The Nantucket to Antigua corridor is served by private charter through Limitless Sky. This page consolidates the airport options, aircraft classes and pricing context for the route, plus availability of empty legs and concierge ground arrangements at both ends.
1,510 nm great-circle between ACK and ANU, 4h 15m typical block time.
“The quote here tracks aircraft positioning more than anything else — flexibility against that driver is what moves the price.”
Depart ACK — Primary departure for Nantucket. · Arrive ANU — Primary arrival for Antigua. · Value pick: Cessna Citation VII · Premium pick: Dassault Falcon 50EX
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.
ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · AIRCRAFT RECOMMENDATION ENGINE
BEST VALUE
Midsize
The Cessna Citation VII clears both runways and has range headroom on the 1,510 nm leg without stepping up into a larger, more expensive cabin — the lowest hourly cost that still handles this pair reliably.
Indicative all-in €14,400
FASTEST
Heavy
On 1,510 nm the Dassault Falcon 50EX carries the highest cruise speed in the eligible short-list. The saving is roughly 20 minutes of block time against the smallest eligible class — worth it on a same-day return, marginal otherwise.
Indicative all-in €28,500
ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · AIRPORT INTELLIGENCE
A private jet mission stands or falls on airport choice. For Nantucket → Antigua 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 · ACK
DATA · AIRPORT REGISTER · PUBLISHED VALUES ONLY
ARRIVAL · ANU
DATA · AIRPORT REGISTER · PUBLISHED VALUES ONLY
Route Intelligence · Airport Decision
Every line below for Nantucket → Antigua is drawn from the airport register, published runway length and verified handling facts. Where a figure is not published, we leave it out.
Departure · Nantucket
Route Intelligence · Ground Truth
Curated ground facts held for the Nantucket → Antigua endpoints. Transfer times and modes are published values, quoted as held — where a figure is not published, nothing is stated.
Arrival · ANU · City access
ANU is 20–30 min to English Harbour and Jumby Bay onward tender.
Destination register · localTransfer · tender
Arrival · ANU · What anchors demand
English Harbour, Falmouth and Jumby Bay.
Destination register · localAnchor
Departure · ACK · City access
ACK is 10 min to town and 20 min to Sconset; peak summer is highly slot-constrained.
Destination register · localTransfer
Published runway length at ACK and ANU, read against the 1,510 nm sector.
Departure field
ACK · Nantucket
6,303ft
Arrival field
ANU · Antigua
9,003ft
ACK publishes 6,303 ft of runway, which accepts midsize aircraft and below at full performance.
ANU publishes 9,003 ft, accepting ultra-long-range aircraft and below.
The 1,510 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 ACK (Nantucket) — not range — removes super-midsize, heavy jet and ultra-long-range from this pair; Midsize is the practical ceiling into the field.
Nonstop and runway-legal on this pair: light jet and midsize.
Payload or fuel trade-offs apply where the published runway sits under the preferred length (super-midsize 6,500 ft preferred; heavy jet 7,500 ft preferred).
ROUTE INTELLIGENCE · PRICING INTELLIGENCE
On Nantucket → Antigua, aircraft positioning is the biggest lever on price today.
PRICE DRIVERS
Aircraft based off-route are repositioned to Nantucket before pickup — the shorter that leg, the more competitive the quote.
If the aircraft can't pick up a return charter from Antigua, the empty repositioning leg is baked into your quote.
Landing, handling and ramp fees on ACK–ANU are set field by field — ACK and ANU each carry their own coordinated-airport surcharge profile.
Across 1,510 nm the fuel uplift is a bounded line item on ACK–ANU, not the driver of the quote.
Nantucket → Antigua demand cycles pull the 1,510 nm sector off its low band on peak weeks.
Ramp capacity at ANU constrains the lift available for 1,510 nm inbounds from Nantucket — operators quote accordingly.
Weather rarely re-prices ACK–ANU beyond marginal fuel adjustments over 1,510 nm.
Slot coordination at ANU — peak-season Saturdays especially — forces earlier commitment on Nantucket departures and raises handling on ACK–ANU.
At 1,510 nm, ACK–ANU sits far inside a single crew duty period — no augmented crew cost.
Overnight parking at ANU is normally available and adds a defined ramp and handling fee to the ACK–ANU quote.
SAVING OPPORTUNITIES
Saving levers on Nantucket → Antigua
If the aircraft is already positioned closer to another Nantucket-area field, using it reduces positioning cost and often trims 5–15% off the quote.
Alternative arrivals near ANU can trim handling and slot pressure on ACK–ANU — see the airport comparison above.
ACK ↔ ANU (1,510 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 ACK drops handling and slot fees on the 1,510 nm run to ANU.
1,510 nm is inside super-midsize range, so a category step down from heavy metal on ACK–ANU cuts the quote with almost identical cabin comfort.
Estimated ranges only · Charter market · Never a live quote
Route Intelligence · Operational
Nantucket → Antigua operational profile
Nonstop feasibility
Well within super-midsize range — comfortably nonstop on this corridor.
Typical flight level
FL370–FL430 across 1,510 nm on ACK–ANU
Typical routing
Overland European upper routes — direct via UN airways with minimal detour.
Runway
6,303 ft (shorter of ACK and ANU) favours midsize and super-midsize jets; heavy metal may need payload optimisation.
Fuel stop likelihood
No fuel stop on 1,510 nm; ACK–ANU is a single-sector mission for every class we quote.
Cabin service
Cold gourmet catering, coffee/espresso, single hot service typical.
Best departure time
Mid-morning (10:00–12:00) departure from ACK clears the weekday slot peak and lands ANU before midday handling pressure.
Measured movements only — aggregated, de-identified and stated without interpretation.
At Nantucket (ACK) the archive holds 23 recorded repositioning movements (11 outbound, 12 inbound) involving 8 distinct operators.
Source: v_broker_airport_supply · legs_out, legs_in, operators
The types most frequently observed at Nantucket (ACK) are Cessna Citation Ultra, Global 5000, Falcon 900B, Gulfstream G200, Learjet 45XR.
Source: v_broker_airport_types · aircraft_type, rank
Recorded movement at Nantucket (ACK) concentrates in July and August, which account for 96% of 23 archived legs; September is the thinnest recorded month.
Source: v_broker_airport_months · month, legs
Observed availability, positioning reality and airport friction from our own movement archive — anonymised, never operator-attributed.
Full-charter one-way, desk quote
€12,700 – €29,200
Midsize through Heavy over 1,510 nm ACK–ANU, all-in of landing, handling, crew and fuel surcharge. Weekend and peak-season departures out of ACK sit at the upper end.
Price stand: September 2026. ACK–ANU quotes move with fuel, crew duty and slot availability — we re-price at the point of booking.
ACK–ANU supply — thin
ACK — 23 archived movements (11 out / 12 in) from 8 operators. ANU — 1 archived movements (1 out / 0 in) from 1 operators.
Positioning into Nantucket (ACK)
Alongside the based fleet, the nearest recorded bases are KPYM (50 nm, 1 aircraft), KWST (79 nm, 8 aircraft), KBOS (79 nm, 2 aircraft).
Positioning into Antigua (ANU)
Few aircraft are recorded as based on the field. The nearest recorded bases are TFFJ (76 nm, 2 aircraft), TISX (176 nm, 2 aircraft), TIST (196 nm, 1 aircraft).
Phenom 100 / Citation M2 and comparable light jets
At 1,510 nm this sector is beyond a comfortable light-jet leg with full seats and bags — you buy a fuel stop, and a stop costs more than the class saves. It is also the class where golf bags and ski gear stop fitting.
Global 7500 / Gulfstream G650 on a short sector
Over 1,510 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.
Empty Legs
Repositioning legs departing ACK within 14 days, priced per aircraft for up to 19 seats.
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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
Nantucket → Antigua frequently asked questions
ASK A QUESTIONAirborne time is approximately 4h 15m on the 1,510 nm great-circle sector in a light jet, or about 4h 30m block to block once taxi at ACK and ANU is counted. Across the 2 classes that clear both runways nonstop, block time runs from 4h 10m in a midsize to 4h 30m in a light jet. Runway length at ACK — not range — keeps super-midsize, heavy jet and ultra-long-range off the pair, so these times assume midsize or smaller. Figures are indicative great-circle estimates; actual times move with routing, winds and ATC on the day.
Over the 1,510 nm sector our desk models midsize charter from €12,700 one-way and heavy jet from €27,800. Neither field length nor sector range removes a cabin category here, so the spread between midsize and heavy jet reflects cabin choice rather than an operating restriction on the pair. The accepted rows more than double between midsize and heavy jet, so cabin selection is the largest single line item a client controls on this pair. light jet aircraft clear both fields on this pair but carry no modelled row here, so those cabins are quoted on request. heavy jet aircraft operate into ACK under the published performance limit rather than at full runway performance, which is a payload and fuel planning point rather than a separate price. 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.
Dassault Falcon 50EX (Heavy) is our standing pick — On 1,510 nm the Dassault Falcon 50EX carries the highest cruise speed in the eligible short-list. The saving is roughly 20 minutes of block time against the smallest eligible class — worth it on a same-day return, marginal otherwise.
Runway constraints dominate — Dassault Falcon 50EX is currently the sweet-spot answer.
Depends on the specific airport — some Caribbean fields are STOL-only. See the airport comparison.
Dec–Apr high season; hurricane risk pushes cost and cancellation risk Aug–Oct.
Yes — Nantucket July 4 and August peak in Jul–Aug materially compresses aircraft availability; book 4–8 weeks ahead for that window.
ANU is 20–30 min to English Harbour and Jumby Bay onward tender. English Harbour, Falmouth and Jumby Bay.
Observed pricing
On a 1,510 nm sector our fixed-price model quotes €11,600 for a light jet and €21,900 for a heavy in standard season — 4 cabin classes clear the range and runway test here.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
Peak weeks move the same light jet sector from €11,600 to €13,700, an uplift of 18% on a block time of about 3h 53m.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
Field capability
We track 0 ground-handling and 1 VIP catering supplier at Nantucket, USA, so handling, slots and catering are arranged through named counterparties rather than a broker chain.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
The longest jet-capable runway across the 1 field serving Nantucket, USA is 6,303 ft at Nantucket Memorial Airport, which sets the largest cabin class that can be dispatched here.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
We track 2 ground-handling and 1 VIP catering suppliers at St John's, Antigua (IAM Jet Centre, Pike Aviation), so handling, slots and catering are arranged through named counterparties rather than a broker chain.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18
The longest jet-capable runway across the 1 field serving St John's, Antigua is 9,003 ft at V. C. Bird International Airport, which sets the largest cabin class that can be dispatched here.
first party operations · confidence 95% · verified 2026-08-18