Kentucky Jet Charter arranges passenger charter to and from Kentucky in every size of aircraft, from a turboprop for a business trip to Nashville or Chicago to a VIP airliner for a college team or a company group. The right category for your trip comes down to four things: how far you are going, how many people are traveling, how much baggage is coming, and the airports at both ends.
Aircraft Categories
- Helicopters, where the route and conditions suit one
- Piston aircraft for the shortest regional trips
- Turboprops for Nashville, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago
- Very light jets for a small group on a shorter trip
- Light jets for Chicago, Atlanta, Washington and New York
- Super light jets for a little more cabin and range
- Midsize jets for Florida, the Northeast and Texas
- Super midsize jets for Denver and the West Coast
- Heavy jets for larger groups over long distances
- Long range jets for Dublin, London, Paris and other long trips
- VIP airliners for groups that outgrow a heavy jet
Each category page lists the aircraft we arrange in it, with cabin, range and seating for each type.
Choosing a Category for Your Trip
Many Kentucky trips are short, such as a business flight to Chicago, Nashville or Atlanta, and a turboprop or a light jet is usually where we start. Families heading to Florida for the winter often need a light or midsize jet, while the West Coast and Europe call for more range. Groups are common too, from Derby parties and owners coming in for the Keeneland sales to college teams and company outings, so tell us the passenger count and the baggage, golf bags included, at the start.
Once the group runs past nineteen passengers, the trip calls for an airliner-size aircraft and no longer falls under FAR Part 135, the FAA’s rules for on-demand, for-hire charter. 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.
The airport matters as well. Louisville Muhammad Ali International and Blue Grass Airport in Lexington take the widest range of aircraft, and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International serves the north of the state. Bowman Field, closer to the middle of Louisville, asks heavier aircraft to get the airport’s permission before they come in. The runway a particular aircraft needs is calculated by the operator for that day’s conditions, and your advisor confirms it with the operator before anything is booked.
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.
Contact
Call 1-888-987-5387 at any hour, or send your trip through our contact page, and we will come back with aircraft that fit. Our safety page explains how we review operators and crews, and our air cargo page covers freight charter.