Boca Jet Charter arranges relief and humanitarian flights from Boca Raton and South Florida, which is the natural staging point for the Caribbean and the Bahamas. When a storm goes through the islands, the supplies and the people go out from here.
Why South Florida stages this work
The islands most exposed to a hurricane season are a short flight from Fort Lauderdale and Miami. That proximity matters after a storm, because the first flights in are usually going to a field with reduced services, limited hours and a queue, and a shorter leg gives an aircraft more options.
Hurricane season runs June through November, with the peak in September, so the planning window is known even when the event is not.
What we can move
Air cargo charter puts a full aircraft at your disposal for supplies, equipment, generators, water treatment and shelter material. Give us the weight, the dimensions of the largest single piece and where it has to land, and we will size the aircraft to the load.
For people, we arrange flights for assessment teams, engineers, relief staff and evacuations. Where an aircraft needs to go into a field with a short or damaged runway, required runway is a performance calculation the operator makes for that aircraft, at that weight, in the conditions on the day, and we confirm it with the operator before any commitment is made.
Permits and timing
This is the part to plan for in-depth. Many international destinations require special permissions for landing and customs. Permits are generally applied for after a trip has been secured on the aircraft schedule, and sometimes the timeline is dictated by the local airport authorities. We will always do our best to ensure departure and arrival times meet your needs, but these are sometimes subject to the approvals of the local airport authority and government.
After a major event the receiving airport is often working to its own priority order, which no operator or broker controls. We will tell you what we know and what we do not.
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.
Boca Raton-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Your advisor watches the forecast ahead of your date and will call you before you call us. Boca Raton Airport also asks operators to observe a voluntary curfew between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM, which does not block a departure but is worth raising early if your trip lands in that window.
Contact
For a quote on a Boca Raton charter, call 1-888-987-5387 or head to our contact page. The phone is answered at any hour, on any day of the year. For how we review the operator behind every flight, see our safety page, and the aircraft guide for cabin and range options. The National Business Aviation Association sets the broader operating standards we work within.