Jet Charter NYC arranges air travel for sports teams based in New York or visiting the area, from high school and college programs to semi-professional and professional clubs.
Working with coaches and team staff
We work directly with the coaches, team managers and travel staff who plan the season. Send us the schedule, the traveling party and a list of the equipment, and your advisor will put together options for each leg. Teams carry a lot of gear, including equipment bags, medical kits and video equipment. The size and weight of that load matters as much as the number of seats when we choose the aircraft.
Aircraft for a full roster
A few coaches or scouts on a recruiting trip can travel on a light or midsize jet. A full roster with staff usually needs a much bigger cabin. Part 135 is the FAA’s set of rules for on-demand, for-hire charter. Once the group runs past nineteen passengers, the trip calls for an airliner-size aircraft and no longer falls under FAR Part 135. Those flights operate under FAR Part 121 or a foreign equivalent, which generally carries stricter crew and operating requirements than both Part 91 and Part 135. For those trips we arrange aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus airliners.
Flying home after a night game
A charter leaves when the team is ready, so players can fly home after a night game and sleep in their own beds. If the game goes to overtime, the aircraft waits for the team. A late return into New York still needs some planning, because several local airports ask operators to avoid night flights. Teterboro asks operators to avoid flights between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., and Westchester County Airport between midnight and 6:30 a.m. Both are voluntary restraints, and your advisor will plan the return with them in mind.
Planning a whole season
For teams that travel all season, we can arrange flights one trip at a time or set up an agreement that covers the schedule. Sponsors and fans who want to follow the team can travel on a separate group charter. Our VIP airliners page shows the larger aircraft we arrange for full team travel.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Every operator, aircraft, and crew goes through our internal due diligence before we present any options. Our internal standards meet or exceed what the FAA requires:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- Operator subscription to Wyvern and ARGUS reviewed where the operator participates.
- Pilot experience and operator incident history reviewed before we recommend an aircraft.
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them.
New York-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
New York has more airports to choose from than almost any other city, and the right one depends on where you are starting from on the ground. Teterboro, about eight miles from Midtown, is usually the closest to Manhattan and has a 100,000 lb operating-weight limit, Westchester County Airport in White Plains suits Westchester and Greenwich, and Republic and MacArthur serve Long Island. LaGuardia, JFK and Newark take private flights too, but each needs a reservation or approval under an FAA order, so we usually start elsewhere. Several of these airports can clear a flight arriving from abroad. Air traffic control delays reach the business-aviation airports as well as the airline ones, and from roughly November through March, de-icing can add time to a departure.
Contact
For a quote on a New York charter, send the trip through our contact page or call an advisor at 1-888-987-5387. Our safety page sets out how we review operators and crews, and the aircraft gallery covers every category we arrange. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.