Who we are
Jet Charter Colombia arranges private charter flights to and from Colombia, from Bogota, Medellin and Cartagena to the United States, Panama, the Caribbean, Europe and anywhere else your trip needs to go. We are a US-based private air charter broker, headquartered in the Philadelphia region, with team members and affiliates around the world, and we have been arranging private flights since 2012. Someone answers the phone at any hour, on any day of the year.
Our clients fly to Colombia for many reasons. Some are executives with meetings in Bogota or Medellin. Some are Colombian families living in the United States who fly home for the holidays at the end of the year, and some are wedding parties and their guests heading to Cartagena. Others are flying out of Colombia to Panama, the Caribbean islands, Miami or Europe. Tell us the dates, who is traveling, where you are going and what everyone is bringing, and your advisor will find the aircraft, check the operator and look after the details until you land.
What we arrange
Most of our work is on-demand charter. You have the whole aircraft for your trip, and we arrange it with the operator from start to finish. We also arrange:
- Group charter for families, wedding parties and company travel
- Aircraft sales and acquisition for clients considering ownership
- Aircraft management for existing aircraft owners
- Air cargo charter for time-critical freight
- Non-emergency medical transport for passengers who need medical support on board
Flying into and around Colombia
Most international private flights into Colombia arrive at Bogota’s El Dorado International, about 9 miles west of the historic center, or at Medellin’s Jose Maria Cordova International in Rionegro, about 11 miles east of downtown across the mountains. Both are open around the clock and take international arrivals. Cartagena’s Rafael Nunez International, about 3 miles from the walled city, also takes international flights, so a trip to the Caribbean coast can fly there directly from the United States.
Flights between two Colombian cities are flown by Colombian charter operators certified by the Aerocivil, Colombia’s civil aviation authority. Bogota and Medellin sit high in the Andes, and we plan the aircraft and fuel with that in mind.
From Bogota it is about 410 nautical miles to Panama City and 1,315 to Miami; from Medellin, 260 to Cartagena and 1,211 to Miami. The routing and any fuel stop for a long trip are confirmed with the operator before you book, and the runway an aircraft needs is calculated by the operator for that day’s conditions, which we also confirm with the operator.
Who we work with
Fewer than 60 brokers worldwide hold Premium Wyvern Broker Member status, and Air Charter Advisors is one of them. Wyvern is an independent aviation safety organization that audits how brokers work and keeps records on operator safety, and holding that membership means our own practices are audited too. Before we send you any options, we confirm the operator’s certification, look at their safety and incident history, and check that the pilots are experienced and current on the aircraft type they will be flying.
We work with FAR Part 135 charter operators for traditional private aircraft, or the foreign equivalent. Part 135 is the FAA’s set of rules for on-demand, for-hire charter, and it carries stricter operating, crew, and insurance requirements than FAR Part 91, the rules for private, non-commercial flying that cannot be sold as charter. In Colombia, charter operators are certified by the Aerocivil, the Colombian counterpart to the FAA. When your total passenger count outgrows a heavy jet and the group consists of more than nineteen passengers, the aircraft required would fall into regional airliner, or airliner-size. These trips would no longer fall under the FAR Part 135 standards but possibly operate under FAR Part 121 or foreign equivalent standards. Part 121 and equivalent generally carry stricter crew and operating requirements than FAR Part 91 and FAR Part 135.
We have also been a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) since 2012.
Get a quote
Call 1-888-987-5387 or send us the trip details, and we will come back with options. To see how we review the operators behind every trip, read our Colombia charter safety page, and for the aircraft we arrange, see our aircraft guide.