Helicopters are one of the aircraft categories Long Island Jet Charter can look into for a trip, alongside the fixed-wing aircraft we arrange to and from Long Island. The types listed here seat 4 to 8 passengers, with published ranges from 324 to 500 nautical miles. Which one suits your trip depends on the passenger count, the baggage, the distance and the airports at both ends.
Typical Aircraft
The helicopter types listed here are Agusta A109, Bell 407, Bell JetRanger, Bell LongRanger, Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters) and Sikorsky S-76.
When a Helicopter Fits a Long Island Trip
Whether a helicopter suits a Long Island trip depends on the route, the weather and what operators can offer for that route on your date. Helicopters suit short legs, and a trip to Florida or anywhere farther is a job for a fixed-wing aircraft. Tell us where you are starting and where you need to be, and your advisor will tell you whether a helicopter is a realistic option.
Cabin size, baggage space and range vary across these 6 types, so send us the details and we will narrow the list down for you.
Whether a particular aircraft can use a particular Long Island airport on your date is the operator’s call for that aircraft, its weight and the day’s conditions, and your advisor will confirm it 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.
Long Island-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Long Island has two travel seasons. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, most people fly out to the Hamptons on a Thursday or Friday evening and come back on Sunday evening or Monday morning, so those dates fill first. The rest of the year, flights leave the island for business, for Florida in the winter and for family trips. Republic in East Farmingdale and MacArthur in Ronkonkoma serve the western and central island, East Hampton and Gabreski in Westhampton Beach serve the Hamptons, and Montauk takes jets only with the airport’s prior permission. Long Island shares the busy New York airspace, so weather that slows the city’s airports can slow a Long Island flight too, and hurricane season runs from June 1st to November 30th.
Contact
Tell us the route, the dates and who is traveling, and we will come back with aircraft that fit. Call 1-888-987-5387 or use our contact page. The aircraft overview shows every category, and our safety page explains how we review operators. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.