Private charter · KOPF → TJSJ
Private jet charter
Miami to San Juan
No customs and no passport for US travellers makes this the simplest long Caribbean hop from South Florida. Demand is steady all year rather than seasonal.
- Distance
- 911 nmGreat-circle, KOPF to TJSJ
- Flight time
- 2h 16mSuper midsize, block to block
- Nonstop from
- Light jetWith a full cabin and normal reserves
- Quote
- 30 minUsually, in business hours
Aircraft
What flies Miami to San Juan.
| Cabin | Passengers | Flight time | This route | Typical aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light jet | 4–7 | 2h 33m | Nonstop | Citation CJ3+ · Phenom 300 · Learjet 75 |
| Midsize jet | 7–9 | 2h 24m | Nonstop | Citation XLS+ · Hawker 800XP · Learjet 60XR |
| Super midsize | 8–10 | 2h 16m | Nonstop | Challenger 350 · Citation Longitude · Gulfstream G280 |
| Heavy jet | 10–16 | 2h 13m | Nonstop | Gulfstream GIV-SP · Gulfstream G450 · Falcon 900 · Challenger 605 |
| Ultra long range | 12–19 | 2h 08m | Nonstop | Gulfstream G650ER · Global 6000 · Global 7500 · Falcon 8X |
The airports
Where you actually take off and land.
Opa-locka Executive
Miami's business-aviation airport, about twelve miles north of downtown and clear of the airline traffic at MIA. Several FBOs, customs on the field, and the base we fly out of most often. Atlantic Aviation handles about nine out of ten of our departures here; Fontainebleau covers the rest.
FBO Atlantic Aviation
Luis Muñoz Marín International
Puerto Rico is US territory, so there is no customs clearance coming from the mainland and no passport requirement for US travellers. It makes San Juan one of the simplest Caribbean trips there is.
FBO Jet Aviation
What to know
The simplest long Caribbean trip there is
Puerto Rico is US territory. No customs clearance coming from the mainland, no passport requirement for US travellers, no overflight permits, no eAPIS. For a leg of 911 nautical miles that is unusual, and it makes San Juan the easiest same-day-decision trip on this list. Jet Aviation handles us at TJSJ. Demand here is steady all year rather than seasonal, so short notice is far more workable than it is on the resort routes.
Questions
Miami to San Juan, answered.
How long is the flight from Miami to San Juan?
The great-circle distance is 911 nautical miles. A super-midsize jet covers it in about 2h 16m block to block; a light jet needs closer to 2h 33m. Winds move these by fifteen to thirty minutes in either direction, and westbound legs are usually the slower ones.
Which aircraft fly Miami to San Juan nonstop?
Light jet, Midsize jet, Super midsize, Heavy jet, Ultra long range. Those categories carry the range for this leg with normal reserves and a full cabin. Smaller cabins can still fly it with a fuel stop, which adds roughly forty-five minutes on the ground.
Which airports and FBOs do you use for Miami and San Juan?
Opa-locka Executive (KOPF) at the Miami end and Luis Muñoz Marín International (TJSJ) at the San Juan end. We normally use Atlantic Aviation at KOPF and Jet Aviation at TJSJ. If you already have a preference at either end we use yours, and if a different field suits your ground plans better we will quote that instead.
How quickly can you quote this route?
Most come back within thirty minutes during business hours. A trip that needs international permits or an unusual airport takes longer, and we tell you which yours is rather than leaving you waiting. Either way you get options from certified Part 135 operators with the trade-offs written out.
How we work
A brokerage built by pilots.
We check the operator before you fly
Certificates first, then the aircraft. We pull the operator's Wyvern standing and the assigned crew's type rating, currency and hours on that specific aircraft. Coming from the flight deck ourselves, we know which of those numbers matter and which only look good on paper. If it does not come back clean, we go elsewhere and you never hear about it.
The aircraft has to match the airport
The most common request we turn around is the largest cabin into the smallest field. Sometimes the aircraft simply cannot do it. When that happens we come back with a different cabin, a different airport nearby, or two aircraft, and where it makes sense, a helicopter or a car for the last leg. Getting you there properly is a different job from selling you the airplane you asked for.
Your FBO, not ours
Atlantic Aviation is our home at Opa-locka. Years of working together, and it shows in how our clients get handled. Beyond that we work with Fontainebleau at OPF, Jet Nassau in the Bahamas and Jet Aviation worldwide, plus most major FBOs globally. If you already have a preference at either end, we use yours.
What happens when something breaks
Aircraft go unserviceable and weather closes airports. What separates one broker from another is the twenty minutes afterwards. We have moved a client onto a larger cabin at no extra cost to keep his morning, and we have put a trip together inside an hour for a three in the morning departure. Where we can upgrade you at no additional cost, we do.