Private jet charter in Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands lie in the South Atlantic about 7,100 nautical miles from London, and a private flight there is a long-range operation built around one military runway, a written permit and a stop on the way. Private Jets UK plans the trip leg by leg and tells the client early what the islands can and cannot offer a visiting jet. 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 Falklands that means a permit asked for a fortnight ahead, an RAF station for an airport and a stay among penguins, sheep farms and about two thousand people in the capital, Stanley.

 

 

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 Falkland 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 London Farnborough, a Bombardier Global 6000 to Mount Pleasant Airport on East Falkland with one technical stop at Sal in Cape Verde, 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 Falkland Islands?

There is no short answer, because no business jet crosses this distance in one hop with a margin worth having. The straight line from London is about 7,100 nautical miles. The longest-range cabins are published at 7,500 to 7,700, and the crew must also carry fuel to reach an alternate that is about 478 nautical miles away, so we plan a stop. The islands keep UTC-3, three hours behind Greenwich Mean Time and four behind London in summer.

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 Falkland Islands

Typical private jet charter prices from Britain to Mount Pleasant, listed cheapest first. Every row is a long-range jet with one stop at Sal. The London rows use the Global 6000, and the rows from Southampton and the regions a Gulfstream G550, which has more range in hand on the longer approach:

 

 

Private jet flights from the Falkland Islands to neighbouring airports

There is nowhere to fly to within the islands. The paved runway at Stanley is short and used chiefly by the government air service, and the other settlements are reached by that service or by track. The sectors a visiting jet flies are the long ones to the mainland and the Atlantic, and each needs its own landing permission, which we check before we quote:

 

 

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. For the Falkland Islands the choice is narrow, because only the long-range class completes the journey from Britain:

 

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to the Falkland 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 Falkland Islands

There is one airport for a business jet, and it was built as a garrison base after the war of the early 1980s. The islands' civil aviation department names two airports for international flights, Mount Pleasant and Stanley, and Stanley is a small-aircraft airfield that a jet does not use:

 

Three points settle most Falklands arrivals before a quote goes out:

 

Arriving from Britain: permit, insurance and the way home

The islands are a British Overseas Territory with their own immigration rules, and a British passenger does not need a visa. The aircraft's permit is the real hurdle, and the passengers' side is short:

 

 

Getting from the apron to Stanley and the settlements

The airport is about 53 kilometres from the capital by road, and the first decision is how to cover that stretch. Buses run from Mount Pleasant to Stanley, vehicles are hired in Stanley, and drivers and guides offer transport and tours. There is no scheduled transport elsewhere in the islands. The usual stops:

The settlements and outer islands are reached by the government air service, which flies five Islanders. Its advice is to be on East Falkland for the final night of the trip, and for a jet with a fixed slot we treat that as a requirement.

 

The Falkland Islands: what our clients go for

This is not a destination with a private-aviation scene. The last census counted about 3,700 people, 30 percent of them temporary residents, and the economy rests on fishing, sheep farming, tourism and the government. The case for a private jet is practical. The scheduled routes are one Saturday flight from Santiago, listed as passing through Punta Arenas, and the Ministry of Defence airbridge twice a week with a limited number of seats for fare-paying passengers. A party with a fixed date, a group of eight or a long chain of connections elsewhere does not fit that rotation.

What the islands offer is wildlife and space. Penguins, seals, sea lions and albatross share the coast with empty beaches and open moorland, and the battlefields of the Falklands War near Stanley, Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge among them, draw visitors with an interest in the history. Business visitors are a small part of the traffic: the Government lets a visitor enter on a short permit as a company director, representative or consultant contracted before entry, and limits what a visitor may do for work.

 

The year in the Falkland Islands: wind, long days and the penguin season

The climate is cold, windy and damp. Stanley receives about 610 millimetres of rain a year, with light snow falling at almost any time, and the mean monthly temperature runs from about 9 degrees in January and February to about minus 1 in July. What changes through the year is daylight, wildlife and how many rooms are left:

 

The Falkland Islands calendar: Camp Sports and Liberation Day

The events are community occasions more than visitor attractions, and the months we give are indications to check with the Tourist Board, not bookable programmes. With few rooms in the islands, a visit that coincides with one of these should be fixed with the accommodation first:

 

 

Flying to the Falkland Islands with a dog or a cat

Dogs and cats can go, but the paperwork is heavy and starts weeks before the flight. No animal may be imported without a current import licence from the Senior Veterinary Officer at the Department of Agriculture of the Falkland Islands Government, applied for in writing with the animal's microchip number, species, breed, age, sex, route and proposed import date.

The way home is a British matter. The Falkland Islands are listed on gov.uk as a part 2 country for pets entering Great Britain, which means a Great Britain pet health certificate issued within 10 days before arrival, a rabies vaccination with 21 days' wait after the primary course, and no pet passport. Dogs need tapeworm treatment from a vet no less than 24 and no more than 120 hours before arrival, and an animal that does not meet the rules can be quarantined for up to four months.

We confirm in writing the entry point and the paperwork for the animal before the flight. The destinations where an animal travels beside you 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. For the Falkland Islands they are rare, and we say so rather than promise. A jet that has delivered a party to Mount Pleasant normally flies the same two long legs home empty, and there are few places in the South Atlantic where aircraft are repositioning at all.

A client with an open date can sometimes use the sector back to Cape Verde or onward to Britain, or an aircraft heading for South America after a European job. On a Farnborough sector in a Global 6000 an empty leg would cost about two-fifths of a fresh charter, which on the figures above is about £79,950 for the whole aircraft. That is a guide and not an offer, since the operator owns the date. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page.

 

 

Helicopter charter and air tours

We found no helicopter charter operator in the Falklands. A helicopter company has based S-92 helicopters at Stanley airport, but none of that fleet is offered for private charter in anything we found, and the air service open to visitors flies fixed-wing Islanders. A scenic flight over Stanley or a transfer to a penguin colony by helicopter is therefore not something we can promise.

Where a client insists, we ask operators in the region whether a machine could be positioned for the job. Where that cannot be confirmed we propose the Islander service or a four-wheel-drive tour, which is how the islands move.

 

 

Flights from the UK to the Falkland 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.

 

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Falkland Islands charters from the booking notes: three typical trips

Three 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 Falkland Islands