Turks and Caicos Jet Charter arranges flights for sports teams traveling to and from the islands, from high school and college programs to club, semi-professional and professional teams.
What we need to know about the team
Team travel starts with three lists: the players, the coaches and support staff, and the equipment. Kit bags, golf clubs, sailing gear and medical cases all take up space and add weight, and on a smaller jet they can reduce the number of seats you are able to use. Send us the traveling roster and the equipment list together, and your advisor will match the aircraft to the whole load.
We work directly with coaches, team managers and the staff who plan travel for the program.
Bringing a roster to Providenciales
Teams come to the islands for warm-weather training, end-of-season trips and events on the water. Every flight between Turks and Caicos and the United States or Canada is international, so every player and staff member needs a valid passport. Most team flights land at Providenciales, where private aviation terminals clear passengers through customs away from the main airline hall, so the team and its equipment stay together.
Larger squads and airliner-size aircraft
FAR Part 135 is the FAA’s rulebook for on-demand charter flights sold to the public, and it covers most of the private aircraft we arrange. Once the group runs past nineteen passengers, the trip calls for an airliner-size aircraft and no longer falls under FAR Part 135. Those flights operate under FAR Part 121 or a foreign equivalent, which generally carries stricter crew and operating requirements than both Part 91 and Part 135. A full roster with staff often goes past that number, so tell us the headcount at the start.
Planning a whole season
If you have several trips across a season, send us the full schedule at the beginning. Your advisor can quote the trips together and look for aircraft for each date at the same time, subject to scheduling and aircraft availability. Winter and spring are the busiest months for flights into the islands, and the weeks around the holidays and spring break are booked first. For a full team, our VIP airliners page shows the larger aircraft we can arrange.
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.
Turks and Caicos-Specific Patterns We Plan Around
Every flight into Turks and Caicos from the United States or Canada is an international trip, so you land first at an airport that can clear you through customs: Providenciales, Grand Turk or South Caicos. Almost every private flight lands at Providenciales, officially Howard Hamilton International Airport, where private aviation terminals clear you in away from the main airline hall, and a late arrival there can be arranged in advance. North Caicos, Salt Cay and Pine Cay only take flights from within the territory, Parrot Cay has no airstrip, and Ambergris Cay’s private airport is open by prior permission. The islands are on the same time as New York all year, and hurricane season runs from June 1st to November 30th, with September usually the most active month.
Contact
For a quote on a Turks and Caicos charter, send the trip through our contact page or call an advisor at 1-888-987-5387. Our safety page sets out how we review operators and crews, and the aircraft gallery covers every category we arrange. We are also a member of the National Business Aviation Association.