Kentucky Jet Charter arranges private flights for government officials, public agencies, delegations and political campaigns traveling to, from and around Kentucky, including trips that begin in Frankfort.
Travel across the state on a tight schedule
Official travel runs to dates that someone else has set, and those dates rarely move. A delegation may need to arrive together at short notice, or a campaign may want to stop in Louisville, Bowling Green, Owensboro and Paducah in the same day. Capital City Airport is in Frankfort itself, and the regional airports at Bowling Green, Owensboro and Paducah serve the south and west of the state. Your advisor will plan the stops with the operator and confirm which airport works for each one.
Records your finance staff will ask for
Agency and campaign travel comes with its own paperwork. Before each flight, we send you the itinerary with the operator’s name and the aircraft’s tail number on it. After the trip, we can provide the invoices and trip details your finance and compliance staff need for their records.
Larger delegations
Most private charter flights run under FAR Part 135, which 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.
Privacy and security
We only share passenger names and travel plans with the operator and the crew flying the trip. If your security staff need to coordinate with the operator before the flight, or travel on board, tell us when you book and we will pass the details on. You can read how we choose the operators we book with on our safety page.
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.
Kentucky-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Kentucky’s busiest weeks follow the racing calendar. The Kentucky Oaks and Derby fill Louisville on the first weekend of May, and Keeneland’s spring and fall meets and its horse sales bring owners and buyers into Lexington, so those dates book first, and the FAA manages arrivals into the Louisville airports during Derby week. The rest of the year, flights leave the state for business, for Florida in the winter and for family vacations. Most Louisville trips use Louisville Muhammad Ali International or Bowman Field, Blue Grass Airport in Lexington sits across the road from Keeneland, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in Hebron serves the north of the state, and Bowling Green, Owensboro and Paducah cover the south and west. Ice and snow in the winter and strong spring thunderstorms are the weather we watch most often.
Contact
For a quote on a Kentucky 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.