Charter a heavy jet from New York to San Francisco, direct transcontinental. From $82,000 one-way; westbound headwinds make range margin the deciding factor.
Same route, different cabins. Prices are indicative and include fuel, crew & handling.
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4,129 km westbound against the jetstream is the classic transcon range problem: the eastbound leg is easy, the westbound one decides the aircraft. A Challenger 650 or Global 5000 flies it non-stop at full payload in any season, in about 4h 50m, and gives you a cabin worth having for five hours. Midsize aircraft manage it in mild conditions and stop for fuel in winter.
New York → San Francisco · 4,129 km · 5h 05m direct
12 minutes from Midtown and the busiest business-aviation airport in the world, with five FBOs including Signature, Jet Aviation, Meridian, Atlantic and Modern Aviation, plus on-site US Customs. Weight-limited to 100,000 lb, which rules out airliner-sized private aircraft but not mainstream heavy jets.
45 minutes from Midtown and the natural field for Westchester, Greenwich and lower Connecticut. Full customs, two FBOs, and a slot cap of 240 operations per hour.
55 minutes from Midtown, less congested than Teterboro with similar aircraft acceptance and full customs. The default for northern New Jersey.
The Long Island field, about 1h 15m from Midtown, with Sheltair and Atlantic FBOs and customs available on request. The default when passengers are on Long Island or in the Hamptons.
21 km south of downtown with four runways, the longest at 3,618 m. Signature Flight Support is the sole general aviation FBO, at 1052 North Access Road, operating 24 hours. Customs for general aviation runs on published daytime hours with passenger and weight limits, so late international arrivals need planning.
Runway 12/30 at 3,206 m plus a general aviation runway, 12 miles east of San Francisco. Often the faster arrival when SFO is holding for fog or capacity, with KaiserAir and Signature both on the north field.
Two parallel 3,353 m runways and the right field for meetings in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Cupertino or Menlo Park. Atlantic Aviation and Signature both operate FBOs, which keeps handling competitive.
Same fleet lineup we quote from every day. New York to San Francisco is best flown in a Heavy jet.
Turboprop
Ideal for regional legs, unpaved strips, and mountain airfields where a jet cannot land.
Light jet
Ideal for hops across Europe or short domestic US routes. Two-hour range, seven-seat cabin.
Midsize jet
Stand-up cabin, real luggage capacity, transcontinental US-capable.
Super-midsize
Coast-to-coast US or London to Dubai without a fuel stop, at Mach 0.83.
Heavy jet
Wide cabin, full galley, forward and aft lavatories, up to 16 seats in club configuration.
Ultra-long-range
Non-stop New York to Sydney, Dubai to Los Angeles, London to Buenos Aires — real staterooms, standing shower on select tails.