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The Insider's Guide to Flying Private
We are not a broker and we do not sell flights. We're an editorial guide to private aviation from the Tri-State area — which airports actually work, what the routes really cost you in time, and the trips where flying private is the wrong call.
What we specialize in
Tri-State Routes
We know the nine regional airports and the routes that actually run from them — not a national list copied from someone else's site.
See the routesWeddings & Honeymoons
Guest charters, couple departures, and partnerships with planners who want one honest answer instead of five sales calls.
Wedding travelEvents
Art Basel and the other weekends that absorb the region's private lift, and how far ahead they really lock up.
Event calendarTen routes
Top routes from the Tri-State area
These are the legs that keep Teterboro, Westchester and Morristown busy. Each guide covers block time, seasonality, the right departure field, and the honest case against flying private on that particular trip.
New York → Miami
2h 50mThe route that keeps the whole Tri-State charter market busy.
New York → Palm Beach
2h 45mSeason runs November to April, and pricing follows it exactly.
New York → Nantucket
1h 05mShort hop, small runway, big difference in aircraft choice.
New York → Aspen
4h 20mHigh-altitude airfield with rules most first-timers never hear about.
New York → Los Angeles
5h 30mA true transcon — the point where cabin size stops being cosmetic.
New York → Las Vegas
5h 05mGroup travel math often beats first class here. Sometimes it doesn't.
New York → Bermuda
2h 15mAn over-water leg with documentation and handling to plan for.
New York → Charleston
2h 10mWedding weekends drive most of the private demand on this one.
New York → Martha's Vineyard
1h 10mSummer Fridays are the hardest hour to source lift all year.
New York → Cabo
6h 15mInternational, fuel-stop sensitive, and worth the pre-flight homework.
Flight times are approximate. Actual block time varies with aircraft type, winds, and which Tri-State field you depart from.
Franco Cefalo, Hudson Valley — with Willie and Roo
Who writes this
A Hudson Valley entrepreneur who got tired of the TSA line
Franco Cefalo started Jetset Insiders after one too many pre-dawn drives to a major airport for a two-hour flight. Then he noticed the small fields near his house — quiet ramps with jets on them — and started researching private aviation the way he researches everything: obsessively, and out loud.
He rebuilt and sold Packasport, a high-end rooftop cargo case brand — which is where he learned that the people worth listening to are the ones who obsess over the details nobody else bothers to check.
He is newer to this world than the people selling you charter. That's the point. He asks the questions a first-time flyer actually has, visits the airports, talks to the FBOs, and reports what he finds.
The nine airports
Every private field in the Tri-State area. Not just the famous ones.
We compiled a complete guide to all nine — Teterboro, Westchester, Morristown, Stewart, Republic and the rest — with what each one is genuinely good at, and where the drive time quietly eats your savings.
- TEBTeterboro
- HPNWestchester County
- MMUMorristown
- SWFStewart International
- FRGRepublic
Weddings & honeymoons
One departure, or forty guests
Honeymoon departures and wedding-party charters are two different problems. We write for couples deciding whether one private leg is worth it, and for planners who want a referral partner that answers in plain language.
Wedding travel guideEvents
The weekends that absorb the region's lift
Early December
Art Basel Miami Beach
The single heaviest private aviation week in Florida.
First Saturday in May
Kentucky Derby
Ramp space is capped. Plans get made months ahead.
Spring
Formula 1 Miami
Three days that reprice the entire Northeast-to-Florida run.
February 2027
Mardi Gras
New Orleans gets tight for a week, and the ramp knows it before you do.
Late January 2027
Sundance
Park City's runway is short, the weather votes, and everyone lands at once.
Insiders
Our honest reference library
What people actually get wrong about private aviation: empty legs aren't a discount program, hourly rates aren't the price, membership cards suit frequency rather than curiosity — and that there are trips where you simply shouldn't fly private.
Read the libraryNo signup. No runaround.
Tell us your route. We'll tell you the truth.
Send the route, the dates, and how many people are travelling. We'll pass it to a vetted broker partner who answers you directly — and if private isn't the right call for the trip, we'll say so.