Opa Locka Jet Charter arranges passenger charter to and from Opa-locka in every size of aircraft, from a turboprop for a trip up to Orlando to a long range jet to Europe or South America. 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 which airport suits the trip at each end.
Aircraft Categories
- Helicopters, for short flights where the landing spots and conditions suit one
- Piston aircraft for short Florida trips with one or two passengers
- Turboprops for Florida and the East Coast with a small group
- Very light jets for two to four people on a regional trip
- Light jets for the Bahamas, the Caribbean and the East Coast
- Super light jets for longer trips with more baggage
- Midsize jets for Colombia, Central America, Texas and the Midwest
- Super midsize jets for the West Coast in one leg
- Heavy jets for larger groups on long flights
- Long range jets for Europe and the far south of South America
- 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
Distance decides a lot on a trip from Opa-locka. Bimini is about 56 nautical miles away, Nassau about 160, the New York area about 950, Bogota about 1,320 and Van Nuys just over 2,000, while Sao Paulo and London are both more than 3,500. A light jet covers the Bahamas and most of the East Coast, Colombia and Central America suit a midsize jet or larger, a nonstop to the West Coast calls for a super midsize jet, and Europe or the far south of South America calls for a long range jet. Families heading north for the summer and groups flying in for a race weekend often bring a lot of luggage, so tell us the passenger count and the baggage at the start.
Part 135 is the FAA’s set of rules for on-demand, for-hire charter. When your total passenger count outgrows a heavy jet and the group consists of more than nineteen passengers, the aircraft required would fall into regional airliner, or airliner-size. These trips would no longer fall under the FAR Part 135 standards but possibly operate under FAR Part 121 or foreign equivalent standards. Part 121 and equivalent generally carry stricter crew and operating requirements than FAR Part 91 and FAR Part 135.
Most private trips use Miami-Opa Locka Executive, the Miami area’s main airport for private aviation, and Miami International, Miami Executive and Fort Lauderdale Executive are the other options. 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.