01 · Time
No repositioning lag
The aircraft stays on the ramp at your destination FBO. When your meeting ends early — or runs long — you decide when to leave, not a dispatcher.
Same-day round trips · Aircraft waits
Private jet for a day — go, land, return on your clock.
Same-day round trips with the aircraft waiting. Board days, site visits, celebrations — one day, full cabin control.
~90 sec
Avg quote response
3 quotes
Per request, side by side
174
Countries covered
24 / 7
Concierge desk
Aircraft waiting · Teterboro (TEB)
Cabin yours from 06:00
Live
Morning
Wheels-up
Midday
Meetings on ground
Evening
Return on your clock
The product
What 'aircraft waiting' actually means.
A day charter is not two one-ways. The crew stays with you, the cabin stays yours, and the engines stay warm. You land, work, celebrate — then walk back out and fly home.
02 · Cabin
One cabin, all day
Same seats, same Wi-Fi, same catering the whole arc. No clearing out for the next leg, no baggage reshuffle, no restarting your work surface mid-itinerary.
03 · Control
The schedule bends to you
Add a second city. Push return by two hours. Stay for dinner. The crew is briefed on a flexible return window — you confirm wheels-up by phone.
Signature tool
Build your day.
Pick an outbound city, a destination, and how long the aircraft should wait on the ground. We estimate the day — then send three real operator quotes within ~90 seconds.
Same-day return
Aircraft waits, then flies you home tonight
From
New York
To
Boston
Aircraft classMidsize · Citation Excel
Same-day returnYes · aircraft waits
Ground wait4 hours
Passengers4 guests
Est. day total · from
$24,800
estimate · not a guaranteed fare
Indicative only. Final pricing depends on operator availability, aircraft year, catering, repositioning, and fuel. You will receive three itemised quotes from FAA Part 135 carriers.
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Sample day arcs
Three real days, priced from.
Indicative day-package pricing for common same-day missions. Every quote is itemised across three FAA Part 135 operators before you commit.
Board day
TEB → BOS
NYC → Boston board day
Up from Teterboro for a quarterly board meeting, back in time for dinner in Manhattan. Midsize cabin, full Wi-Fi, espresso and catering on the ground.
07:00Wheels-up TEB · Citation Excel
08:10Land BOS · car to financial district
09–15:00Board session + working lunch
16:30Return · home by 17:40
from $19,400
Estimate · per day
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Site visits
DAL → AUS
Dallas → Austin site visits
Tour two development sites and a third in San Antonio in a single day. Supermid jet, full cabin as a mobile office between stops.
07:30Depart DAL · Challenger 350
08:25Austin site one · walkthrough
13:00San Antonio leg · second site
18:00Return to Dallas Love
from $27,600
Estimate · per day
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Same-day show
VNY → LAS
LA → Vegas same-day show
Fly out of Van Nuys for a residency show and dinner, wheels back down in LA before midnight. Light jet for two to six guests, return under the evening arc.
15:00Depart VNY · Phenom 300
16:00Land LAS · hotel drop
19–23:00Show + late dinner
23:45Return · VNY by 00:40
from $14,200
Estimate · per day
Quote
All "from" pricing is an estimate based on historical day-charter rates for the route and aircraft class shown, exclusive of taxes, ramp, de-ice, and catering add-ons. Actual quotes vary with the operator, aircraft year, demand, and fuel. Always confirmed in writing before booking.
Coordination
Ground, catering, every handoff.
The day only works if cars, catering, and FBOs land on the same clock. We coordinate every leg of the ground arc so the cabin-to-boardroom transition is seamless.
Cars at both ends
Black-car meet on the FBO ramp at origin and destination — boot loaded direct from aircraft, no terminal walk.
Catering on your diet
Espresso, paleo, kosher, halal, vegan — loaded before wheels-up and refreshed at the destination FBO if the wait runs long.
Preferred FBOs
We route through the highest-rated fixed-base operators — Signature, Atlantic, Million Air, Clay Lacy — wherever you land.
One point of contact
From wheels-up to the return car — handled
Why a day, not a trip
Days that used to be impossible.
When the aircraft waits, the shape of your day changes. Board meetings happen without an overnight. Milestones land without two travel days on either side.
The single-day board meeting.
Eight directors, one city, no hotel block, no travel day. Up at dawn, decisions by lunch, everyone home for dinner.
We replaced a two-day offsite with a same-day board meeting in Boston. Every director was home that night.
The milestone that almost wasn't.
Daughter's graduation in the morning, back for the youngest's recital that evening. The aircraft waited on the ramp in between.
The plane waited at the FBO. We made both. No commercial schedule could have done it.
Day-charter questions
Before you book the day.
How is wait time priced?
Ground wait is billed as a fraction of a flight hour, not as a separate daily fee. The crew and aircraft are committed to your day regardless, so the marginal cost of extending a 4-hour wait to 6 is modest — typically a half flight-hour per added block. We show the wait cost as a separate line on every quote so you can see exactly what flexibility costs.
Can we hit two cities in one day?
Yes — that is one of the core uses of a day charter. A common pattern is origin → city A → city B → origin, all on the same aircraft and crew. Each added leg is priced as a flight hour plus any incremental landing and ramp fees. We will sequence the cities to minimise total flight time and flag if a second city pushes you into overnight.
What if meetings run long?
The crew is briefed on a flexible return window. If you push past it, we coordinate the new wheels-up time by phone with the FBO and update ground transport at the origin. There is usually no crew duty issue for day trips under 14 hours; for longer arcs we plan a relief crew up front. You confirm the new return, not a dispatcher.
Is a day charter cheaper than two one-ways?
Almost always. Two one-ways bill you for two repositioning legs — the aircraft flying empty to come get you, and again to leave. A day charter keeps the aircraft on the ground with you, so you pay one set of reposition fees plus a wait charge. On a NYC–Boston same-day, the day-charter route is typically 25–40% less than two one-ways booked separately.
Can you arrange cars at both ends?
Yes — and it is included by default in our coordination. Black cars meet you on the ramp at origin and destination FBOs, luggage moves direct from cabin to boot, and the return car is staged for your confirmed wheels-up time. We can also arrange helicopters, SUVs for larger parties, or specialty vehicles.