Private jet charter in Santiago de Compostela

A light jet that leaves a London airfield after breakfast is on the ground in Galicia in about 1 hour 50 minutes, early enough to stand in the square in front of the cathedral before the pilgrims' Mass at midday. Private Jets UK builds each Santiago charter around three things, the hour of arrival, the date in the calendar and what you plan to do once the wheels are down: the old town, a stage of the Camino, the estuaries of the Rías Baixas or the wine canyons of the interior. 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. Santiago-Rosalía de Castro airport lies about 10 km north-east of the city, has a runway of more than 3,100 m and is listed as open round the clock with customs and immigration, whereas Vigo and A Coruña close shortly after half past midnight. Handling is compulsory for every flight, private ones included, so the choice of handler comes first. After that, three things shape a trip: the Atlantic weather, the fog behind the Category III landing system on the main runway, and the feast of the Apostle on 25 July.

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 Santiago de Compostela 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, a Cessna Citation CJ3+ 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 Santiago de Compostela (SCQ)?

Just under two hours is the figure to hold: 1 hour 50 minutes from Farnborough in a light jet, a few minutes either way from the other London fields, and 2 hours 10 minutes from Glasgow in a super-midsize. Galicia keeps the clock one hour ahead of Britain all year, because both countries change their clocks on the same weekends, so a seven o'clock departure lands shortly before ten by the Spanish clock. At 572 to 840 nautical miles from the British fields we use, Santiago is a light-jet sector from the south of England and a midsize job from the Midlands and the north. The table gives the sector from each field.

Prices for the private jet flights to Santiago de Compostela

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Santiago. The feast of the Apostle in late July, the Albariño and seafood weekends and the summers of a Holy Year can price above these figures, and the calendar block further down explains when.

Santiago or Porto is a choice we are often asked to make for clients who want the north-west of the Peninsula. From Biggin Hill the same Citation CJ3+ flies 636 nautical miles to Santiago for £9,150 and 732 to Porto for £10,250, so Galicia comes about £1,100 cheaper one way and about 15 minutes shorter in the air. Porto wins when the programme is the Douro and the port lodges, Santiago when it is the cathedral, the Camino or the Rías Baixas. Both are in Schengen, so the passport rules are the same, though the Portuguese aeronautical information lists a ban on landings and take-offs between midnight and six, and Santiago has none.

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 Santiago de Compostela

Santiago is a good starting point for the Atlantic corner of Iberia. A Coruña, Vigo and Porto are minutes away by turboprop, Lisbon, Bilbao and Madrid about an hour and a quarter, and Paris and Nice are short business hops back into the continent. Typical one-way prices:

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 Santiago:

This is a small part of what is available. Santiago sits in the north-west corner of the Peninsula, so an aircraft is not always standing by in the city, and a quote may name Madrid, Porto or a British field as the positioning point. That is normal for a regional airport, and it is often where the better price comes from.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela

One airport carries almost every trip to the capital of Galicia, and three more are worth knowing about when the programme lies in A Coruña or Vigo or across the Portuguese border. Which one is right depends on where you are sleeping and when the evening ends, not on the aircraft.

Four things to settle before a Santiago landing:

Border, passport and the Spanish forms

The first landing in the Schengen area is where the formalities happen, and Santiago is an easy place for them, because customs and immigration are listed as available round the clock and the handler knows the aircraft in advance. At A Coruña and Vigo the same services follow the aerodrome hours, which end shortly after half past midnight, so the arrival time is fixed before the aircraft is booked. After the first landing the border disappears: Spain and Portugal are both Schengen members, so a flight on to Porto or Lisbon needs no further passport control, although temporary checks can be reintroduced at internal borders and a car can still be stopped for a document check. The operator completes the declarations for the means of transport and the goods carried, and we check both before departure. For the return, the General Aviation Report for Britain is filed not earlier than 48 hours and not later than 2 hours before departure. Carry your passport at hotel check-in, and leave the aircraft paperwork with the crew.

From the apron to the Obradoiro

Santiago de Compostela is the capital of Galicia, with about 100,000 inhabitants in the municipality and some 226,000 in the wider area. The old town is a World Heritage site, and the cathedral at its heart is the end of the Way of St James, which brings close to half a million pilgrims to the city in a year. The Praza do Obradoiro is framed by the baroque west front of the cathedral, the Hostal dos Reis Católicos, built as a hospital for pilgrims and now a Parador, and the Pazo de Raxoi, the city hall. The Alameda park lies between the old town and the newer districts. The climate is Atlantic, with a daytime average of about 12 °C in January and about 25 °C in August, and a waterproof belongs in the bag in every month.

The cathedral is built over the tomb that is traditionally held to contain the relics of Saint James, and the crypt below the main altar is the reason for the whole journey. The Romanesque Pórtico da Gloria by Master Mateo stands behind the baroque west front, and pilgrims can reach the saint's mantle through a narrow passage behind the high altar. The Holy Door is usually closed and opens only in a Holy Year. The Mercado de Abastos is the city's food market, and the old town is best covered on foot.

The Botafumeiro deserves a paragraph of its own, because clients ask for it. It is a censer of about 80 kg that eight men in mauve robes, the tiraboleiros, swing from the transept by ropes and a pulley under the dome, in an arc of about 65 m between two doorways of the transept, at a speed that reaches about 68 km/h at the bottom of the swing. It is used on solemn dates such as the feast of Saint James on 25 July, Easter, Christmas and a handful of other feasts, and in a Holy Year at the pilgrims' Masses. A private swing can be requested from the cathedral for a fee. We put the request in early, but it is the cathedral that decides, so do not plan a surprise around it.

The Camino and the Compostela: what a private client can do

The Compostela is the certificate that the Pilgrim Office in the Rúa Carretas, number 33, issues to those who arrive for religious or spiritual reasons, and the rules are strict. The office asks for at least the last 100 km on foot or on horseback, or the last 200 km by bicycle, on one route recognised by the pilgrim system, with a credential stamped along the way, and it says that other transport is not accepted, except for disabled pilgrims. A flight, even a short one, in the last 100 km therefore rules the certificate out. Walkers with another motive can ask for a different pilgrim certificate. The office gives a ticket with a QR code that shows your place in the queue, same-day collection cannot be guaranteed in busy periods, and it is closed on 25 December and 1 January. Its opening hours change with the season, so we check them before the arrival is planned.

A private flight and the Camino fit together in three ways. The first is to land at Santiago, drive to Sarria, which is 83 km away in a straight line, and walk the last 111 km in six or seven days, with the aircraft released and a second sector booked for the end of the walk. The second is to arrive on foot and fly home from Santiago the next morning, which suits a party that walked the final stages and wants the certificate on the last day. The third is the shortest: the last stretch of the Camino Francés runs through Lavacolla, where the airport stands, and covers about 10 km to the cathedral, so a party can land, walk the final morning and be at the pilgrims' Mass at midday. That last stretch does not earn a Compostela by itself, but it earns the arrival.

Flying to Santiago de Compostela with a dog or a cat

Dogs and cats fly to Galicia often, and a private cabin spares them the worst of it: no hold, no kennel queue, the animal at your feet on a sector of under two hours. The paperwork needs more care than the flight, and the date on the health certificate, valid for only ten days, is where owners most often slip.

What Spain asks for when a pet arrives from Britain:

• An ISO microchip, fitted before the rabies vaccination or at the same time;
• A rabies vaccination given when the animal was at least 12 weeks old, with 21 days elapsed after the vaccination before it travels;
• An Animal Health Certificate for each trip, issued by an Official Veterinarian and valid for ten days for entry to the EU. A British pet passport cannot be used to enter the EU;
• No more than five animals per traveller, entering through a travellers' point of entry, which the handler arranges at the airport;
• For dogs, a tapeworm treatment from a vet between 24 and 120 hours before arrival back in Britain, recorded on the paperwork. Cats are exempt.

Requirements for cats, ferrets, birds and anything less usual are collected on our flying with pets guide. A private flight into Britain has no published approved-route text of its own for pets, so we confirm the entry point and the paperwork for the animal in writing before the flight, and our managers check the position for your dates before a booking is taken.

The Santiago calendar: the Apostle in July, Albariño in August and a seafood October

Santiago does not have one high season. It has a wet, mild winter, a walking spring, a July that fills every room around the cathedral and an autumn built around the harvest and the shellfish. Every few years a Holy Year raises the whole curve. The week you choose shapes the trip more than the aircraft does.

The Rías Baixas: Albariño, Cambados and O Grove

The Rías Baixas are four estuaries on the Atlantic coast of Galicia below Cape Finisterre: Muros e Noia, Arousa, Pontevedra and Vigo. They are the home of Albariño, a white wine that makes up about 90% of what is produced there, and of mussel farming, with the Ría de Arousa alone holding over half of it. Cambados lies 53 km south-west of Santiago in a straight line, a town of about 14,000 people with the Pazo de Fefiñáns, a market on Wednesday and Saturday mornings and a fish market on the quay. Albariño is called the wine of the sea there, because the vineyards run down to the water and the wine is poured with shellfish.

O Grove, 58 km from Santiago in a straight line, sits on a peninsula at the mouth of the Ría de Arousa, with the island of A Toxa joined to it by a bridge and a long season of hotels and beaches. Its Festa do Marisco in October is one of Galicia's longest-running gastronomic celebrations. The usual plan is a morning in Santiago, a drive to the estuary, a long lunch of shellfish and a bottle of Albariño, a night in a pazo or a hotel on the water and the road back the next day. A helicopter makes the same trip in under half an hour, and the table on the quay in Cambados is a good reason to take it.

The Costa da Morte and Finisterre

West of Santiago the land runs out. The Costa da Morte, the Coast of Death, takes its name from the many ships wrecked on its rocks, and it is a coast of lighthouses, granite headlands and estuaries such as Corcubión, Camariñas, and Corme e Laxe. Cape Finisterre, the Latin finis terrae, is about 90 km from Santiago by road. The Romans believed it to be the end of the known world, and the lighthouse on Monte Facho looks out over the same sunsets that may have drawn pilgrims there long before the Christian ones. Many pilgrims walk on from the cathedral to the cape, and some continue to Muxía, about a day's walk further. The Cape Vilán lighthouse, on one of the most dangerous stretches, was the first in Spain to use electricity.

Cape Finisterre is not the westernmost point of Spain, a distinction that belongs to Cape Touriñán, and a guide will say so with some pleasure. For a private client the coast is a day out by car or a short helicopter flight, the lighthouse and the sunset are the point, and the driver should be briefed on where to park, because the headlands are exposed and the weather turns quickly.

A Coruña, Lugo and the Ribeira Sacra

A Coruña, on the north coast, is the home of the Tower of Hercules, a Roman lighthouse about 55 m tall on a peninsula about 2.4 km from the centre, a World Heritage site and the oldest Roman lighthouse still standing. A statue of the legendary King Breogán stands nearby. The city is about 65 to 68 km from Santiago, typically 50 to 60 minutes by the AP-9, and a half day there fits easily around a morning in Santiago.

Lugo, inland to the east, is surrounded by Roman walls about 2.1 km long, with ten gates, which are a World Heritage site and can be walked along their whole length. The city lies on the Camino Primitivo, and its fiesta of San Froilán in October is the occasion for the octopus. The Santiago airport is about 71 km west of Lugo in a straight line.

The Ribeira Sacra is the reason for a longer day. It is a wine region on the canyons of the Miño and Sil rivers, in southern Lugo and northern Ourense, where the vines grow on terraces called socalcos that are too steep for machines, so pruning and picking are done by hand. The principal grapes are Mencía for the reds and Godello for the whites. The canyon is about 35 km of river with walls that rise to nearly 500 m, and catamarans leave from jetties such as Santo Estevo, near the monastery that is now a Parador, for a trip of about an hour and a half through it. The region owes its name to more than 40 monasteries on the slopes. In a straight line it lies about 76 km from Santiago, which is a short helicopter flight and a long drive, and the harvest in September and October is the best time.

At the table: seafood, octopus and the almond cake

Galician cooking is built on the sea, on potatoes and on the meat and dairy of grazing country. The scallop, the vieira, is also the symbol of the pilgrim, and you will see its shell on every credential and doorway. Goose barnacles, the percebes, are among the best-known shellfish of the coast, while polbo á feira, the Galician octopus, is the dish that every menu offers. Empanada, the savoury pie, is the other staple, and the peppers of Padrón are a plate for the table.

The drinks are Albariño from the Rías Baixas, the white and red wines of the Ribeiro and Ribeira Sacra, and orujo, the grape spirit used in the burning queimada. The cheese is the soft, conical Tetilla. The dessert is the Tarta de Santiago, an almond cake dusted with sugar through a stencil of the cross of Saint James. It holds a protected geographical indication, it must contain at least a third of almonds, and the earliest record of it dates from the university in the 16th century.

Where to stay: the hotels clients book

The old town has a few outstanding addresses and a great many small ones, and the best rooms in the weeks of the Apostle are gone long before the aircraft is booked. These names come from published listings; check availability before you commit to a flight date.

Ways to bring the Santiago price down

• Fly from the west. On the same Citation CJ3+, the sector from Cardiff is priced about £500 below the one from Farnborough, and Bristol and Southampton sit between them;
• Shift the dates by a few days if the trip allows. Weekdays in May, June and September are calmer than the feast fortnight of July and the Albariño week of August;
• Think of the trip as one itinerary. London to Santiago, a night on the Rías Baixas and home from Vigo or Porto costs less arranged as a single booking than as two one-way flights, because the aircraft and crew stay with you.

Types of flights

Santiago produces a different mix from the capitals we cover, because it is a cathedral city, a pilgrimage and the gateway to a coast of wine and shellfish at the same time, served by an airport that is open round the clock and long enough for anything.

• The Camino finale: a party flies in, drives to Sarria and walks the last 111 km, with the aircraft going home empty and a second sector booked for the end of the walk;
• City breaks of two or three nights for the cathedral, the Mercado de Abastos and a night in the Parador, usually two to four people;
• The feast of the Apostle in July and the weeks of a Holy Year, flown in small parties and booked well ahead;
• Seafood and Albariño weekends in Cambados and O Grove, booked around the Festa do Albariño in August or the Festa do Marisco in October;
• The Ribeira Sacra: a night at a Parador in the canyon, a catamaran trip and the harvest, often with a helicopter for the last leg;
• Family and wedding parties in Galicia, where the hold matters more than the seat count;
• Hops along the Atlantic edge of Iberia, to Porto, Lisbon and Madrid, inside a longer programme.

The day trip works better here than at most Spanish airports. Land a little before ten, leave at five in the afternoon local time and you are back on the British side shortly before six in the evening, UK time, with about seven hours on the ground, enough for the midday Mass, lunch and an hour in the old town. On a same-day return the aircraft and crew stay on the ground until you are ready to leave, which is paid for, yet it usually costs less than two separate one-way charters. Because Santiago is open round the clock, a late flight home after dinner is also possible, which Vigo and A Coruña cannot offer. We price the day return beside the overnight option, so you can see what the extra night costs.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is an aircraft flying without passengers to reach its next job, offered to the public at a reduced fare. At Santiago these flights follow the calendar and not a timetable, and it helps to know where they come from.

Traffic between Britain and Galicia is steady, so legs do come up, but they favour a client who can give a window of several days. The trade-off is plain: the operator controls the date and the hour, and a leg can disappear if the original booking moves. Free legs are posted on our empty legs page, and we flag a Santiago match as soon as an operator releases it.

Helicopter charter

In Galicia the helicopter earns its place away from the runway. The best of the region lies in the estuaries, on the headlands and in the canyons, away from the motorway, and the straight line between two of them crosses water or a ridge. A helicopter turns a day of driving into an hour in the air, and it is the Rías Baixas, the Costa da Morte and the Ribeira Sacra where it earns its keep. It is arranged separately from the jet, and from the Santiago apron it can start the day in the same place as the aircraft.

The machines for this ground are the Airbus H125 for scenic work, the wider H130 for estate and hotel transfers, the H135 and the Bell 429 where a twin is wanted, and the H155 for larger parties. They are booked with the jet, so both crews work from the same timetable.

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 Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela

Biggin Hill, Farnborough, London City and Stansted send most of the traffic on this corridor, with Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton the shortest of the sectors and the north and Scotland the longest; the price table higher up covers fourteen 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

Santiago 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 Santiago de Compostela