Private jet charter in British Virgin Islands

Before anyone in Britain asks how far the British Virgin Islands are, a better question is how long the runway is. The main airport, on Beef Island beside Tortola, is listed at about 4,645 feet, which is short for a jet that has just crossed the Atlantic, and that single figure decides which aircraft we offer and where it lands. Our customers have access to 6,500 jets of all types and configurations available for rent. We will help you choose the best option based on your needs and objectives. Our catalog contains the models from the largest manufacturers: Gulfstream, Dassault, Embraer, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Learjet, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pilatus, HondaJet, etc. We have established partnerships with the world's largest airlines and VIP terminals, which means we can offer you favourable flight conditions and a high level of service. Our experts will manage the organization of your flight - starting with paperwork, agreements, etc., and ending with a transfer and meeting at the airport. Our company provides a full range of business aviation and concierge services. In the British Virgin Islands that means choosing between a super-midsize jet that lands on Beef Island after a stop in the Azores and a long-range jet that lands on St Thomas and hands you to a helicopter, a ferry or a turboprop for the last few miles.

 

 

At your request, the aviation consultants of Private Jets UK will help you choose the jet with the suitable technical parameters (production year, flight hours, and home base). The cost of the private jet charter in the British Virgin Islands depends on many factors, such as the model of the business jet, the number of passengers, departure and destination airports, type of flight, duration of parking, additional services, etc. Therefore, we calculate the price of each order individually taking into account your wishes. You can use an online calculator to get an instant charter quote. Please indicate your real contact details to get the final calculation.

You can calculate the cost of your flight in several ways:

• using an online calculator on the website (however, it shows only the approximate price);
• via Messenger (WhatsApp or Telegram);
• by landline or cell phone;
• via e-mail (jets@private-jets.co.uk).

 

 

Please note that the above-mentioned price is indicative only. It is calculated on this basis: a departure from Farnborough, an Embraer Praetor 600 to Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island with one technical stop in the Azores, and two passengers aboard. If you want to get a personal quote, just fill out the online booking form below. Our aviation consultant will make the calculation within 20 minutes, and then contact you to specify the details of the flight.

 

How long does it take to fly to the British Virgin Islands?

From Farnborough the straight line to Beef Island is 3,709 nautical miles, and no aircraft that fits the runway covers it in one hop with a cabin full of people. A Praetor 600 or a Challenger 350 flies it in two legs through Santa Maria in the Azores, 1,400 nautical miles and then 2,441, together 132 more than the direct line, so the detour costs very little and the stop is mostly an hour on the ground. The islands keep Atlantic Standard Time all year, four hours behind Britain in winter and five in summer. Times below are westbound, against the usual headwind, and count flying time only:

The exact flight time depends on the model of the business jet, as well as the speed of the tail or head wind. Our consultant will make a detailed calculation of the flight time for the chosen business jet.

 

 

Prices for the private jet flights to the British Virgin Islands

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to the islands, listed cheapest first. The cheaper rows are super-midsize jets that land on Beef Island after one stop in the Azores, and the dearer ones are heavy jets that fly non-stop to St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, from where the last stretch is by helicopter, ferry or turboprop:

 

 

Private jet flights within the British Virgin Islands and to its neighbours

The territory is a scatter of islands, so the sectors we are asked for are short: out to Anegada, over to St Thomas and San Juan, and along the chain to Sint Maarten, St Kitts and Antigua. Virgin Gorda lies only seven nautical miles from Beef Island and is dealt with by helicopter or boat, not by a charter flight. These are the hops that follow a long-range arrival:

 

 

We can arrange the flights from any cities in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and European countries. Due to a large database of available business jets, we can help you find an optimal jet and crew. If you have any questions about the departure or the flight itself, you can ask them using the form below:

 

 

Prices depending on the type of business jet

We can clearly show the high dependence of the cost of the flight, on the type of aircraft - we have collected approximate data, at the price of 1 flight hour, for various types of business jets:

 

 

The cost per hour indicated in the table is preliminary and does not constitute an offer or a commercial offer. Exact prices are available from the managers of the company.

 

Online Calculator

If you want to make an urgent calculation of the cost of a private plane flight, use our online calculator. Just fill in all the fields of the form with a note that you are interested in a specific model of the aircraft and get the final price. NB! - the figures are sent to you by email or messenger, please carefully fill in the contact details to get the calculation.

All our calculations are as transparent as possible for you. After receiving the request, we will prepare a beautiful offer - where the costs and the final price will be clearly described. The exact price is agreed in advance and is written in the contract, so you can be sure of the final cost.

 

 

Private jets are ready to take off

Our database contains over 6,500 business jets (about 3,500 in Europe and 3,000 in the rest of the world) of different configurations and production years. The list of models is constantly updated. Unfortunately, we can't post a full list of available jets on our website due to confidentiality issues. Please contact the managers of the company for more accurate information. We will help you choose a suitable model taking into account your wishes. These are the typical choices for the British Virgin Islands:

 

 

Because the island hops are short and the crossing is long, a trip to the British Virgin Islands often involves two aircraft, or an aircraft and a helicopter. The first brings you from Britain and goes home or waits, and the second makes the last stretch. We name both when we quote.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to the British Virgin Islands in 6 easy steps:

1. Flight request - indicating the route and your preferences for the model of business jet and other points.
2. Coordination of flight details - our consultant will contact you to offer the possible flight options and answer all your questions.
3. Commercial offer - we will send you a final offer on a specific model taking into account all your wishes.
4. Signing of the contract.
5. Payment for the flight and booking a business jet.
6. Departure at the agreed time and date. Assistance during the whole flight.

In addition to renting the private jets and arranging the flights, we provide concierge services, premium transfer, security, exclusive catering, etc. We have learned to solve problems of any complexity, offering the service of the European level. Our experts will be happy to answer your questions and help you arrange your flight.

 

How to rent a business jet with a crew

5 main stages:

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  Sending an application

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  Clarification of details and search for options

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  Preparation and coordination of optimal options

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  Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

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  Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports in the British Virgin Islands

Only one airport in the territory has the runway and the officers for an international private flight, and its neighbours do the work of the large aircraft. Beef Island is the airfield we land on; the others are the places a bigger jet stops at, or the fields a turboprop reaches:

 

Four points settle most arrivals before a quote goes out:

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, customs and what to carry

The British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory, not part of the United Kingdom, and they run their own immigration and customs. A private flight from London arrives as an international flight, and everyone on board clears immigration and customs at the first British Virgin Islands airport it reaches.

 

 

Which airport for which part of the British Virgin Islands

The airport is settled by one address: a villa above Cane Garden Bay, a berth at a marina on Tortola's south coast, a resort on Virgin Gorda or a beach bar on Anegada. These are the usual pairings:

 

The British Virgin Islands: what our clients go for

Boats first. The territory has been a sailing destination for a long time, with sheltered water, steady trade winds and anchorages a few miles apart, and much of the demand we see for jets is a crew, an owner or a charter party joining a yacht. Guests often fly in at the weekend for a week's charter, and the same aircraft or another one takes the previous party home.

The shore side is the second reason. Tortola is the largest island and holds the capital, Road Town, most of the hotels and the marinas. Virgin Gorda has the granite boulders and pools called The Baths and a handful of resorts, among them Oil Nut Bay at its eastern end. Anegada, low and ringed with reef, is known for its long beaches and its lobster. Jost Van Dyke is a small island with beach bars and a well-known New Year party.

Behind the visitors lies a small society. The territory counts about 39,000 people on some 153 square kilometres, with more than fifty islands and cays, about sixteen of them inhabited. English is the official language and the US dollar is the currency. Tourism supplies roughly two-fifths of economic output, and financial services, chiefly company registration, bring in more than half of government income, so part of the traffic through the airport is business and not holiday.

Hurricane Irma, which struck in early September and damaged Tortola badly, is mentioned here for one reason: a hurricane is the single event that closes an airport for days, and it explains our advice on dates later in this page.

 

The year in the British Virgin Islands: charter season and hurricane months

The islands have a long dry high season, a short shoulder at each end of it, and a hurricane season that takes up the autumn:

 

The British Virgin Islands calendar: Easter, the regatta and the festivals

The dated events fall into two groups, sailing and island culture, and several of them fill the airport apron and the ferries together:

 

 

Flying to the British Virgin Islands with a dog or a cat

A dog or cat travels in the cabin, and the paperwork is neither the European set nor an American one. The territory issues an import licence for each animal, the British export certificate is checked against it, and the order in which the steps are taken matters more than the list.

• A licence from the Department of Agriculture, applied for well before the date and carried with the certificate;
• A dog vaccinated against parvovirus, distemper, hepatitis, parainfluenza and leptospirosis, with the date of each vaccination recorded, and a cat vaccinated against panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis, calicivirus and feline leukaemia;
• Treatment against internal and external parasites within 96 hours before export, noted on the certificate, plus an ISO microchip and a current rabies vaccination, which the destination typically asks to see;
• Entry through Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island, the airport listed for animals arriving by air;
• For a dog, the tapeworm treatment described above, timed so that the dog lands back in Britain inside the window.

A dog or cat that lands first at St Thomas enters the United States, which has its own rules for dogs and its own officers, so we normally keep an animal on the aircraft that lands on Beef Island and do not route it through US soil without checking. Wolf hybrids and early-generation Savannah and Bengal cats are listed as excluded by one source, and we tell the handler in advance and confirm in writing the airport and the paperwork for the animal.

Requirements for birds, rabbits and the less usual species, along with the countries where the timeline runs to months, are set out on our flying with pets guide.

 

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. The islands produce more than most places, because a charter there is one-way by nature and the aircraft has to cross an ocean to get home or to find its next client.

A client who can offer a few days has a far better chance of a match, though the operator owns the date and a leg can disappear when the original booking changes. Legs from the Caribbean often point to Florida and Puerto Rico as well as to Britain and Europe, so a flexible destination helps too. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of empty legs on the British Virgin Islands runs follows:

 

 

 

Helicopter charter

The helicopter is how a party that has landed at St Thomas, or on Beef Island, reaches a resort that has no road. Caribbean Buzz Helicopters flies airport transfers between Beef Island and St Thomas and runs flights to the heliport at Oil Nut Bay on Virgin Gorda from Beef Island, St Thomas and San Juan, with customs and immigration handled on site at the resort. Signature's data sheet puts the hop from Beef Island to Virgin Gorda at under fifteen minutes. We price each movement separately and the operator confirms the route:

The times are straight-line estimates at a cruise of about 115 knots, plus the time to start up and land. A pilot may choose another route for weather, and the operator confirms the times for your date.

 

 

Flights from the UK to the British Virgin Islands

We fly this corridor from every British airfield in the list below, and the price table higher up covers thirteen of those pairings. Our clients have access to all airports of the UK and Europe. Due to the unique partnership conditions, we can offer our clients the best prices for business aviation services. Our experts will consult you on the availability of private jets in a particular city and help you choose the best option.

 

List of TOP 25 business aviation airports:

 

British Virgin Islands charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

Six typical jobs put together from booking notes with the particulars changed, so none describes one named client or date.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to the British Virgin Islands