Private jet charter in Southampton

A jet from a London field lands at Southampton in about half an hour, and the flying is rarely the point of the booking. The point is a cruise ship waiting at the quay, a Solent regatta, a weekend in the New Forest, a morning in Winchester or the helicopter hop across to Cowes. Private Jets UK builds the charter around that plan. 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. For anyone flying from elsewhere in Britain Southampton is a domestic destination, while a jet from Jersey, Geneva or Dubai comes under the Border Force arrangements described further down.

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 Southampton 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+ 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 Southampton?

About half an hour from the London fields in a light jet, close to an hour and a half from Edinburgh or Glasgow in a turboprop, and the clocks stay put wherever you start in Britain. At 31 to 328 nautical miles the flight is only part of the journey: taxi, climb and approach take a large share of the shorter sectors. The table gives each sector into Southampton Airport (SOU). Bournemouth is left out on purpose, because at 22 nautical miles it is a neighbouring airport and belongs with the alternatives further down, not among the routes.

Prices for the private jet flights to Southampton

Typical trips from Britain, cheapest first, all of them into Southampton Airport. Cowes Week, the Boat Show fortnight and a cruise embarkation Saturday are the dates when a quote can price above these figures, and the calendar block further down says when they fall.

Look at the figures twice: all four London sectors show £5,300 and five of the nine turboprop sectors show £3,100. Those are minimum charges, not coincidences. On a short one-way job the operator bills the aircraft's flight back to base as well, and below a certain mileage the floor price replaces the arithmetic. A PC-12 stays on that floor up to about 182 nautical miles, which is why Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool come out the same. Only Newcastle at £3,650, Belfast at £3,950, Edinburgh at £4,300 and Glasgow at £4,400 rise above it.

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 Southampton

From Southampton the short hops go to the Channel Islands and Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam are about an hour in a light jet, and Geneva, Zurich, Nice and Palma take around two. Anything longer is normally flown from Farnborough or Bournemouth, where a large cabin has more runway. 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 Southampton:

This is a sample of the fleet. A south-coast booking outside the peak weeks usually finds an aircraft close by at Bournemouth or Farnborough, or across the water on the Channel Islands, so the quote may start from one of them. That is routine and is often what makes the price better.

How to book a private jet?

You can book a private jet flight to Southampton 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 around Southampton

One airport does most of the work, and four others matter when the programme is on the Dorset coast, in West Sussex or on the island. One airport you might expect to find on the list, Portsmouth, has had no airline or business flying for decades.

Four things decide most Southampton arrivals:

Passport, customs and the Channel Islands

Inside Great Britain there is nothing to clear. A party flying in from London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow or Belfast steps from the aircraft into a car: no officer looks at a passport, no customs check takes place and no General Aviation Report is filed. The handler asks for a passenger list and the time of arrival.

Arrivals from the Channel Islands and from abroad are another matter. Southampton Airport lists customs as available on site, and the General Aviation Report goes to Border Force through the handler. It is submitted between 48 and 2 hours before departure, and the airport's own page asks Border Force for longer notice: 4 hours for the EU, 12 hours for the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and 24 hours for the rest of the world. We plan to the longer figure. The penalty for getting it wrong is real: £2,500 for a first landing at a non-regulated aerodrome, and £2,000 for each passenger carried without permission. Most visitors who need no visa must also hold an Electronic Travel Authorisation, though British and Irish citizens do not.

Going out, the rules are those of the country you land in. Passengers on a British passport bound for Paris, Geneva or the Mediterranean meet EU or Schengen border control at the other end, including a photo and fingerprints at first entry. Send us the nationalities of the party with the request and we check the position for your dates.

From the apron to the quay, the Solent and the New Forest

Southampton is a city of about a quarter of a million people on the water where the Test and the Itchen meet, and the harbour shapes everything about the trip. The Titanic sailed from here, so did the Mayflower, and the Spitfire was designed in the city. Two universities, Southampton and Solent, give the place about 40,000 students. A private party arrives in the middle of a working port, with the cruise terminals, the yacht marinas and the ferry quays all within a short drive of the airfield.

The cruise business is a major reason for a private flight to this airport. The port is described as the busiest cruise turnaround port in Northern Europe, with five passenger terminals, and Cunard's Queen Mary 2 sails from here on the scheduled transatlantic service to New York. A party that flies in for an embarkation day does not queue at the terminal building: the aircraft parks at Signature at the northern end of the field, the car takes the bags and the guests to the terminal, and the timing is worked back from the ship's check-in. The same applies in reverse on the day a ship comes in.

The Solent is the other draw. It is the strip of water between the mainland and the Isle of Wight, tricky for sailors because of its strong double tides, and it frames Cowes Week in early August and the Round the Island Race in June, with the Southampton Boat Show on the waterfront in September. The island itself covers 150 square miles and holds Osborne House, where Queen Victoria died, and the Needles on the western tip. Clients cross with the Red Funnel fast ferry from Town Quay or with a helicopter, and leave the island for the last evening on the mainland.

Winchester is the quiet midweek trip. It was the premier city of the West Saxon kingdom and Alfred's proto-capital, and today it has a cathedral begun in the eleventh century, the Great Hall that holds the painted Round Table, the almshouses of the Hospital of St Cross and Winchester College. Portsmouth, farther along the coast, is a day for the Historic Dockyard, where the Mary Rose, HMS Victory and HMS Warrior lie, and for the Spinnaker Tower, about 170 m high. The New Forest, a national park of 219 square miles with ponies running free on the heath, begins within a few miles of the airport, and Beaulieu, inside the forest, is the usual stop for the motor museum and the abbey ruins.

Flying to Southampton with a dog or a cat

Between English, Scottish and Welsh airfields an animal needs nothing at the border, because there is none. Dogs and cats ride in the cabin with their owner, and a dog should be microchipped, which Great Britain requires anyway. The sectors are short enough that most animals sleep through them. The rules start to matter when a flight begins or ends outside Great Britain. Cruises are a separate question: few ships carry pets, but Cunard offers cat and dog kennels on Queen Mary 2 for the transatlantic crossing, and that is worth settling before the flight is booked.

What each type of Southampton flight asks of the animal:

• Within Great Britain: the microchip and the operator's usual documents, nothing more;
• Northern Ireland to Southampton: the animal is not checked on the way back to Great Britain, and a dog needs no tapeworm treatment for that return;
• Jersey or Guernsey to Southampton: we confirm the rules for your date in writing, because these arrivals also pass through Border Force;
• Abroad to Southampton: a dog needs a vet's tapeworm treatment between 24 and 120 hours before landing, together with a pet travel document and a declaration, with at most five animals per traveller; cats are exempt from the treatment;
• Southampton to the EU: the microchip first or at the same time as the rabies vaccine, the vaccination from 12 weeks of age and a 21-day wait, and an Animal Health Certificate for each trip, valid for ten days for entry. A Great Britain pet passport is not accepted.

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

The Southampton calendar: ships, regattas and a motor-racing hillside

Cruise ships fill this port all year round, while the sailing, racing and airshow dates fall into one crowded summer. Pick the week first and the aircraft second.

Ways to bring the Southampton price down

• Use a turboprop from the Midlands and the north. Up to about 182 nautical miles the PC-12 costs £3,100 against £5,300 for a light jet, and eight people with ordinary bags fit in its cabin;
• Pick the origin that is easiest to reach. Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool cost the same to Southampton, so what you save is on the drive to the airfield;
• Ask us which aircraft is closest. A jet that already sits in Bournemouth, Farnborough or on the Channel Islands needs little positioning, whereas one from Scotland drags a long empty sector into the bill;
• Fly in the day before a cruise sailing instead of on the embarkation Saturday, and avoid the first Saturday of Cowes Week;
• Finish the day before 22:00, the listed closing time from Monday to Saturday. Later departures need prior permission and are the ones that tend to change the choice of aircraft.

Types of flights

Southampton is a port, a cruise hub, a sailing centre and the doorway to the heritage towns and country estates of the south coast, and the charters reflect that.

• Cruise embarkations and disembarkations, usually a party of two to six with a lot of luggage, a car at the aircraft door and a ship's check-in time that sets the schedule;
• Business and professional travel into the port, the city and the university, usually a morning in and an afternoon out, with Signature at the northern end of the field;
• Sailing parties for Cowes Week in August, the Round the Island Race in June and the Boat Show in September, often with a ferry or helicopter booked for the island leg;
• Motor racing and airshow traffic for the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Revival and Glorious Goodwood, and the Farnborough Airshow in alternate summers;
• Heritage and country weekends built on Winchester, Portsmouth, Beaulieu and the New Forest, usually with a dog;
• Departures to Jersey, Guernsey, Dublin and onward to the Alps and the Mediterranean, which are the same flights run the other way.

A typical working day: Biggin Hill at half past seven, Southampton a little after eight, Winchester by nine. The party can be back at the aircraft for a dinner departure so long as it leaves before the airport closes at 22:00, or before 23:00 with prior permission. Aircraft and crew wait on the ground all day, which is billed, yet the total stays below two separate one-way charters.

Empty Legs

An empty leg is a repositioning flight with nobody aboard, offered at a fraction of the usual price. Southampton has several seasonal peaks that create them, and it helps to know what produces them.

On a corridor with less traffic than the London trunk routes, a few free days to offer help more than one fixed evening. The usual trade applies: the operator decides the date and the hour, and a leg disappears if the original booking changes. Open legs appear on our empty legs page, and we alert you to a Southampton match as soon as one is released.

Helicopter charter

At Southampton the helicopter is for water and hillsides rather than for the city: the airport is a short drive from the quay, and Winchester is within half an hour by road. Rotary flight pays where the road ends, on the island, at the racecourse or at the motor-racing events.

Choice of machine: the Airbus H125 for quick transfers, the H130 with its wider cabin for estate or course hops, the H135 or the Bell 429 when a twin-engine aircraft is wanted, and the H155 for larger groups. One timetable covers both crews.

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 Southampton 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 Southampton

The London fields feed this corridor, but the cheapest turboprop sectors start in the Midlands and the north: Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester and Liverpool are all within 159 nautical miles of Southampton, less than an hour in a PC-12. The price table above covers 13 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

Southampton 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 Southampton