24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year · Miami, South Florida and the Caribbean · FAA Part 135 operators only
Practical guides to chartering a private jet from Miami, South Florida and the Caribbean: what flights actually cost, which airport to use, how empty legs work, and how to choose between aircraft classes. Written by the people who book these trips, updated as the market moves.
Weather and planning
Six months of the South Florida charter year sit inside the Atlantic storm season. Here is the decision clock operators work to, what happens to the aircraft, and which contract clauses decide your exposure.
· 10 min read
Aircraft selection
The island decision is rarely about range. It is about payload, baggage volume, whether anyone can stand up, and what the destination runway will accept in August heat.
· 11 min read
International & Customs
The Bahamas is 35 minutes from Opa-locka and about two hours of paperwork. Here is the chain of filings, in order, and what the operator needs from you.
· 10 min read
Buying Charter
Repositioning inventory follows the seasonal migration, not a deal calendar. Here is where it comes from, what it is worth, and when it is the wrong buy.
· 8 min read
Events and seasonality
Three weeks a year, South Florida runs out of places to park aircraft rather than aircraft. Here is how the scarcity works, what it does to price, and the lead times that actually hold.
· 9 min read
Airports & FBOs
Eight fields serve private flyers between Kendall and Palm Beach. Three questions — customs, runway and drive — narrow the choice to one in about a minute.
· 9 min read
Tell us the route and the date and we will price it against the whole Part 135 market, not one operator's fleet.