Jet Charter Boston arranges on-demand private flights across New England and well beyond it, for people who fly because the schedule demands it, not because it is pleasant. Boston is a year-round business aviation market: biotech and pharma around Cambridge and Kendall Square, finance and venture capital in the Seaport and the Back Bay, a dense university and teaching-hospital sector, and the islands all summer.
We Are a Broker, Not an Operator
We own no aircraft and there is no tail we are trying to fill, which means the aircraft we put in front of you is chosen for your trip and nothing else. Every flight is operated by a certified air carrier, and under DOT Part 295, when we book a flight as your agent rather than as the operator, we put it in writing. If a trip would be better on a different aircraft, or at a different field, or on a different day, we say so.
What the Boston Market Actually Asks For
Most of what we arrange here is one of three things. A same-day business trip that commercial schedules cannot do at all, two or three stops and home that evening. A group movement, which is a weight and volume calculation before it is a seat count calculation. Or a short leg out to the islands, which is its own problem and the one most people underestimate.
Boston Is the Way to the Islands
This is the part worth understanding before anything is booked. There is no nonstop commercial service from Boston to Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard. A small commuter aircraft or a private charter is how people actually get across, which is why so much of the flying we arrange out of Boston is a mainland arrival followed by a short island leg.
The two legs are different problems. The first is a normal trip into Boston. The second is twenty to thirty minutes, and it is decided by the field at the island end and by what time of year you are going. We plan both as one trip with one advisor, so the handover between them is ours to manage and not yours.
Hanscom First, Logan for the Long Trips
Laurence G Hanscom Field (KBED/BED) in Bedford is where most of this work starts. It has 7,011 feet of runway, a tower operating from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, customs on a user fee basis, and no airline terminal to walk through. Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS/BOS) has 10,083 feet and runs around the clock, and it is the right answer for a transatlantic trip or an airliner-size group rather than the default for everything.
South and north of the city the fields get shorter and more specific, down to 3,502 feet at Provincetown Municipal Airport (KPVC/PVC). What can use a given field with your real load on the day is a performance calculation the certified operator runs, and we get that answer in writing before anything is confirmed.
A Winter Return Is Different than a Summer Return
Four fields in this market change their tower hours with the season, and it catches people out on the back end of a trip. Martha’s Vineyard Airport (KMVY/MVY) is controlled 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. from the middle of May to the end of October, and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. from November through to mid-May. Nantucket Memorial Airport (KACK/ACK) runs to 10 p.m. in the summer season and 9 p.m. through the winter. Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD/OWD) and Beverly Regional Airport (KBVY/BVY) both shorten by an hour or two once the summer schedule ends.
So an evening departure off the Vineyard that is routine in July is a different conversation in February. We check the hours against your actual dates at quote stage, because it is far easier to plan around than to fix on the day of.
Two Different Noise Rules, Often Confused
These get run together and they are not the same thing. Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD/OWD) prohibits aircraft above the Part 36 noise level from using the field. That is a restriction on the airport’s side, not a request. Beverly Regional Airport (KBVY/BVY) asks aircraft above 75 decibels not to land or depart overnight, and compliance there is voluntary.
Whether a particular aircraft sits above either threshold is the operator’s determination for that aircraft and that day, so we ask the operator rather than answering it based off a general list. If it rules a field out for your trip, you hear that at quote stage.
One Advisor, Start to Finish
The same person handles your trip from the first call to the landing, including the island leg if there is one. For a household or an assistant running several trips a month that matters more than anything else in the arrangement, because the context does not have to be rebuilt every time you call.
The 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 Us
Call 1-888-987-5387 at any hour or use our contact page. Our safety page sets out the vetting behind every flight, our services pages cover the occasions and industries we fly for, and our aircraft directory covers what we fly.