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Private jet charter to Monaco

A British client who wants to be at the Monaco harbour for lunch has to accept one fact before anything else: the Principality has no runway, so the jet lands at Nice and the last stretch is a helicopter flight of about seven minutes or a drive of half an hour. Private Jets UK plans the two halves as one booking, with a single timetable for the aircraft, the helicopter and the car. 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. Monaco covers about two square kilometres, so wherever the helicopter sets you down you are within minutes of the hotel, the harbour or the Casino, and the real planning work is in the hours before that, at Nice.

 

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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 Monaco 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 Biggin Hill, a Cessna Citation CJ3+ nonstop to Nice Côte d'Azur and two passengers aboard. The helicopter transfer from Nice into Monaco is not included in that figure and is quoted separately. 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 Monaco?

Monaco keeps Central European time, one hour ahead of Britain all year, because both countries change their clocks on the same weekends. The sectors below run from British airfields to Nice, gate to gate, with the taxi and the approach included, and the last line is the helicopter that completes the journey:

Biggin Hill, Citation CJ3+
nonstop to Nice, 566 nautical miles with the routing allowance, almost the same from London City and Gatwick
about 1 h 55 min
Manchester, Citation XLS+
nonstop, 720 nautical miles
about 2 h 15 min
Glasgow, Challenger 350
nonstop, 893 nautical miles, the longest of the regular British departures
about 2 h 30 min
Nice to the Monaco heliport
the helicopter shuttle between the airport and Fontvieille is published at about seven minutes; the heliport lies about 18 km east-north-east of the airport in a straight line
about 7 min by air
The same stretch by road
about 30 to 45 minutes in a car depending on traffic, and more in the summer evenings and on a race weekend
30 to 45 min by car

A lunch in Monaco and the evening at home

Take off from Biggin Hill at eight and the CJ3+ is on the ground at Nice a little before eleven on the local clock. The border is crossed inside the business aviation terminal, the helicopter leaves from the apron beside it, and the party can be at a table in Monaco before noon. A same-day return is a normal booking on this route.

The limit is the light. Single-engine helicopters on the shuttle do not take off after sunset, and the heliport is listed as open from sunrise to sunset unless a night operation is arranged with about six hours of notice, so in winter the last transfer back to Nice leaves in the late afternoon. We fix the helicopter time with the jet, not after it.

Jet or scheduled flight: when the aircraft earns its price

– Scheduled airlines serve Nice from London, but the timetable belongs to the airline, and the journey continues through a terminal and a baggage hall;

– The aircraft wins when the party is three or more, when the time has to be met to the minute, and when the trip carries on from Monaco to Cannes, Saint-Tropez or Italy on the same day.

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.

 

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Prices for the private jet flights to Monaco

Typical private jet prices from Britain to Nice, the airport for Monaco, cheapest first. Every row is a nonstop flight, and none of the figures includes the helicopter or the car into the Principality. The distances are long enough here for the price to follow the aircraft class and the length of the sector, and the table shows it plainly:

Route Aircraft Price, one way
Biggin Hill - Nice (for Monaco)
566 nm / 1,048 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
from £8,300
London City - Nice (for Monaco)
575 nm / 1,065 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
from £8,400
Farnborough - Nice (for Monaco)
582 nm / 1,078 km, nonstop to Nice
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
from £8,550
Southampton - Nice (for Monaco)
581 nm / 1,076 km, nonstop to Nice
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
from £8,550
London Luton - Nice (for Monaco)
603 nm / 1,117 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
from £8,750
Birmingham - Nice (for Monaco)
663 nm / 1,228 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £11,750
Bristol - Nice (for Monaco)
638 nm / 1,182 km, nonstop to Nice
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £12,000
Manchester - Nice (for Monaco)
720 nm / 1,333 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £12,550
Leeds Bradford - Nice (for Monaco)
733 nm / 1,358 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £12,750
Newcastle - Nice (for Monaco)
796 nm / 1,474 km, nonstop to Nice
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
from £13,650
Belfast City - Nice (for Monaco)
866 nm / 1,604 km, nonstop to Nice
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
from £15,450
Edinburgh - Nice (for Monaco)
876 nm / 1,622 km, nonstop to Nice
Challenger 350
up to 8 passengers
from £18,350
Glasgow - Nice (for Monaco)
893 nm / 1,654 km, nonstop to Nice
Challenger 350
up to 8 passengers
from £18,700

 

Two things worth knowing about these figures

– The cabin changes the figure more than the departure airfield does. From Biggin Hill a Citation CJ3+ is £8,300, a Phenom 300E £8,350, a Citation XLS+ £10,350, a Praetor 600 £10,950 and a Challenger 350 £12,850. The other London fields differ from Biggin Hill by a few hundred pounds, in either direction;

– The final leg is separate. The helicopter from Nice to the Monaco heliport is quoted alongside the jet, and a seat on the published shuttle is listed from about £165, while a whole aircraft costs several times that. Nice also adds lines of its own: handling, a stand that has to be secured in advance in the busy months, and, for an operator from outside the European Union, the authorisation we arrange before the offer is sent.

 

Flights within Monaco and to its neighbours

There are no domestic flights to sell. The Principality has one aerodrome, the heliport, and no aeroplane can land inside it, so every fixed-wing sector starts or ends in France or Italy. What clients ask for are the onward flights from Nice to the other fields on the coast and to the cities and islands that a Monaco stay is combined with:

Route Aircraft Flight time Price, one way
Nice - Le Castellet
70 nm / 130 km
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 8 passengers
about 45 min from £3,100
Nice - Toulon-Hyères
60 nm / 111 km
Pilatus PC-12 NGX
up to 8 passengers
about 45 min from £3,100
Nice - Genoa
87 nm / 161 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 45 min from £5,300
Nice - Olbia (Costa Smeralda)
202 nm / 374 km
Citation CJ3+
up to 6 passengers
about 1 h from £5,300
Nice - Milan Linate
144 nm / 267 km
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
about 50 min from £5,700
Nice - Zurich
244 nm / 452 km
Phenom 300E
up to 7 passengers
about 1 h 05 min from £5,700
Nice - Geneva
168 nm / 311 km
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
about 55 min from £6,800
Nice - Palma de Mallorca
331 nm / 613 km
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
about 1 h 15 min from £7,500
Nice - Paris Le Bourget
390 nm / 722 km
Citation XLS+
up to 8 passengers
about 1 h 25 min from £7,800
Nice - Dubai
2,687 nm / 4,976 km
Praetor 600
up to 8 passengers
about 6 h 30 min from £43,000

 

Two things worth knowing about these sectors

– The two shortest are rarely a passenger flight. Le Castellet and Toulon-Hyères are where an aircraft goes when Nice has no stand for it, and in race week the usual plan is to land the party at Nice and send the aircraft away to one of those fields or to Genoa until the departure. The figures show what such a positioning flight costs on a Pilatus PC-12;

– Milan Linate, Geneva, Zurich and Palma are the second ring, Olbia serves the north of Sardinia, and Dubai is the long sector: the figure is for a Praetor 600, which we select for its range.

 

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:

Turbopropsfrom £850/h
Small jet£1,700 - 2,500/h
Light jet£2,100 - 3,000/h
Medium-sized jet (Citation XLS+, Hawker 800XP)£3,000 - 3,700/h
Large medium-class jet (Challenger 300)£4,600 - 5,500/h
Large jet (Legacy 600)£4,900 - 5,800/h
Long-haul jet (Global 5000, G550, Falcon 7X)£5,800 - 8,800/h
Business linersfrom £10,300/h

 

Prices for private jet flights

 

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 Monaco:

Light jets

The natural aircraft for Monaco: one to six people and a flight of under two hours. Nice has a main runway of about 3 km, so length is never an issue, and the price in the title is for this class.

Cessna Citation CJ3+ · 7 seatsfrom £2,400/h
Embraer Phenom 300E · 8 seatsfrom £2,600/h
Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen2 · 8 seatsfrom £2,700/h
Cessna Citation M2 · 7 seatsfrom £2,200/h

Midsize

Where the cabin starts to matter: more headroom, a larger hold and an enclosed lavatory, for six to eight people with luggage for a week.

Cessna Citation XLS+ · 9 seatsfrom £3,100/h
Cessna Citation Latitude · 9 seatsfrom £3,900/h

Super-midsize and large

For delegations and for northern English and Scottish departures. Cannes Mandelieu accepts jets up to a listed limit of 35 tonnes, which includes most of this class, and Nice takes everything.

Embraer Praetor 600 · 9 seatsfrom £3,400/h
Bombardier Challenger 350 · 9 seatsfrom £4,000/h
Bombardier Challenger 605 · 12 seatsfrom £4,350/h
Embraer Legacy 650 · 13 seatsfrom £4,600/h

Heavy and ultra-long range

For ten or more passengers, or when Monaco is one stop on a longer itinerary. Nice is the airport on this coast that takes the heaviest aircraft, and the stand is the limit, not the runway.

Dassault Falcon 900LX · 12 seatsfrom £5,400/h
Bombardier Global 6000 · 13 seatsfrom £6,400/h
Gulfstream G550 · 16 seatsfrom £6,700/h
Gulfstream G650ER · 14 seatsfrom £7,700/h

Turboprops

The aircraft for a short European sector when a jet's speed is not worth its price, such as Nice to Geneva or Milan. Not for the crossing from Britain, where a jet is faster and costs little more.

Pilatus PC-12 NGX · 9 seatsfrom £1,400/h
Beechcraft King Air 350 · 9 seatsfrom £1,650/h

Helicopters

Not for the flight from Britain but for the final stretch into the Principality and for the coast: Nice, Cannes and Saint-Tropez. The landing site and the operator are agreed before the quote.

Airbus H125 · 5 seatson request
Airbus H130 · 6 seatson request
Airbus H135 · 6 seatson request
Bell 407 · 6 seatson request

 

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For a Monaco booking the nearest suitable aircraft is often not in Britain. The Riviera draws business jets from London, Paris, Geneva and Milan all year, and a positioning leg from one of those cities can change the price more than the choice of model.

 

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Monaco 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:

  • Sending an application

  • Clarification of details and search for options

  • Preparation and coordination of optimal options

  • Registration of documents. Payment of the invoice.

  • Departure on the route.

 

Business aviation airports for Monaco

None of these is in Monaco, because none can be. The Principality has a heliport and nothing else, so a private flight from Britain lands at Nice, where the border, the handling and the fuel are in one place, and the other fields answer a particular problem: a size limit, a full apron or a destination on the Italian side. Times in this section are local, and we confirm the hours for the day you fly:

Airport Ground How it operates
Nice Côte d'Azur
NCE / LFMN
on the coast about 18 km west-south-west of the Monaco heliport in a straight line, at sea level beside the Promenade des Anglais The gateway for every jet we send to Monaco. Two runways, 04L/22R of about 2,570 m and 04R/22L of about 2,960 m, take every category up to airliner cabins. The airport runs round the clock. The business aviation terminal, of about 1,500 square metres beside Terminal 2, has its own customs post, two security lanes and room for roughly 120 aircraft, although the border desk is typically staffed from about 08:00 to 21:00 and we confirm cover for your hour. A separate helicopter terminal has 14 stands. Three handlers are listed on the airport's page: AviaVIP, Signature Aviation and DC Aviation. Slots apply all year, parking needs prior permission, and refuelling is not allowed between 23:00 and 07:00 local time
Monaco Heliport
MCM / LNMC
in Fontvieille, on the sea, a few dozen metres from the Princess Grace Rose Garden The only aerodrome in the Principality and the only place an aircraft may land there. Helicopters only, with arrivals and departures routed over the water to keep the noise down. It is run by the Principality's civil aviation directorate, with one terminal, hangars and an underground car park, and the aerodrome listings give visual flight rules only, prior permission for every movement, and no customs post. Hours are listed as sunrise to sunset with about two hours of permission, and a 24-hour operation with about six hours of notice. The scheduled service is the Nice shuttle, flown by Monacair and Blade, while Heli Air Monaco flies private charters
Cannes Mandelieu
CEQ / LFMD
about 42 km west of the heliport in a straight line, 5 km from the Croisette The general aviation field, with a runway of roughly 1,600 m and a listed weight limit of 35 tonnes for jets, so midsize and super-midsize cabins operate here and the heaviest long-range jets go to Nice. It closes in the evening, at 20:00, 21:00 or 22:00 local time depending on the season, with no overtime. It is not a back-up for Nice, and on the race days instrument flights between the two airports are prohibited
Toulon-Hyères
TLN / LFTH
about 120 km west of the heliport in a straight line A joint civil and naval airport with two runways of about 2,120 m and 1,902 m, open to every type of aircraft, with customs available. Prior permission is typically needed some hours ahead, and morning arrivals may be held for naval traffic. It is the overflow field when Nice has no stand, not a first choice
Genoa Cristoforo Colombo
GOA / LIMJ
on the Italian side, about 140 km east of the heliport in a straight line A single runway, 10/28, of about 2,900 m on an artificial peninsula, open round the clock, with customs, coordinated slots and compulsory handling. Delta Aerotaxi and Da Vinci FBO serve business jets. It is often quieter than the French fields in the weeks when Nice is full, and Monaco is then a drive of well over an hour or a helicopter flight
Le Castellet
LFMQ
near the Paul Ricard circuit, about 140 km west of the heliport in a straight line A private field with a runway of 1,485 by 30 m, popular for parking during the race weekend. The aeronautical publication lists it for flights within the Schengen area only, with prior permission a day ahead, so an aircraft from Britain does not land there first

 

The helicopter shuttle between Nice and Fontvieille runs about fifty return flights a day, according to the Principality's tourist office, which is why a Monaco booking is a two-aircraft booking from the first message. Four rules settle most arrivals before a quote goes out:

The handler: one door at Nice

Three handlers serve the business apron, and we book one with the aircraft. It files the slot, secures the stand and meets the party at the business terminal. For an operator from outside the European Union a permit may be needed, and we ask for it early.

The slot and the stand

Arrivals and departures at Nice carry a coordinated slot all year, and parking needs prior permission. In the busy months a stand is often confirmed only about a week before travel, and a turn-round longer than about four hours needs separate approval. The aircraft that brings you may therefore fly away and return for the evening.

The helicopter: booked with the jet

The heliport takes movements only with permission, and Nice asks for helicopter movements to be notified through the handler in race week. A single-engine shuttle does not leave after sunset, so a late return is arranged with a twin, a car or a night operation, which needs notice.

Cannes: the other field, not the spare one

Mandelieu is closer to the Croisette than to the Principality, and it is not a substitute for Nice on the race days. We send a Monaco party there only when the aircraft fits under the weight limit.

The race weekend changes the airport

For several days around the Grand Prix, Nice works under a published set of temporary restrictions: visual flights are prohibited, instrument flights between Nice and Cannes are prohibited, and an aircraft needs a confirmed stand to be allowed to land. Slots are not flexible and the flight plan must match them. The usual plan is to land the party, send the aircraft to Toulon, Le Castellet or Genoa and call it back for the departure. All of it is easy in February and difficult in May.

 

Arriving from Britain: passports, customs and what to carry

Monaco is not a member of the European Union, but it is in the customs territory and the VAT area of the Union and follows the Schengen rules, and France handles immigration for it. Britain belongs to neither, so a private flight from London arrives as a flight from outside the Schengen area, and the border is crossed at Nice, inside the business aviation terminal. The helicopter to the Principality is then treated as a transfer within the area, and the heliport lists no customs post of its own.

Passports
British citizens may stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period without a visa; the passport must have been issued less than ten years before arrival and be valid for at least three months after the planned departure
every passenger, children included
Entry/Exit System
a photo and fingerprints are taken at the first entry for a short stay, free of charge, and the record stays valid for three years; children aged eleven or under are photographed but not fingerprinted
a private terminal keeps the wait short
Authorisation
British passport holders do not need a visa; where the EU's online ETIAS authorisation applies to a British passport on your date, we tell you before the offer, not on the apron
we check for your date
Questions at the border
officers may ask for proof of accommodation, travel insurance, a return ticket and enough money for the stay, so the hotel booking is worth carrying
keep it in hand luggage
Cash
a declaration is due if you carry cash or travellers' cheques worth ten thousand in the EU's own currency or more, about £8,500 at the rate we use, and the certified declaration is asked for when you leave
declare when in doubt
Luggage for the helicopter
the Nice shuttle lists one cabin bag of up to 21 kg and 60 by 45 by 25 cm per passenger, plus a small personal bag; larger cases can travel by road
tell us the count before the offer

Aircraft paperwork, goods and the way home

The aircraft brings its own file: a general declaration, a passenger manifest and the crew documents, which go to the handling agent before landing. A party carrying commercial samples, a work of art or jewellery tells us at the booking stage, not at the airport.

Coming home is a flight into Britain from Nice. A General Aviation Report goes to the border authorities not earlier than 48 hours and not later than two hours before departure, and British and Irish citizens need no electronic travel authorisation, while most other nationalities do. A passenger who is not British should ask us about the visa and the authorisation for both ends of the journey.

 

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Which part of Monaco is the heliport closest to

The question is answered in hundreds of metres. The figures below are straight-line distances from the heliport at Fontvieille, so allow more for the hills and the one-way streets, and a good deal more on a race weekend:

Fontvieille: the heliport quarter
the district built on land reclaimed from the sea, with the heliport, the Stade Louis II, the Princess Grace Rose Garden and the business offices; the stadium is about 0.4 km from the pads
on foot
Monaco-Ville: the Rock
the old town on the headland, with the Prince's Palace and the Oceanographic Museum; about 0.6 to 0.8 km from the heliport
a few minutes by car
La Condamine and Port Hercule
the harbour, the market and the quayside restaurants, where the yacht show stands in September; about 1.1 km
five minutes by car
Monte-Carlo: the Casino and the hotels
Casino Square, the Opéra Garnier and the grand hotels; about 1.7 km from the heliport, up the hill from the harbour
ten minutes by car
Larvotto and the Grimaldi Forum
the congress centre and the beach on the eastern side of the Principality; the Forum is about 2.1 km and the Larvotto beach about 2.6 km
ten to fifteen minutes by car
Cap-d'Ail, Èze and Beaulieu
the French villages and hotels along the coast to the west; Cap-d'Ail is about 1.7 km, Èze about 5 km and Beaulieu about 7 km
a car
Menton and the Italian border
the lemon town and the frontier east of the Principality; Menton is about 8 km
a car

 

The Principality: two square kilometres, a harbour and a calendar

Monaco is one of the smallest sovereign states in the world, and the figures explain the transport problem. It covers about 2.08 square kilometres, has about 38,900 residents, a coastline of about 3.8 km and France on its three land sides, which makes it one of the most densely populated countries on earth. French is the official language, individuals pay no income tax except French citizens, who still pay French tax, and the four quarters are Monaco-Ville, La Condamine, Monte-Carlo and Fontvieille.

The first kind of trip is the resident's and the owner's. A client with a flat or a berth in the Principality asks only for the hour and the helicopter, usually with a car waiting on both sides. Many of these trips are short ones, out on Friday and back on Sunday.

The second is the event. The Grand Prix runs on a street circuit of about 3.3 km through the town, and the Monaco Yacht Show brings more than 120 superyachts to Port Hercule each September. On these dates the clients are many and the apron is small.

The third is business and the stage. The Grimaldi Forum holds congresses and exhibitions, among them the sports-business fair Sportel, and the Opéra Garnier, the Casino de Monte-Carlo and the Prince's Palace bring visitors who want the afternoon and not the week.

 

The Monaco year: rallies, a race, a yacht show and a quiet winter

Monaco has a long season and two sharp peaks, with a calm winter between them:

December to February
Christmas and New Year, then the Monte-Carlo Rally and the Circus Festival in January and Nice Carnival in February
winter, the quietest flying of the year
March to May
the Rose Ball in March, the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters tennis in April, the Cannes Film Festival nearby in May and then the Grand Prix at the end of the month or in early June, the busiest weekend of the year in the Principality
spring, and the first peak
June to August
the Historic Grand Prix in even years before the race, summer concerts, the fireworks competition over the harbour and the Red Cross Gala
summer, busy and hot
September to November
the Monaco Yacht Show in September, the jazz festival in the autumn, and National Day on 19 November, with the Prince's Palace at the centre of the celebrations
autumn, the second peak

 

The Monaco calendar: the dates that govern the booking

Each dated event pulls the private flights toward the same airport and the same heliport:

January
The Monte-Carlo Rally starts from Casino Square and the Circus Festival fills the big top at Fontvieille, a short walk from the heliport
February
Nice Carnival, which lasts about two weeks, and the Lemon Festival in Menton, close enough for a day out from Monaco
April
The Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters is played on clay at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, which lies just over the border in France, so the guests often arrive by car from Monaco
Mid-May
The Cannes Film Festival, about 40 km to the west, fills the coast with aircraft just before the Grand Prix, and Mandelieu and Nice are both congested
Late May or early June
The Monaco Grand Prix is the peak of the year for hotels and for private aviation; the Historic Grand Prix runs on the same track in even years, about two weeks before
July and August
Concerts at the Sporting, the Red Cross Gala and a fireworks competition over the harbour, on two evenings in each month
September
The Monaco Yacht Show lines Port Hercule with more than 120 superyachts, and owners, brokers and guests arrive by jet and helicopter together
19 November
National Day, when the Principality celebrates its sovereign, with the Prince's Palace at the centre

What a Monaco event does to a flight plan

Everything funnels through Nice and one heliport, so the peaks are felt in the hours around them. A request sent when the dates are known gives the stand, the helicopter and the border officers time to line up, and in race week or at the yacht show the helicopter should be booked at the same time as the jet.

 

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Flying to Monaco with a dog or a cat

A dog or cat travels in the cabin, and the paperwork has three parts: the standard European set for the way out, the border post at Nice, and one appointment for the way home. Monaco sits inside the French customs and border system, so the animal is checked where the aircraft lands, and the Principality adds a few rules of its own.

The one fact to read before you book

The animal must carry a 15-digit microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination, and be vaccinated against rabies from the age of 12 weeks, with 21 days to pass before it may travel. A pet passport issued in Great Britain is not accepted for entry, so a health certificate from an official vet is issued for the trip, within ten days before arrival. The animal arrives through a travellers' point of entry and is examined there. More than five animals fall under the rules for commercial movements.

Coming home is where the diary matters. A dog needs a tapeworm treatment from a vet no less than 24 and no more than 120 hours before it arrives in Great Britain, with the product, date and time entered in the document, and a cat does not. The certificate issued in Britain is used for the journey back as the certificate states. Because the treatment window is short, we book a vet in Nice or Monaco alongside the flight.

  • A microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination, not after;
  • A rabies vaccination given at 12 weeks or later, at least 21 days old on the day of arrival and kept in date;
  • An official veterinary health certificate for each trip, issued no more than ten days before arrival;
  • For a dog on the homeward leg, the tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before landing in Great Britain;
  • Not more than five animals per traveller.

Cats need the same list without the worming. Two Monaco rules matter on the ground. Dogs the law classes as attack dogs, the first category, may not be brought into the Principality at all, and the second category, guard dogs, need a declaration, a muzzle and a lead in public places and are kept off public transport. Dogs of any kind are typically kept on a lead and out of the public gardens and beaches, and hotels differ, so we ask the property before the date is fixed.

The helicopter is the other question. Helicopter operators decide about animals individually, so that is a conversation to have at the quote stage and not on the apron. 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.

 

private flight with animals

 

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. Nice is one of the busiest private airports in Europe, and many aircraft arrive there full and leave empty, or the other way round, so repositioning flights run in both directions through the year.

Where Monaco empty legs come from

– The race weekend and the yacht show, when aircraft land full and fly home empty on the Monday or the Tuesday;

– The film festival at Cannes in May, which sends a wave of aircraft along the coast just before the Grand Prix;

– The stand rules at Nice, which push aircraft to Toulon, Le Castellet or Genoa and back, and leave some of them free for a return flight to Britain.

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. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page. A selection of Nice and Monaco empty legs follows:

Route Aircraft Capacity Whole aircraft
Nice - UK (London Biggin Hill)
nonstop
Citation CJ3+ 7 seats £3,500
UK (London City) - Nice
nonstop
Citation CJ3+ 7 seats £3,550
UK (Farnborough) - Nice
nonstop
Phenom 300E 8 seats £3,600
Nice - UK (London Luton)
nonstop
Citation CJ3+ 7 seats £3,700
UK (Birmingham) - Nice
nonstop
Citation XLS+ 9 seats £4,950
Nice - UK (Bristol)
nonstop
Praetor 600 9 seats £5,050
Nice - UK (Manchester)
nonstop
Citation XLS+ 9 seats £5,250
UK (Edinburgh) - Nice
nonstop
Challenger 350 9 seats £7,700

 

How to read those figures

– Each price is for the whole aircraft rather than per seat. A Citation XLS+ from Manchester with eight aboard comes to about £650 a head;

– The helicopter from Nice to Monaco is not part of an empty leg, and is booked separately at the normal price.

 

empty legs

 

Helicopter charter

In Monaco the helicopter is not a luxury added to the trip but the second half of it, and the main transfer is the shuttle from Nice. The first two times below are published figures, and the others are our estimates, calculated at about 115 knots with a few minutes for the start and the landing:

Heliport to Nice airport
the shuttle between Fontvieille and the apron of the business terminal, the transfer that most Monaco bookings include
about 7 min
Heliport to Cannes Mandelieu
along the coast to the other general aviation field, for the film festival and the western end of the coast
about 15 min
Heliport to Saint-Tropez
the public heliport outside the town, in place of a coast road that in August barely moves
about 35 min
Heliport to Toulon-Hyères
the overflow field when Nice has no stand for a large aircraft
about 45 min
Heliport to Genoa
across the Italian border, to the airport that is often quieter than the French ones
about 50 min

The seat on the scheduled shuttle is listed from about £165, and the whole aircraft is the better choice when the party is more than a few people, when the time is fixed or when the luggage exceeds the cabin-bag allowance. Machines on the Riviera are mostly the five-seat Airbus H125, with the H130, the H135 and the Bell 407 for larger parties. We confirm the aircraft, the route and the baggage for your date before the offer goes out.

Two points on Monaco rotary legs

The heliport is listed for visual flight only, every movement needs permission, and in race week the circuit is covered by a temporary restricted area that helicopters enter only on the published route. A landing at a site outside the heliport, such as a hotel terrace, a yacht or a private helipad in France, needs the landowner's permission and the authority's, and in a built-up area the Principality has no other aerodrome. We settle the landing site before the helicopter is booked.

 

private helicopter flight

 

Flights from the UK to Monaco

Biggin Hill, London City, Luton and Farnborough send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester behind them and Scotland and Northern Ireland at the long end; the price table higher up covers thirteen of those pairings, every one of them flown to Nice. 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:

 
Airport Country ICAO IATA
London Heathrow Airport England EGLL LHR
 Birmingham Airport England EGBB BHX
London Gatwick England EGKK LGW
London City Airport England EGLC LCY
London Luton England EGGW LTN
Edinburgh Airport Scotland EGPH EDI
Leeds Airport England EGNM LBA
Manchester Airport England EGCC MAN
London Stansted England EGSS STN
Liverpool John Lennon Airport England EGGP LPL
Newcastle Airport England EGNT NCL
 Bristol Airport England EGGD BRS
Glasgow Airport Scotland EGPF GLA
 East Midlands Airport England EGNX EMA
 Southampton Airport England EGHI SOU
 Jersey Airport Channel Islands EGJJ JER
Cardiff International Airport Wales EGFF CWL
Inverness Airport Scotland EGPE INV
Bournemouth Airport England EGHH BOH
London Farnborough Airport England EGLF FAB
Oxford Airport England EGTK OXF
London Biggin Hill England EGKB BQH
Belfast Airport Northern Ireland EGAA BFS
Gibraltar Airport Gibraltar LXGB GIB
Aberdeen Airport Scotland EGPD ABZ

 

Monaco 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.

LUNCH · BIGGIN HILL AND BACK

Two partners and a table at the harbour

Biggin Hill - Nice, Citation CJ3+, about 1 h 55 min · 2 pax

Wheels up at eight, the border cleared at Nice and the helicopter to Fontvieille waiting beside the terminal. They were at the table before noon and flew back from Nice in the late afternoon, before the shuttle stopped for the day.

GRIMALDI FORUM · A CONGRESS DAY

Three delegates and one pass for the hall

Farnborough - Nice, Phenom 300E, about 1 h 50 min · 3 pax

The congress opened at nine the next morning, so the party flew the day before, with the helicopter booked for the arrival and a car for the return.

YACHT SHOW · A WEEK OF BERTHS

Six guests joining a yacht at Port Hercule

London Luton - Nice, Citation XLS+, about 1 h 55 min · 6 pax

The aircraft landed the party and left for Genoa because Nice had no stand for the week, and came back for the Sunday departure. The cases went by road and reached the harbour before the guests.

WITH THE DOG · A SMALL CARRIER

A couple and a terrier for a long weekend

Manchester - Nice, Citation XLS+, about 2 h 15 min · 2 pax + dog

The certificate was dated six days before departure, the dog was presented at Nice, and the helicopter operator had agreed in advance to take it. A vet near the hotel gave the tapeworm treatment on the Friday, inside the window for the Sunday flight home.

GRAND PRIX · LAND AND SEND AWAY

Four friends and a booking made in February

London City - Nice, Citation CJ3+, about 1 h 55 min · 4 pax

The stand was confirmed before departure, the aircraft dropped the party and went to Le Castellet, and the helicopter to Fontvieille was booked on the same day as the jet.

EMPTY LEG · AFTER THE WEEKEND

A flexible return to London

Nice - London Luton, Citation CJ3+ empty leg, about 2 h · 3 pax

The client gave us a window of two days instead of a date, and paid about £3,700, a little under half of a fresh one-way charter on the same sector.

 

Frequently asked questions about flying to Monaco

1Is there an airport in Monaco?

No. The Principality has no runway, and its only aerodrome is the heliport at Fontvieille. A private jet from Britain lands at Nice Côte d'Azur, about 18 km away in a straight line, and the transfer is a helicopter flight of about seven minutes or a drive of 30 to 45 minutes.

2How long does it take to fly to Monaco by private jet?

About 1 hour 55 minutes from Biggin Hill to Nice in a Citation CJ3+, about 2 hours 15 minutes from Manchester in a Citation XLS+ and about 2 hours 30 minutes from Glasgow in a Challenger 350, plus about seven minutes by helicopter to the heliport. Monaco is one hour ahead of Britain all year.

3How much does a private jet to Monaco cost?

From about £8,300 one way from Biggin Hill to Nice on a Citation CJ3+, which is the airport for Monaco. A Phenom 300E from Biggin Hill is about £8,350, a Praetor 600 about £10,950 and a Challenger 350 from Glasgow about £18,700. The helicopter into the Principality is quoted separately, and a seat on the scheduled shuttle is listed from about £165.

4What are the passport and customs rules for a private flight from Britain to Monaco?

Monaco follows the Schengen rules and France handles its immigration, so British citizens may stay up to 90 days in any 180 without a visa, and the passport must be less than ten years old on arrival and valid for three months after departure. Photos and fingerprints are taken under the Entry/Exit System. The border is cleared at Nice, inside the business aviation terminal, and cash worth ten thousand in the EU's currency or more has to be declared.

5Can I take my dog or cat on a private jet to Monaco?

Yes. The animal needs a microchip, a rabies vaccination given from 12 weeks and valid after 21 days, and an official health certificate issued within ten days before arrival, and it is presented at the border post at Nice. Attack dogs of the first category may not be brought into Monaco. A dog coming home needs a tapeworm treatment 24 to 120 hours before it lands in Great Britain, so we book a vet for the day before the flight.

6How early should I book a private jet to Monaco?

As soon as the dates are known. Nice has slots all year and a short supply of stands, and the race weekend, the film festival in May and the yacht show in September fill the apron and the helicopters first. For those weeks we ask for the dates in February or earlier, and a request in an ordinary week can usually be handled in days.

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