Who we are
Long Island Jet Charter arranges private charter flights to and from Long Island, from Farmingdale and Islip in the west to the Hamptons, the North Fork and Montauk out east. We are a US-based private air charter broker, headquartered in the Philadelphia region, with team members and affiliates around the world, and the phone is answered at any hour, on any day of the year.
Our Long Island clients fly in two directions. In the summer, many are heading out to the Hamptons and the East End, usually on a Thursday or Friday evening, and back on Sunday evening or Monday morning. The rest of the year, many are leaving from the island for business, for Florida in the winter, or for a family trip. Tell us the dates, who is traveling, where you want to land and what everyone is bringing, and your advisor will find the aircraft, check the operator and look after the details until you arrive.
What we arrange
Most of our work is on-demand charter. You have the whole aircraft for your trip, and we arrange it with the operator from start to finish. Alongside that, we arrange:
- Group charter for families, wedding parties and company trips
- Aircraft sales and acquisition for clients considering ownership
- Aircraft management for existing aircraft owners
- Air cargo charter for time-critical freight
- Non-emergency medical transport for passengers who need medical support on board
The airports we use on Long Island
Long Island has more airports than most people realize, and the right one depends on where you are going once you land.
Republic Airport (FRG) in East Farmingdale is the closest Long Island airport to Manhattan and the natural choice for Nassau County, the North Shore and the Route 110 corridor. Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) in Ronkonkoma serves central Suffolk County.
For the Hamptons, the usual choices are East Hampton Town Airport (JPX), closest to the South Fork villages, and Francis S. Gabreski Airport (FOK) in Westhampton Beach, the larger of the two and the one we often use for bigger aircraft. Gabreski is also close to Riverhead and the North Fork. Montauk Airport takes jets only with the airport’s prior permission, so for many Montauk trips East Hampton is the more practical airport.
If you are flying in from abroad, the flight clears customs first at Gabreski, MacArthur or Republic, or at one of the New York airports, because East Hampton and Montauk have no customs. Whether a particular aircraft can use a particular airport on your date is the operator’s call for that aircraft, that weight and that day, and we confirm it before you book.
Who we work with
Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them. Wyvern is an independent third-party aviation safety organization. It audits how brokers work and keeps a database of operator safety records, and holding that membership means our own practices are audited too. Before we send you any options, we confirm the operator’s certification, look at their safety and incident history, and check that the pilots are experienced and current on the aircraft type you will be flying on.
We work with FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft. Part 135 is the FAA’s set of rules for on-demand, for-hire charter, and it carries stricter operating, crew, and insurance requirements than FAR Part 91, the rules for private, non-commercial flying that cannot be sold as 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.
We have also been a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) since 2012.
Get a quote
Call 1-888-987-5387 or send us the trip details, and we will come back with options. To see how we review the operators behind every trip, read our Long Island charter safety page. For the aircraft we arrange most often from Long Island, see our aircraft guide.