Knowledge Base
Short guides to flying privately, from choosing an airport to owning an aircraft.
Flying from Seattle
Private jet charter in Seattle
How a trip from Boeing Field runs, and the safety rating shown on every option in your quote.
Seattle private jet airports and FBOs
Which of the five airports suits your trip, drive times from downtown and Bellevue, and where a flight from abroad clears customs.
How much a private jet from Seattle costs
Hourly rates by aircraft class, and one-way prices from Boeing Field to Sun Valley, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Cabo San Lucas and Maui.
Seattle to Las Vegas by private jet
Prices by aircraft class from Boeing Field, the three Las Vegas airports and their private terminals, and drive times to the Strip.
Seattle to Sun Valley by private jet
Boeing Field to Sun Valley in about 1 hour 15 minutes, from $6,000 one way. Your jet lands at Friedman Memorial, with Twin Falls as the winter alternate.
Choosing how to fly
Private jet charter or a commercial flight
Charter and first class compared on cost for a group, on when you can leave and on where you can land.
On-demand charter, jet cards or ownership
How many hours a year you need to fly before owning makes more sense than a jet card or paying by the trip.
What owning a private jet costs
Maintenance, crew, fuel, hangar, insurance and regulatory work, on top of the purchase price.
How chartering a private jet works
The four steps from the first quote to the day of the flight.
What a personal aviation advisor does
Learning how you like to travel, and arranging each flight around it.
Aircraft and cabins
Five classes, from the light Phenom 100 to the ultra-long-range Global 7500, with the seats, range and models in each.
Inside two VIP airliners and two ultra-long-range jets
A walk through the cabins of the Airbus ACJ319neo, Boeing BBJ MAX 8, Gulfstream G700 and Bombardier Global 7500.
Safety and weather
ARGUS and Wyvern ratings explained
What each ARGUS and Wyvern rating takes, from Gold to Platinum Elite and Registered to Wingman PRO, and what they say about the pilots on your flight.
Seattle fog and winter frost are more likely to move a private jet flight than cancel it. Here’s what to expect, and what we do when it happens.
On the trip
Business travel by private jet
Meetings in the air with no one else listening, and the towns the airlines do not serve.
How a menu is built for a flight, from dietary needs to what can be served well at altitude.
Destinations that are easier by private jet
Where your private jet from Seattle lands in the Maldives, Bora Bora, Lanai, Sun Valley and Cabo, and how you get from the airport to the resort.
Talk to us about a trip
Tell us where you’re going and when, and we will come back with a choice of aircraft.