Private jet charter in Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen lies at 78 degrees north and about 1,700 nautical miles from the London fields, a distance that no light jet covers in one hop and a large cabin does without strain. A charter here is shaped by four things: the range of the aircraft, the permission that every flight to Svalbard needs from the Norwegian aviation authority, the rules for leaving town on foot, and a year that swings from months without a sunrise to months without a sunset. Private Jets UK arranges the charter around all four. 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. Svalbard belongs to Norway but not to Schengen, its airport works on permits and slots, and the nearest alternate for a jet is on the mainland, so the decisions that matter are the aircraft, the stop at Tromsø or the lack of one, and the date.

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 Longyearbyen 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 Luton, an Embraer Phenom 300E with a fuel stop at Tromsø 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 Longyearbyen?

About four hours from the London fields in a large-cabin jet that flies nonstop, and five and a half in a light jet that stops at Tromsø on the way. Svalbard keeps Central European time, so the clock is one hour ahead of Britain all year. The British fields in the table lie between 1,365 and 1,747 nautical miles from Longyear airport, which is beyond the reach of any light or midsize jet in one hop. Aberdeen is the closest, at 3 hours 25 minutes nonstop. The table gives both versions of the sector from each British field we use.

Prices for the private jet flights to Longyearbyen

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Svalbard Airport, Longyear. Every flight needs a permit, IFR flights need a slot, a stop at Tromsø is included where the aircraft needs one, and the weeks around the Sun Festival and the Dark Season Blues weekend can sit above these figures.

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:

Private jet flights from Longyearbyen

Almost every flight that leaves Longyearbyen goes south, to Tromsø, where the Schengen formalities and the way home begin. The rest is Norway seen from the air: the Finnmark coast, Bodø, Trondheim and Oslo. Typical one-way prices in a Citation CJ3+:

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 Longyearbyen:

This is a small part of what is available. Not every operator has the Svalbard letter of compliance, and an aircraft already based in Norway or Sweden, or one flying back from the north, needs less positioning than one coming from the south of England, so we look at those first.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Longyearbyen 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.

Business aviation airports in Longyearbyen

One airport on the archipelago does the work for a charter, and one on the mainland decides how you get there. A third, in Oslo, appears in a quote only when a dog is aboard.

Four points settle most Longyearbyen arrivals:

Border, passport and the way home

The Svalbard Treaty gives Norway sovereignty over the archipelago, keeps it open to the nationals of the treaty's parties without a visa, and lets taxes be spent only on Svalbard itself. For a visitor the result is a place that is Norwegian and yet not Schengen: British passport holders need no visa, the Governor of Svalbard can still turn away anyone who does not meet the requirements for staying, and a valid travel document is needed on the way in and out. The Schengen part sits in Tromsø or Oslo. On the route through Tromsø the first landing is a Schengen arrival, with passports and customs, and the hop to Longyearbyen needs a valid travel document for everyone aboard. A British passport should be valid for the whole trip, and for the mainland leg the Norwegian rule is a passport issued less than ten years before entry and valid for three months beyond departure.

Svalbard has no customs duty, but it does have Norwegian rules. No customs or import duties are imposed on goods brought into Svalbard, and Norwegian Customs keeps an office in the centre of Longyearbyen that controls the movement of goods. Goods taken from Svalbard to the mainland are handled as if they came from abroad. On the Tromsø leg the ordinary Norwegian limits apply: goods up to NOK 6,000 (about £450) after more than 24 hours abroad are duty-free, and cash above NOK 25,000 (about £1,900) must be declared. Alcohol is rationed on Svalbard, and the monthly quota for visitors is tied to a scheduled-flight ticket, so charter passengers should ask us before planning purchases. The way home follows the British rules: the operator files the General Aviation Report with the British border authorities not earlier than 48 hours and not later than two hours before departure, British and Irish citizens need no electronic travel authorisation, and any passenger of another nationality should check whether one is required for the return.

Polar bears, rifles and the edge of town

The Governor of Svalbard puts it plainly: polar bears can be met anywhere on the archipelago, all year round, and anyone who leaves the settlements must carry suitable means of scaring them off. In practice a visitor goes with a local guide and does not walk out of Longyearbyen alone. The rules for people who do bring their own are specific.

From the apron to the edge of town

Longyearbyen is a town of fewer than three thousand people, started as a coal-mining settlement by an American, John Munro Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company began digging at the start of the twentieth century. It has a university centre with about 350 students, a museum, a single grocery store and about 50 km of road that leads to no other settlement. Everything beyond that is reached by snowmobile in winter and by boat in summer, and the advice to every visitor is to go with a guide. The distances that matter run along the coast of Norway.

Flying to Longyearbyen with a dog

Svalbard is stricter about animals than the mainland. Mattilsynet does not allow cats or ferrets, and most other live mammals and birds cannot be imported without a permit. A dog can come, but only with a permit from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Mattilsynet, and on a private flight the dog travels in the cabin with you.

What Svalbard asks for:

• A written permission from Mattilsynet before travel. The application goes in with a copy of the dog passport or health certificate, the vaccination records and the blood test result, takes about three weeks to process, and should be with them at least four weeks before the flight;
• An ISO microchip, with the chip number on every document, and a rabies vaccination given when the dog was at least 12 weeks old;
• A rabies blood test (titre) taken no sooner than 30 days after the last rabies vaccination, and a vaccination against canine distemper;
• Treatment against fleas, ticks and lice, given 1 to 21 days before travel and certified by a vet;
• On arrival, the dog, the papers and the permit are presented to the airport staff, who carry out the inspection, and the owner contacts the Avinor service centre at Longyear airport after landing.

Requirements for anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide, and we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight.

The Longyearbyen calendar: the sun that comes back and the sun that stays

Few places run on light the way this one does. The sun stays below the horizon from the middle of November to the end of January, does not reach the town itself until about 8 March, and from the middle of April to late August does not set. The festivals are built around those turning points.

Ways to bring the Longyearbyen price down

• Fly from the north. Aberdeen is about 320 nautical miles closer than Luton and Edinburgh about 236, and the price table shows what that is worth in both versions of the route;
• Accept the stop. A light jet through Tromsø costs a good deal less than a nonstop large cabin, and the stop is also the Norwegian arrival, so it does a job the nonstop flight has to do in other ways;
• Keep the aircraft with you or send it home. The expensive part of a long stay is an aircraft that sits in the cold, so decide early whether it waits at Longyear airport or returns to Tromsø, and compare the quotes.

Types of flights

Longyearbyen produces a different mix from the Alpine or Mediterranean destinations we cover, because it is a place people travel to for what it is, not for what happens in it.

• Polar night and northern lights trips between October and February, usually four to eight people with guided programmes arranged around the dark;
• Winter expeditions in March and April, with snowmobile safaris and ski days when the light has come back and the temperatures are still low;
• Midnight-sun holidays from mid-April to August, built around boats, glaciers and long walks with a guide;
• Research and business travel to a university centre and to the institutions of a town that sits at the edge of the Arctic, with a small team and fixed dates;
• Bucket-list trips for clients who add the seed vault and the northernmost town to a longer itinerary through Norway.

Longyearbyen is not a day trip, and a long weekend is the shortest plan that makes sense. Wheels up at seven on a Friday and a nonstop flight puts you in town by lunchtime, three nights give two full days outside, and the return leaves on the Monday. The crew rests nearby and the aircraft waits at the airport or goes back to Tromsø, whichever the quote shows to be cheaper.

Empty Legs

Some jets fly to the north of Norway with nobody aboard, on their way to the next job, and the operator will sell that leg cheaply rather than fly it for nothing. That is an empty leg. A Svalbard sector is a long one, so the saving can be large when one appears, but the corridor is thin and it helps to know what produces them.

Because the corridor is thin, empty legs to and from Longyearbyen are rarer than on busier routes, and a client who can name a few days has a far better chance than one who needs a particular evening. The trade is the usual one: the operator owns the date and the hour, and a leg can vanish when the original booking moves. Whatever is free is listed on our empty legs page, and we flag a Longyearbyen match the day an operator releases it.

Helicopter and snowmobile transfers

On Svalbard the helicopter is the wrong answer to most questions. The motor traffic rules ban tourist use of aircraft, helicopters included, and the Governor may allow a landing only on application and only for strict reasons: the purpose, the environmental risk and the aim of limiting motorised traffic all count. Flying within one nautical mile of large concentrations of mammals or birds is forbidden, which in practice covers the bird cliffs, and low flying is banned in protected areas. What replaces the helicopter is the snowmobile, the boat and the guide.

Flight payment options

The main goal of our company is to provide the highest level of comfort to our customers. Therefore, we're always ready to meet you halfway. Our consultants will offer you a wide variety of flights to meet your needs and budget. Most customers prefer a non-cash method (a transfer to an EU bank account), which guarantees a high level of confidentiality and security of payment. All payment details are provided in advance, so you'll have enough time to make the necessary checks. For years of working in business aviation, our company has gained an impeccable reputation. We practice transparency and are always ready to present all necessary documents.

Private Jets UK works with both physical and legal entities. We guarantee the confidentiality and security of payments. You can pay for the flights from Longyearbyen in any convenient way:

• cashless (by transfer to our account);
• by cash;
• by card;
• by cryptocurrency.

Our company works with European and British banks, which allows you to choose the most convenient payment method. In addition, we conclude formal agreements and provide our clients with all necessary documents and invoices, which guarantees the safe payment and delivery of services. If you have any financial questions, feel free to contact our private aviation consultants.

If you need to book an urgent flight, please keep in mind that the bank transfer can take a few days. In such situations, we may need to involve our partner companies so that you can pay for your flight in cash. If you have any questions, you can contact your personal consultant 24/7.

Flights from the UK to Longyearbyen

Biggin Hill, London City, Farnborough and Luton send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Southampton, Birmingham and Manchester behind them and Aberdeen and the Scottish fields at the short end; the price tables higher up cover fifteen 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:

 

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

Longyearbyen charters from the booking notes: six typical trips

What the corridor looks like once a quote turns into a flight. Six typical jobs of the kind that come through our booking notes, described in outline, with the particulars changed.

Frequently asked questions about flying to Longyearbyen