,2686,32124
Nicholas Air Rise Card – $200K – CJ377,1437,14310
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – Light Jet – 25 Hours66,0207,22410
Nicholas Air Blue Card – 30 hours – CJ377,2467,24610
Flexjet Phenom 300 – 25 hours77,5007,50024
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – Light Jet – 10 Hours66,2897,54710
Wheels Up 200k East, Midwest, Southeast66,2307,84524
FlyExclusive Exclusive Club
East/Midwest
65,1067,94996
Jet Linx (from/to base)Executive Card76,6387,96648
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons QUICK COMPARE FLIGHT PRICING

If you are flying by light jets and live within 50 miles of Lincoln, Nebraska, Silverhawk Aviation offers the lowest pricing for short flights. On a national basis, Sentient Jet at $5,993 offers the lowest cost for short flights on light jets.

If you need a sub-24-hour call-out, Nicholas Air on the Citation CJ3 ($7,143) and Jet Aviation’s light jet card offer ($7,224) 10-hour call-outs.

Two providers that didn’t make the list were Magellan Jets and Outlier Jets.

Magellan has a 120-minute minimum, but you can use one-third of your hours at a 60-minute minimum, including taxi time. At $5,966 they would be the most cost-effective national program for short flights on their CJ3/CJ4 light jet card.

Outlier Jets bills your first two sub-90 minute legs at 72 minutes, which works out to $7,188 for short flights.

Midsize – Lowest Price Private Jet Flight Cost – 35-minute flights

Company – Customer Target Areas if regionalJet Card Name- DescriptionMinimum Seats Guaranteed on Non-Peak DaysHourly Rate, including Fuel Surcharges and FET as applicableFLIGHT COST, including taxi time, fuel, FET as applicable, amortized membership (only flight of the day)PSA Non-Peak Day Advance Reservations Lead Time (in hours)
Dreamline Aviation Great Circle – Home Airport – SQL, OAK, VNY6$ 6,343$ 7,61124
Sentient Jet SJ – SJ25+ 87,8507,85024
Dreamline Aviation Great Circle – LA/SF area66,8808,25624
Northern Jet Management Florida Private Advantage Card66,9828,37924
Wheels Up 200k – Rockies, Southwest, West – AZ, CA, CO, ID, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY78,0578,42772
Wheels Up 200k – East, Midwest, Southeast78,0578,42724
Wheels Up 100k – East, Midwest, Southeast78,2728,64224
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – 10 Hours78,0099,61110
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – 25 Hours78,0639,67510
Jet Linx (from/to base)Executive Card 88,2029,84348
FlyExclusive Exclusive Club -East/Midwest 86,18110,07296
Jet Linx (from/to base)Club Card – Pay as you go 88,20210,16348
Jet Linx (from/to base)Executive Card – Pay as you go 88,20210,26348
Wheels Up 100k – Rockies, Southwest, West – AZ, CA, CO, ID, ND, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY78,27210,29672
Wheels Up 50k – East, Midwest, Southeast78,27210,44724
Wheels Up Pay as you fly – East, Midwest, Southeast78,27210,44724
Jet Linx – (from/to base)Enterprise Membership – Pay as you go 88,20210,54324
FlyExclusive Exclusive Club – West (CA, AZ, NV, NM, WY, UT, MT, ID, OR, WA)86,18110,69096
JETS.COM Jet Card Membership – $250,00087,23010,84572
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons QUICK COMPARE FLIGHT PRICING

For midsize jets, Sentient again offers the lowest price for short flights ($7,850) on a national basis. Dreamline offers the lowest short flight costs ($7,611) – but you need to fly out of its three home airports in California.

Super Mid – Lowest Price Private Jet Flight Cost -35-minute flights

Company – Customer Target Areas if regionalJet Card Name- DescriptionMinimum Seats Guaranteed on Non-Peak DaysHourly Rate, including Fuel Surcharges and FET as applicableFLIGHT COST, including taxi time, fuel, FET as applicable, amortized membership (only flight of the day)PSA Non-Peak Day Advance Reservations Lead Time (in hours)
Nicholas AirRise Card – $350K – Latitude9$ 10,589$ 10,58910
Nicholas AirBlue Card – 30 hours – Latitude910,69610,69610
Nicholas Air Rise Card – $200K – Latitude910,72310,72310
Flexjet Jet Card – Challenger 300 – 25 hours912,47012,47024
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc.PT Card – 10 Hours810,53512,64210
Nicholas Air Rise Card – $350K – C300912,70712,70710
Nicholas AirBlue Card – 30 hours – C300912,72912,72910
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – 25 Hours810,64312,77110
Nicholas Air Rise Card – $200K – C300912,97512,97510
JETS.COMJet Card Membership – $250,00098,70013,05072
JETS.COM SuperMid Size Jet Card Membership – 25 hours98,87513,31372
JETS.COM SuperMid Size Jet Card Membership – 15 hours99,17513,76372
Sentient JetSJ25+ Super Midsize89,19113,78724
Alliance Aviation Super Mid89,56214,3438
Air Partner JetCard89,60014,40024
Magellan Jets Explorer Membership 89,56814,6118
Priester Aviation – Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver/Mountains, Los Angeles, New York, South FloridaCenterline89,80614,70914
ExpertJet Charter X-Card.99,05215,38812
FlyExclusive Exclusive Club – East/Midwest 87,47115,74396
FlyExclusiveFE – Exclusive Club – West (CA, AZ, NV, NM, WY, UT, MT, ID, OR, WA)87,47115,74396
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons QUICK COMPARE FLIGHT PRICING

For super-midsize jets, Nicholas Air has a significant price advantage on short flights with its Citation Latitude program. Flexjet’s Challenger 300 jet card is the second-lowest price for those short hops.

Large Jet – Lowest Price Private Jet Flight Cost – 35-minute flights

Company – Customer Target Areas if regionalJet Card Name- DescriptionMinimum Seats Guaranteed on Non-Peak DaysHourly Rate, including Fuel Surcharges and FET as applicable* FLIGHT COST, including taxi time, fuel, FET as applicable, amortized membership (only flight of the day)PSA Non-Peak Day Advance Reservations Lead Time (in hours)
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – Large Jet – 25 Hours10$ 12,900$ 15,48010
Jet Aviation Flight Services, Inc. PT Card – Large Jet – 10 Hours1012,90015,48010
Alliance Aviation Heavy Jet – 10 seats1010,42215,6338
JETS.COM Jet Card Membership – $250,0001311,25016,87572
JETS.COM Heavy Size Jet Card Membership – 25 hours1311,47517,21372
Alliance Aviation AA – Heavy Jet (14 Seats)1411,71217,5688
JETS.COM Heavy Size Jet Card Membership – 15 hours1311,77517,66372
JetSet Group Select Heavy Jet Card1010,10517,9145
ExpertJet Charter X-Card1211,30119,21312
Air Partner JetCard 1012,90019,35024
Priester Aviation – Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Denver/Mountains, Los Angeles, New York, South FloridaCenterline – Large Jets913,32119,98214
Magellan Jets Explorer Membership – Pay-as-you-go1013,22320,0948
Dumont Group DG – Santos Jet Card – Falcon 2000 1010,20720,41448
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons QUICK COMPARE FLIGHT PRICING

When it comes to large-cabin private jets, Jet Aviation ($15,480) and Alliance Aviation ($15,633) are the most cost-effective, both with 10 seat guarantees.

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