Miami–New York is the most-flown private jet route in the United States. The 2h 50m hop runs heavy traffic year-round, peaking around Art Basel Miami (December), Super Bowl, Hamptons summer season and the New York fall fashion calendar.
967 nm great-circle between OPF and TEB, 2h 50m typical block time.
“Price on this pair follows aircraft positioning. Give us a day of latitude and the saving usually shows up there, not in the rate card.”
Depart OPF — Primary departure for Miami. · Arrive HPN — Primary arrival for New York. · Value pick: Cessna Citation Mustang · Premium pick: Bombardier Challenger 300
WHAT TO DO NEXT · AIRCRAFT CHOICE DECIDES THIS SECTOR
Aircraft choice matters more than usual here because the limiting field removes classes that otherwise have the range for the sector — the runway, not the distance, sets the short-list.
A second airport with comparable verified data serves at least one end of this pair, so the runway constraint can also be answered by changing the field rather than the aircraft.
ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · AIRCRAFT RECOMMENDATION ENGINE
BEST VALUE
Light Jet
The Cessna Citation Mustang clears both runways and has range headroom on the 967 nm leg without stepping up into a larger, more expensive cabin — the lowest hourly cost that still handles this pair reliably.
Indicative all-in €7,600
MOST POPULAR
Midsize
Midsize aircraft like the Cessna Citation VII are the workhorse of Miami–New York — they hit the sweet spot on cabin comfort, block time and cost that the majority of charterers pick.
Indicative all-in €9,700
FASTEST
Super Midsize
On 967 nm the Bombardier Challenger 300 carries the highest cruise speed in the eligible short-list. The saving is roughly 18 minutes of block time against the smallest eligible class — worth it on a same-day return, marginal otherwise.
Indicative all-in €11,100
ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · AIRPORT INTELLIGENCE
A private jet mission stands or falls on airport choice. For Miami → New York we resolve the primary field on each side, then rank the alternatives worth considering with the trade-offs that actually matter to a client — transfer time, curfew, slot pressure, MTOW and helicopter link.
DEPARTURE · OPF
BEST FOR
LESS SUITED FOR
NEARBY ALTERNATIVES
Closest GA option to Coral Gables and Coconut Grove.
Overflow with strong FBO capacity.
Palm Beach-side alternative.
ARRIVAL · TEB
New York metro · United States
BEST FOR
LESS SUITED FOR
NEARBY ALTERNATIVES
Only viable when TEB is closed or your aircraft exceeds TEB's 100k lb MTOW.
Westchester alternative with no MTOW headache.
New Jersey alternative for west-suburban journeys.
Route Intelligence · Airport Decision
Every line below for Miami → New York is drawn from the airport register, published runway length and verified handling facts. Where a figure is not published, we leave it out.
Departure · Miami
| Airport | Published runway | Class ceiling | From primary | Transfer | FBOs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 OPF OPF Primary endpoint | 8,002 ft | ulr | 0 nm | 20 min | 4 |
02 TMB TMB verified market airport | 6,000 ft | midsize | 18 nm | — | — |
03 FXE FXE verified market airport | 6,002 ft | midsize | 18 nm | — | — |
04 FLL FLL verified market airport | 9,000 ft | ulr | 12 nm | — | — |
05 PBI PBI verified regional alternative | 10,001 ft | ulr | 48 nm | — | — |
Dashes mark values not published for that field — we do not estimate them.
Arrival · New York
| Airport | Published runway | Class ceiling | From primary | Transfer | FBOs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
01 Teterboro Airport TEB Primary endpoint | 7,000 ft | super-midsize | 0 nm | 25 min | 5 |
02 HPN HPN verified market airport | 6,549 ft | super-midsize | 21 nm | 45 min | 3 |
03 FRG FRG verified market airport | 6,833 ft | super-midsize | 30 nm | — | — |
04 EWR EWR verified market airport | 11,000 ft | ulr | 11 nm | — | — |
05 MMU MMU verified market airport | 5,998 ft | midsize | 16 nm | — | — |
Dashes mark values not published for that field — we do not estimate them.
Route Intelligence · Ground Truth
Curated ground facts held for the Miami → New York endpoints. Transfer times and modes are published values, quoted as held — where a figure is not published, nothing is stated.
Arrival · HPN · City access
TEB is the private-jet default at 25 min to Midtown; JFK/EWR are used for heavier ULR movements.
Destination register · localTransfer
Departure · OPF · City access
OPF is the private-jet default at 20 min to Miami Beach; TMB serves the south; MIA rarely used for private.
Destination register · localTransfer
Published runway length at OPF and HPN, read against the 967 nm sector.
Departure field
OPF · Miami
8,002ft
Arrival field
HPN · New York
6,549ft
OPF publishes 8,002 ft of runway, which accepts ultra-long-range aircraft and below at full performance.
HPN publishes 6,549 ft, accepting super-midsize aircraft and below.
The 967 nm sector is inside the usable range of light jet, midsize, super-midsize, heavy jet and ultra-long-range metal after IFR reserves.
Runway length at HPN (New York) — not range — removes heavy jet and ultra-long-range from this pair; Super-midsize is the practical ceiling into the field.
Nonstop and runway-legal on this pair: light jet, midsize and super-midsize.
Payload or fuel trade-offs apply where the published runway sits under the preferred length (heavy jet 7,500 ft preferred; ultra-long-range 8,000 ft preferred).
ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · PRICING INTELLIGENCE
On Miami → New York, seasonality is the biggest lever on price today.
PRICE DRIVERS
Aircraft based off-route are repositioned to Miami before pickup — the shorter that leg, the more competitive the quote.
If the aircraft can't pick up a return charter from New York, the empty repositioning leg is baked into your quote.
Landing, handling and ramp fees on OPF–TEB are set field by field — OPF and TEB each carry their own coordinated-airport surcharge profile.
Across 967 nm the fuel uplift is a bounded line item on OPF–TEB, not the driver of the quote.
Miami → New York demand cycles pull the 967 nm sector off its low band on peak weeks.
Ramp capacity at TEB constrains the lift available for 967 nm inbounds from Miami — operators quote accordingly.
Weather rarely re-prices OPF–TEB beyond marginal fuel adjustments over 967 nm.
Slot coordination at TEB — peak-season Saturdays especially — forces earlier commitment on Miami departures and raises handling on OPF–TEB.
At 967 nm, OPF–TEB sits far inside a single crew duty period — no augmented crew cost.
Overnight parking at TEB is normally available and adds a defined ramp and handling fee to the OPF–TEB quote.
SAVING OPPORTUNITIES
Saving levers on Miami → New York
If the aircraft is already positioned closer to another Miami-area field, using it reduces positioning cost and often trims 5–15% off the quote.
Alternative arrivals near TEB can trim handling and slot pressure on OPF–TEB — see the airport comparison above.
OPF ↔ TEB (967 nm) is a corridor we monitor for empty legs — set an alert and match one when your dates flex.
Departing 2–4 hours off the peak slot window at OPF drops handling and slot fees on the 967 nm run to TEB.
967 nm is inside super-midsize range, so a category step down from heavy metal on OPF–TEB cuts the quote with almost identical cabin comfort.
Estimated ranges only · Charter market · Never a live quote
Route Intelligence · Operational
Miami → New York operational profile
Nonstop feasibility
Well within super-midsize range — comfortably nonstop on this corridor.
Typical flight level
FL370–FL430 across 967 nm on OPF–TEB
Typical routing
Direct OPF–TEB routing, 967 nm great-circle with negligible airway detour.
Noise / curfew
Night curfew at New York (23:00–06:00 voluntary + noise fees).
Runway
7,000 ft (shorter of OPF and TEB) accommodates super-midsize and heavy jets on typical payloads.
Fuel stop likelihood
No fuel stop on 967 nm; OPF–TEB is a single-sector mission for every class we quote.
Cabin service
Light catering only — 967 nm block time leaves no window for a galley service.
Best departure time
Mid-morning (10:00–12:00) departure from OPF clears the weekday slot peak and lands TEB before midday handling pressure.
Measured movements only — aggregated, de-identified and stated without interpretation (August 2026 – September 2026).
At Miami (OPF) the archive holds 91 recorded repositioning movements (49 outbound, 42 inbound) involving 11 distinct operators.
Source: v_broker_airport_supply · legs_out, legs_in, operators
The types most frequently observed at Miami (OPF) are Gulfstream G650ER, Gulfstream V, Gulfstream IV-SP, Global 6500, Cessna Citation Ultra.
Source: v_broker_airport_types · aircraft_type, rank
Recorded movement at Miami (OPF) concentrates in July and August, which account for 84% of 91 archived legs; January is the thinnest recorded month.
Source: v_broker_airport_months · month, legs
At New York (TEB) the archive holds 480 recorded repositioning movements (240 outbound, 240 inbound) involving 20 distinct operators.
Source: v_broker_airport_supply · legs_out, legs_in, operators
58 aircraft are recorded as based at New York (TEB) in our operator base snapshot, spread across 19 operators.
Source: operator_bases_cache · aircraft, company
The types most frequently observed at New York (TEB) are Gulfstream GVII-G600, Challenger 300, Global 7500, Challenger 350, Gulfstream G280.
Source: operator_bases_cache · aircraft.type
Recorded movement at New York (TEB) concentrates in July and August, which account for 58% of 480 archived legs; December is the thinnest recorded month.
Source: v_broker_airport_months · month, legs
Observed availability, positioning reality and airport friction from our own movement archive (August 2026 – September 2026) — anonymised, never operator-attributed.
Full-charter one-way, desk quote
€6,500 – €12,700
Light Jet through Super Midsize over 967 nm OPF–TEB, all-in of landing, handling, crew and fuel surcharge. Weekend and peak-season departures out of OPF sit at the upper end.
Price stand: July 2026, reconciled against 4 observed movements on the pair. OPF–TEB quotes move with fuel, crew duty and slot availability — we re-price at the point of booking.
OPF–TEB supply — deep
OPF — 91 archived movements (49 out / 42 in) from 11 operators. TEB — 58 based aircraft across 19 operators, 480 archived movements (240 out / 240 in) from 20 operators. Types recorded working this pair: Gulfstream GVII-G600, Challenger 300, Global 7500, Challenger 350.
Positioning into Miami (OPF)
Alongside the based fleet, the nearest recorded bases are KOPF (0 nm, 29 aircraft), KMIA (7 nm, 8 aircraft), KFLL (12 nm, 15 aircraft).
Positioning into Teterboro (TEB)
Alongside the based fleet, the nearest recorded bases are KEWR (11 nm, 1 aircraft), KMMU (16 nm, 3 aircraft), KLDJ (16 nm, 2 aircraft).
Miami (OPF) — departing for TEB
OPF departing for TEB: PPR none.
Teterboro (TEB) — arriving from OPF
TEB arriving from OPF: No slot coordination; PPR for peak Sundays. Curfew: 23:00–06:00 voluntary + noise fees.
Teterboro (TEB)
Charter movement in our archive concentrates in July and August (58% of 480 recorded legs), and falls away in December and October.
Boeing BBJ / ACJ and fully-fuelled Global 7500
TEB enforces a 100,000 lb MTOW limit. Those airframes have to use a secondary field, which adds a ground transfer that usually wipes out the cabin advantage.
Global 7500 / Gulfstream G650 on a short sector
Over 967 nm an ultra-long-range cabin bills roughly €8,100/hour for a flight measured in single-digit hours, and rarely repositions economically to this pair. You pay ULR money for a cabin you cannot use.
Miami — real alternatives, and when we use them
Miami Executive (TMB), 25 km out — Closest GA option to Coral Gables and Coconut Grove. Trade-off: shorter runway. Fort Lauderdale (FLL), 40 km out — Overflow with strong FBO capacity. Trade-off: commercial mixing. Palm Beach (PBI), 110 km out — Palm Beach-side alternative. Trade-off: distance to miami.
New York — real alternatives, and when we use them
Newark (EWR), 10 km out — Only viable when TEB is closed or your aircraft exceeds TEB's 100k lb MTOW. Trade-off: slot scarcity. White Plains (HPN), 55 km out — Westchester alternative with no MTOW headache. Trade-off: 45 min to manhattan. Morristown (MMU), 45 km out — New Jersey alternative for west-suburban journeys. Trade-off: farther from manhattan.
Empty Legs
Repositioning legs departing OPF within 14 days, priced per aircraft for up to 19 seats.
LATEST EMPTY LEGS · MIAMI → NEW YORK
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EMPTY-LEG ALERTS
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ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · BOOKING ADVICE
LEAD TIME
48–72 hours is comfortable — 12 hours is achievable when aircraft are in position.
BEST BOOKING WINDOW
Tuesday–Thursday midweek is typically the lowest-friction window on this pair.
FLEXIBLE DATES
A ±1-day window opens up meaningfully more empty-leg and repositioning options — worth signalling in the enquiry.
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ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · FAQ
Miami → New York frequently asked questions
ASK A QUESTIONAirborne time is approximately 2h 50m on the 967 nm great-circle sector in a light jet, or about 3h 05m block to block once taxi at OPF and HPN is counted. Across the 3 classes that clear both runways nonstop, block time runs from 2h 45m in a super-midsize to 3h 05m in a light jet. Runway length at HPN — not range — keeps heavy jet and ultra-long-range off the pair, so these times assume super-midsize or smaller. Figures are indicative great-circle estimates; actual times move with routing, winds and ATC on the day.
Over the 967 nm sector our desk models light jet charter from €6,500 one-way, midsize from €8,300 and super-midsize from €9,500. Neither field length nor sector range removes a cabin category here, so the spread between light jet and super-midsize reflects cabin choice rather than an operating restriction on the pair. More than one field serves this pair, and the modelled rows above are the ones our desk applies to the primary airport pairing. These are modelled charter estimates for this pair — not live quotes, not observed transactions — and the final figure moves with aircraft positioning and availability on the date.
Cessna Citation VII (Midsize) is our standing pick — Midsize aircraft like the Cessna Citation VII are the workhorse of Miami–New York — they hit the sweet spot on cabin comfort, block time and cost that the majority of charterers pick.
See the airport comparison.
Yes — on a full round trip, the operator may need a fresh crew on the return. Confirm at booking.
An aircraft based near Miami with follow-on work after New York will always undercut an equivalent aircraft flown in for the trip.
Yes — Art Basel Miami Beach in early Dec materially compresses aircraft availability; book 4–8 weeks ahead for that window.
Yes — TEB is the private-jet default at 25 min to Midtown; JFK/EWR are used for heavier ULR movements.
Demand pattern
Miami ↔ New York ranked #9 North America city pair in June 2026 with 395 bidirectional flights (-30.21% MoM, +13.51% YoY).
operator report · confidence 95% · verified 2026-07-28
Miami ↔ New York moved -30.21% MoM in June 2026 (566 → 395).
operator report · confidence 94% · verified 2026-07-28
Miami ↔ New York moved +13.51% YoY in June 2026 (348 in June 2025 → 395).
operator report · confidence 94% · verified 2026-07-28
Miami ↔ New York ranked #5 North America absolute volume change in June 2026: -171 (566 → 395).
operator report · confidence 94% · verified 2026-07-28
Observed supply
We have observed 9 empty-leg repositionings on this pair in our own inventory feed, first recorded 2026-07-10 and most recently 2026-09-25.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
Miami ↔ New York recorded 4,098 bidirectional movements Jan–Aug 2025 (-2.8% YoY) — rank #3, with Challenger 300 and Gulfstream heavy jets dominating the sector.
operator report · confidence 94% · verified 2026-07-28
2 distinct operators and 4 aircraft types have flown this pair in the period we track.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
Aircraft evidence
On Miami ↔ New York in Jan–Aug 2025, Challenger 300 Series led at 15.71%, with Gulfstream G550 (5.61%) and G450 (5.32%) rounding out the top 3.
operator report · confidence 92% · verified 2026-07-28
Miami ↔ New York uniquely featured heavy jets in its top 3 Jan–Aug 2025: Challenger 300 (15.71%), Gulfstream G550 (5.61%), G450 (5.32%).
operator report · confidence 92% · verified 2026-07-28
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