The Meridian Ledger

On the routes we cover, estimated charter costs start at about $3,100 for a short regional hop and reach about $156,000 for the longest routes. The main drivers are flight time, aircraft class, and how busy the route is on the day.

No. They are independent estimates produced by the method described on our methodology page. For a real price you need a quote from an operator, broker, agent or dealer.

For occasional flying it usually is, because ownership adds purchase costs, crew, hangar space, maintenance and insurance on top of the flying itself. Ownership starts to make sense at consistently high annual flying hours.

Private jets, luxury real estate, yacht charters, luxury watches and exotic cars are all live now, each following the same estimate-and-explain format, with more cities and models being added over time.

We review the estimates regularly and show the last review date on each page. This page was last reviewed on 28 September 2026.