December 5, 2025
A Private Jet Card Comparisons analysis shows the average hourly jet card rate in North America was $11,257 at the end of Q3 2025.
The average hourly jet card rate in North America dropped 0.1% sequentially at the end of Q3 2025, but was up 1.4% from Q3 2024.
At the end of the most recent quarter here in 2025, the average hourly jet card rate stood at $11,257.
The slight decrease comes despite strong demand.
So far this year, private jet flight activity has been up on a year-over-year basis 33 weeks, with three flat weeks, and only three weeks below last year’s levels.
Daily Minimums and Peak Days both increased during Q3 2025.
However, Non-Peak Callouts decreased.
North American jet card rates overall averaged $11,257 per hour at the end of Q3 2025.
Without turboprops, the average hourly rate for jet cards was $11,602.
Included are jet cards with guaranteed availability and rates.
Hourly pricing includes base rate, fuel surcharges, and 7.5% Federal Excise Tax.
The Private Jet Card Comparisons database comprises over 80 providers and more than 1,000 options.
There were over 41 updates to the Private Jet Card Comparisons database during the quarter.
That compares to 33 updates in Q2.
The average hourly jet card rate by aircraft category at the end of Q3 2025 was:
The hourly rates are based on published rates and do not account for the constant flow of jet card deals.
The deals are generally valued in the mid-single digits in terms of added value.
| Hourly Rates | 2019.Q4 | 2020.Q4 | 2021.Q4 | 2022.Q4 | 2023.Q4 | 2024.Q3 | 2024.Q4 | 2025.Q1 | 2025.Q2 | 2025.Q3 |
| Turboprop | 4,762 | 4,454 | 5,982 | 7,348 | 6,269 | 6,799 | 6,647 | 6,568 | 6,584 | 6,418 |
| Very Light | 5,653 | 5,102 | 6,724 | 8,379 | 7,298 | 7,742 | 7,742 | 7,689 | 7,604 | 7,359 |
| Light | 6,023 | 5,600 | 6,978 | 8,462 | 7,918 | 8,078 | 8,079 | 8,305 | 8,344 | 8,309 |
| Midsize | 7,531 | 6,961 | 7,985 | 9,806 | 9,168 | 9,534 | 9,526 | 9,817 | 9,818 | 9,671 |
| Super Midsize | 10,042 | 9,190 | 10,570 | 12,675 | 11,793 | 12,399 | 12,333 | 12,510 | 12,467 | 12,447 |
| Large | 13,033 | 12,109 | 13,229 | 16,108 | 15,339 | 15,278 | 15,209 | 15,197 | 15,168 | 15,386 |
| Ultra-Long | 16,834 | 15,316 | 17,339 | 20,646 | 18,753 | 19,104 | 18,951 | 19,152 | 19,028 | 19,222 |
| Overall | 8,860 | 8,405 | 9,706 | 11,748 | 10,754 | 11,102 | 11,052 | 11,147 | 11,273 | 11,257 |
| Without Turboprops | 9,193 | 8,631 | 9,850 | 11,955 | 11,030 | 11,393 | 11,377 | 11,519 | 11,616 | 11,602 |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
Overall, hourly jet card rates were down 0.1% sequentially.
Looking back, they are currently 27.1% above the pre-COVID levels of 2019.
| Hourly Rates | Change from Q2 2025 | Change from Q1 2025 | Change from Q4 2024 | Change from Q4 2023 | Change from Q4 2022 | Change from Q4 2021 | Change from Q4 2020 | Change from Q4 2019 |
| Turboprop | -2.5% | -2.3% | -3.4% | 2.4% | -12.7% | 7.3% | 44.1% | 34.8% |
| Very Light | -3.2% | -4.3% | -4.9% | 0.8% | -12.2% | 9.4% | 44.2% | 30.2% |
| Light | -0.4% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 4.9% | -1.8% | 19.1% | 48.4% | 37.9% |
| Midsize | -1.5% | -1.5% | 1.5% | 5.5% | -1.4% | 21.1% | 38.9% | 28.4% |
| Super Midsize | -0.2% | -0.5% | 0.9% | 5.5% | -1.8% | 17.8% | 35.4% | 23.9% |
| Large | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | -4.5% | 16.3% | 27.1% | 18.1% |
| Ultra-Long | 1.0% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 2.5% | -6.9% | 10.9% | 25.5% | 14.2% |
| Overall | -0.1% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 4.7% | -4.2% | 16.0% | 33.9% | 27.1% |
| Without Turboprops | -0.1% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 5.2% | -3.0% | 17.8% | 34.4% | 26.2% |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
In Q3 2025, Very Light Jets saw the most considerable decrease from the previous quarter, dropping 3.2%.
Turboprop hourly rates dropped 2.5% sequentially.
Large and Ultra-Long Haul hourly jet card rates increased, up 1.4% and 1.0%, respectively.
Daily Minimums stood at 85.1 minutes at the end of Q3 2025.
Daily Minimums are the minimum amount of flying time you are charged, even if your flights are less than the minimum.
Light Jets were at 69.7 minutes, down 0.2% from the previous quarter.
| Daily Minimums (minutes) | 2019.Q4 | 2020.Q4 | 2021.Q4 | 2022.Q4 | 2023.Q4 | 2024.Q3 | 2024.Q4 | 2025.Q1 | 2025.Q2 | 2025.Q3 |
| Light | 78.1 | 79.5 | 87.9 | 75.8 | 71.9 | 68.4 | 68.7 | 67.7 | 69.8 | 69.7 |
| Midsize | 83.7 | 84.1 | 95.8 | 83.0 | 79.7 | 76.0 | 77.3 | 76.3 | 77.7 | 80.3 |
| Super Midsize | 95.7 | 95.3 | 111.5 | 94.1 | 96.5 | 91.6 | 92.9 | 84.4 | 88.8 | 91.1 |
| Large | 101.4 | 98.6 | 125.6 | 110.2 | 121.4 | 119.0 | 121.8 | 106.7 | 109.4 | 111.8 |
| Overall | 86.2 | 85.4 | 103.3 | 94.7 | 89.4 | 86.1 | 86.7 | 80.8 | 83.7 | 85.1 |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
Midsize daily minimums increased 3.4% to 80.3 minutes.
Super Midsize daily minimums also increased, up 2.6% to 91.1 minutes.
| Daily Minimums (minutes) | Change from Q2 2025 | Change from Q1 2025 | Change from Q4 2024 | Change from Q4 2023 | Change from Q4 2022 | Change from Q4 2021 | Change from Q4 2020 | Change from Q4 2019 |
| Light | -0.2% | 3.0% | 1.5% | -3.1% | -8.0% | -20.7% | -12.3% | -10.8% |
| Midsize | 3.4% | 5.2% | 3.8% | 0.8% | -3.3% | -16.2% | -4.5% | -4.1% |
| Super Midsize | 2.6% | 7.9% | -1.9% | -5.6% | -3.2% | -18.3% | -4.4% | -4.8% |
| Large | 2.2% | 4.8% | -8.2% | -7.9% | 1.5% | -11.0% | 13.4% | 10.3% |
| Overall | 1.6% | 5.4% | -1.8% | -4.8% | -10.1% | -17.6% | -0.4% | -1.3% |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
Large jet daily minimums increased by 1.6% to 111.8 minutes.
Peak Days can result in surcharges, longer callouts, and narrower cancellation windows, as well as the ability of providers to adjust your departure by several hours.
Flying on Peak Days can often seem like a different program, and it is wise to avoid them.
| Peak Days (hours) | 2019.Q4 | 2020.Q4 | 2021.Q4 | 2022.Q4 | 2023.Q4 | 2024.Q3 | 2024.Q4 | 2025.Q1 | 2025.Q2 | 2025.Q3 |
| Overall | 22.8 | 24.4 | 39.3 | 55.7 | 47.4 | 46.2 | 44.6 | 35.4 | 35.6 | 36.5 |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
Average annual Peak Days stood at 36.5 dates at the end of Q3.
| Peak Days (hours) | Change from Q2 2025 | Change from Q1 2025 | Change from Q4 2024 | Change from Q4 2023 | Change from Q4 2022 | Change from Q4 2021 | Change from Q4 2020 | Change from Q4 2019 |
| Overall | 2.5% | 3.1% | -18.1% | -23.0% | -34.4% | -7.1% | 49.6% | 60.1% |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
That’s a 2.5% sequential increase.
The average number of Peak Days is down 34.4% from the end of 2022, but is still 60.1% higher than the pre-COVID-2019 level.
The minimum window to get guaranteed rates stood at 62.0 hours at the end of the most recent quarter.
| Call Outs (hours) | 2019 Q4 | 2020 Q4 | 2021 Q4 | 2022 Q4 | 2023 Q4 | 2024 Q3 | 2024 Q4 | 2025 Q1 | 2025 Q2 | 2025 Q3 |
| Overall | 23.2 | 29.0 | 55.9 | 64.7 | 69.3 | 65.1 | 66.2 | 65.7 | 63.2 | 62.0 |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
That was down 1.9% sequentially and 10.5% from Q3 2024.
| Call Outs (hours) | Change from Q2 2025 | Change from Q1 2025 | Change from Q4 2024 | Change from Q4 2023 | Change from Q4 2022 | Change from Q4 2021 | Change from Q4 2020 | Change from Q4 2019 |
| Overall | -1.9% | -5.6% | -6.3% | -10.5% | -4.2% | 10.9% | 113.8% | 167.2% |
Source: Private Jet Card Comparisons
Still, the lead time to book is 167.2% higher than in 2019.
Back then, the average Callout was 23.2 hours.
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