San Francisco Jet Charter arranges private flights across the Bay Area and Northern California, and we have been doing this work since 2012. Most requests reach us the same way: a date, a passenger count, and a short notice. We take it from there.
We are advisors, not an airline
We do not own aircraft and we do not operate them. We arrange your flight with a certified air carrier, and we act as your agent. That distinction matters more than it sounds like it should, because it decides whose interests we are representing when the quotes come back. Disclosure under DOT Part 295: we always act strictly as the agent for the client, never as the operator.
The charter industry has more than 4,000 brokers worldwide and almost no barrier to entry. Most are not required to hold a license, carry insurance, or pass any test. We work as advisors, and we do the extra work that is not required. You can read how that works on our safety and vetting page.
What we know about flying out of the Bay Area
This market is unusual, due to tower hours. Only San Francisco International (KSFO) and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (KOAK), formerly Oakland International, are towered around the clock. Hayward Executive (KHWD) closes its tower at 5 p.m.. Livermore Municipal (KLVK) is open weekdays until 5 p.m. and only until 11 a.m. on weekends. Napa County (KAPC) and Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County (KSTS) close at 8 p.m., Buchanan Field in Concord (KCCR) at 10 p.m., and Mineta San Jose International (KSJC) at midnight.
None of that stops a flight. Aircraft operate at uncontrolled fields every day. It does change the planning, though, and it is the sort of detail that decides whether a Saturday evening departure works from Livermore or whether you are better off starting from San Jose. Your advisor will work through it with you when we look at the routing.
Airport options with customs are narrower here than people expect as well. Of the fields we use regularly, only San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Monterey Regional (KMRY) are customs airports. An arrival from abroad cannot clear at Napa or Sonoma, so wine country trips from overseas come through one of the four and continue by car, helicopter or a second aircraft.
Where we fly from
We arrange flights from the whole region rather than one airport. San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose carry the longest runways and the customs capability. Hayward, Concord, Livermore, Napa and Sonoma put you closer to home for a lot of trips. Monterey Regional serves the peninsula. San Carlos (KSQL) and Palo Alto (KPAO) are short single-runway fields for piston and light aircraft, so a Palo Alto client chartering a jet is almost always departing San Jose or Hayward instead.
Beyond Northern California we arrange flights worldwide, working with operators certified in the country they fly in.
Talk to us
Call us at +1-888-987-5387, any hour, any day of the year. You can also send the trip through our contact page and we will come back with aircraft options and a realistic estimate. New quote requests usually come back the same day.