Who We Are
Palm Beach Jet Charter is a private jet charter brokerage serving Palm Beach Island, West Palm Beach, the Boca Raton corridor and the Treasure Coast. We arrange on-demand charter flights, group trips, empty leg flights and non-emergency medical transport for individuals, families and corporate teams.
We work as advisors, and we do the extra work that is not required. When you call us with a trip, we source available aircraft from vetted operators, put the options that actually fit your route and party size in front of you, and stay with the trip from the first quote through landing. We do not own aircraft and we do not operate them. Under DOT Part 295, when we book a flight as your agent rather than as the operator, we put it in writing.
Why the Vetting Matters
The charter industry has more than 4,000 brokers worldwide and almost no barrier to entry. Most are not required to hold a license, carry insurance, or pass any test. We hold ourselves to standards no one makes us meet: third-party safety vetting on the flights that qualify for it, NBAA membership since 2012, and Premium Wyvern Broker Member status. Fewer than 60 brokers in the world hold that designation, and we are one of them.
The Palm Beach Market
Palm Beach is one of the busiest private aviation markets in the country. President Donald J. Trump International Airport (KDJT/DJT), in West Palm Beach, handled roughly 34,000 private jet departures in 2025, which puts it around fourth in the United States. The route north to Teterboro Airport (KTEB/TEB) and Westchester County Airport (KHPN/HPN) runs all year and is the busiest corridor we work. It also produces more empty legs in both directions than almost any other domestic route, which is worth asking about if your dates are flexible.
One distinction is worth getting right, because it decides which airport you want. The Town of Palm Beach is a barrier island, sixteen miles long and under a mile wide. West Palm Beach is the mainland city across Lake Worth Lagoon, and the airport is there.
The Season, and the Rest of the Year
Palm Beach runs on a calendar and the calendar drives the aircraft. High season opens in November and holds through April, with December through March the sharpest stretch. The island’s permanent population is under ten thousand and multiplies several times over in those months. The weeks that book out first are the ones built around an event: the International Red Cross Ball at The Breakers in January, the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington from January into late March, the charity gala circuit through February, the Palm Beach International Boat Show on the downtown West Palm Beach waterfront in mid-March, and the polo finals at the International Polo Club in Wellington through March and April. Thanksgiving week, Christmas and Easter move families in and out in both directions.
Summer is the other half of the picture, and it is a better time to fly if your dates can move. June through September is quieter and there is more aircraft available at short notice. Hurricane season runs June 1 through November 30 and peaks in September, and summer afternoons build weather along the coast most days, so a morning departure is usually the clean window.
Where We Fly From
We arrange flights from every airport that serves the area. President Donald J. Trump International is the main one and is an airport of entry. Boca Raton Airport (KBCT/BCT) sits about twenty-two miles south of the island and runs a customs user fee facility on set daytime hours rather than around the clock, which is worth settling early on anything international. Witham Field (KSUA/SUA) in Stuart and Palm Beach County Park Airport (KLNA/LNA) at Lantana serve trips at the north and south ends of the market, and North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport (F45) covers the Jupiter and Juno Beach area. Treasure Coast International Airport (KFPR/FPR) at Fort Pierce and Vero Beach Regional Airport (KVRB/VRB) extend the same coverage up the coast.
Which field suits your trip depends on where you are coming from, the size of aircraft and where you are staying. Whether a particular aircraft can use a particular airport on your date is a performance calculation the operator makes for that aircraft, at that weight, in the conditions on the day, so we confirm it with them rather than guessing from a runway length. Palm Beach also carries standing federal airspace restrictions tied to the Mar-a-Lago estate, which your advisor factors into departure and arrival timing.
What to Expect
Our advisors answer the phone 24 hours a day, every day of the year. You will get a direct answer on availability, aircraft and weather rather than the answer you were hoping for, and if something changes between booking and departure you hear it from us first. On international trips, landing permits are generally applied for after the trip is secured on the aircraft schedule, and sometimes the timeline sits with the local airport authority rather than with us.
We started arranging private flights in 2012. We are not the largest brokerage in the business and that is deliberate, because every trip through this office gets the same attention. When you are ready, call 1-888-987-5387 or send us the trip and we will usually have options in front of you within a few hours.
Vetting Behind Every Trip
Every operator, aircraft, and crew goes through our internal due diligence before we present any options. Our internal standards meet or exceed what the FAA requires:
- FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or FAR Part 121 for airliner-size and group trips (or the foreign equivalent on international legs)
- Operator subscription to Wyvern and ARGUS reviewed where the operator participates.
- Pilot experience and operator incident history reviewed before we recommend an aircraft.
- Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them.