Private jet charter brokerage
Charter a private jet. See the price first.
Search any route for an indicative all-in bracket. A broker then sources up to three vetted FAA Part 135 options, with our 10% fee shown as its own line.
Popular routes
- 1,092 miTurboprop3 h 37 mfrom $7,769one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,728 miMidsize jet3 h 52 mfrom $18,732one way, all‑in indicative
- 229 miTurboprop1 h 07 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,450 miSuper-midsize4 h 59 mfrom $36,156one way, all‑in indicative
- 185 miTurboprop59 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,154 miLight jet2 h 44 mfrom $8,876one way, all‑in indicative
- 105 miTurboprop45 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 930 miTurboprop3 h 09 mfrom $6,615one way, all‑in indicative
Short legs price at an operator's daily minimum, which is why several start at the same figure.
The whole price, before you commit.
No memberships, no blended totals, no rates we haven't confirmed. Every number this site publishes is one you can check:
And it doesn't stay 10%: 8% from your second flight, 7% once you've completed 10 flights — permanently, no membership to buy. See the fee ladder →
How it works
Three steps. Hours, not days.
Tell us the trip
Route, date, party. Two minutes, no account, and nothing you enter puts you on a call list.
We source your options
Up to three quotes from vetted FAA Part 135 operators — usually within hours, each with the operator's price and our fee as separate lines.
You choose and sign
Compare, pick, sign and pay online. Nothing is binding until your signature, and the price you saw is the price you pay.
Empty legs
The aircraft flies anyway. Sometimes that's your discount.
When a jet drops its clients and repositions home empty, that flight can sell for well under a normal charter price. We publish an empty leg only after confirming it with the operator — and when the board is quiet, the page says so rather than showing you stale ones.
The right aircraft
Six cabin classes. From $1,600 an hour.
We source across the whole market — not one fleet — so the aircraft fits the mission, not the other way around.
Turboprop
King Air 350 · Pilatus PC-12
Short hops and strips the jets can't reach
$1,600–$3,000per hour, indicative
Light jet
Phenom 300 · Citation CJ3+
1–3 hour business legs, efficiently
$2,500–$4,500per hour, indicative
Midsize jet
Citation XLS+ · Learjet 60XR
Stand-up cabin comfort, mid-range trips
$3,500–$6,000per hour, indicative
Super-midsize
Challenger 350 · Citation Longitude
Coast-to-coast, nonstop
$5,000–$8,500per hour, indicative
Heavy jet
Gulfstream G450 · Falcon 900LX
Intercontinental range, full-service cabin
$7,000–$13,000per hour, indicative
Ultra long range
Gulfstream G650ER · Global 7500
Any two cities on earth, one stop or none
$12,000–$20,000per hour, indicative
Hourly figures are the indicative market ranges the cost guide publishes, before taxes and fees — not quotes.
Safety
Vetted before we ever quote them.
Every flight we arrange is operated by an FAA Part 135 air carrier. Before an operator's aircraft appears in one of your quotes:
- Part 135 certificateCurrent air-carrier certificate confirmed, with the specific aircraft on the operator's ops specs.
- Insurance verifiedCertificate obtained, liability limits confirmed, expiry recorded — and available to you on request.
- Third-party auditsARGUS, WYVERN or IS-BAO standing recorded where held, with the date it was awarded.
- Crew experienceSpecial-airport qualifications confirmed for demanding fields like Aspen before we quote the trip.
- Ongoing re-checksRecords carry expiry dates; an operator gone stale is not quoted again until confirmed current.
Destinations
The corridors we quote most.
- New YorkNew York / New Jersey25 routesfrom $2,838one way from Boston · indicative
- MiamiSouth Florida23 routesfrom $7,769one way from New York · indicative
- Los AngelesSouthern California25 routesfrom $36,156one way from New York · indicative
- Las VegasNevada25 routesfrom $32,862one way from New York · indicative
- AspenColorado Rockies18 routesfrom $18,732one way from New York · indicative
- DallasNorth Texas25 routesfrom $10,539one way from New York · indicative
- ChicagoIllinois25 routesfrom $5,125one way from New York · indicative
- BostonNew England25 routesfrom $2,838one way from New York · indicative
More than point to point
Charter for the trip you're actually planning.
Group charter
Weddings, boards, tours — from eight seats to airliner territory, moved as one trip instead of a spreadsheet.
Learn more →Corporate programs
A brokerage fee that steps down flight by flight as your volume grows. No membership, no jet card.
Learn more →Teams & universities
Direct into the college-town fields the airlines don't serve, with the equipment in the hold.
Learn more →List your aircraft
A Part 135 operator? Put your fleet in front of the trips we quote.
Learn more →
Trips built for charter
Built around the reason you are going.
Ski weekends
Mountain fields with real runway constraints — which is exactly why people charter into them.
Islands and sun
Short hops the airlines make long. Most of these are under two hours from the East Coast.
Golf getaways
Land twenty minutes from the first tee with the clubs in the hold, not in a connecting terminal.
Big weekends
Fights, finals, festivals and the weekends around them — when schedules matter and airline seats vanish first.
The journal
Charter, explained plainly.
Aircraft
How Many People Fit on a Private Jet?
Five to nineteen seats depending on cabin class — and what happens to price, range and baggage as the party grows. Real numbers from our catalog.
How charter works
What Is a Part 135 Operator?
The FAA certificate behind every legal charter flight, what operational control actually means, and the checks worth making before you board.
How charter works
Empty Legs: How the Discounts Really Work
Where empty legs come from, why they are genuinely cheap, and the constraint everyone discovers after they book one.
Questions
Asked before a first booking.
Straight answers, no sales gloss. The full list covers payments, international trips and more.
Are you an airline? Who actually operates my flight?
We are an air charter broker, not an airline and not a direct air carrier. Every flight we arrange is operated by an air carrier certificated by the FAA under Part 135 of the federal aviation regulations. The operator — not us — has operational control of the flight: their aircraft, their crew, their safety systems.
Do I need a membership or jet card?
No. We charter on demand: you pay for the trips you take, and a quote costs nothing.
How is the price determined?
Charter pricing moves with aircraft availability, positioning, season, and airport specifics. We source your trip across our operator network, negotiate the operator's price, and quote you an all-in number that includes our brokerage compensation. The quote states exactly how long the price holds.
How far in advance should I book?
More notice means more options, but the charter market is built for speed — we can often source aircraft within 24–48 hours, sometimes same-day. Send the request and we'll tell you honestly what's realistic.
What if my flight is cancelled or the weather turns?
It happens in charter — weather, mechanical issues, crew duty limits. If the operator cannot perform, we work to recover the trip on another aircraft; if no acceptable option exists, you receive a refund per the trip agreement. Day-of changes come to you from us directly, with options.
Ready when you are
Price your next trip in the next two minutes.
Live indicative prices below — or send the trip to a broker and compare up to three vetted Part 135 options, usually within hours, with the operator's price, our 10% fee and taxes as separate lines.
Rather talk it through first? advisors@altessair.com — a broker replies, not a funnel.
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