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Cirrus Vision Jet Charter

Birmingham to Savannah — Out and Back in a Day

1 h 13 m direct, on a departure time you set. 2 h 25 m of flying puts the round trip inside a single working day.

From
BHM · Birmingham
To
SAV · Savannah
Block time
1 h 13 m
On the ground
6 h 49 m
Nights away
None

Your day

BHMSAVBHM

  1. LeaveBirmingham
  2. At the aircraftBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
  3. Wheels upBHM
  4. On the rampSavannah/Hilton Head International Airport
  5. On siteSavannah
  6. 6 h 49 m on the ground
    Leave siteSavannah
  7. Wheels upSAV
  8. On the rampBirmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport
  9. HomeBirmingham

On the ground

6 h 49 m

Door to door

11 h 15 m

Nights away

None

Illustrative, built from the block time above and a half-hour on the ground at each end. Shift the whole thing earlier or later and it still closes — the working window is set by flight time, not by the clock.

Savannah runs 1 hour ahead of Birmingham; the clock times below are local at each end.

The supply chain in this industry is spread across a dozen secondary cities on purpose. The people who manage it spend their year moving between places that require a hub connection in each direction. On Birmingham to Savannah it works out to 293 nm each way, or about 6 h 25 m on the road.

Leave at 07 15, on site by 10 28, and the aircraft waits while you work. 6 h 49 m on the ground is a full session, and you are home by 18 30. The hotel night, the second working day, and the evening away all come off the cost of the trip — which is usually where the real money was.

Nobody is driving 6 h 25 m each way for a meeting, so the real comparison is the airline routing — and between Birmingham and Savannah that typically means a connection, a total block time well over half a day, and an arrival window you do not control. A single segment removes the misconnect risk rather than managing it.

Both Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport are straightforward fields for this aircraft with margin in hand, which matters more than it sounds: routine pairs are the ones that dispatch reliably, and reliability is most of what a business traveller is actually buying.

We are a broker with three airframes on the sheet. That narrowness is the product: we know the operators, the fields and the real performance rather than guessing across forty types. Every flight is operated by an FAA Part 135 certificate holder.

Flight profileBHMSAV · 293 nm · 1 h 13 m
FL280 · 305 KTASBHMSAV

Distance

293 nm

Block time

1 h 13 m

By road

6 h 25 m

Cruise

FL280

Why this route works

  • 6 h 49 m on the ground, home by 18 30

    Wheels up 07 45, on site 10 28, back on the ramp at BHM by 18 00. 2 h 25 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.

  • No hub, no connection

    The scheduled routing between Birmingham and Savannah generally requires a connection. One segment removes the misconnect risk rather than managing it.

  • Source inspection and AOG

    First-article and source-inspection work has to be witnessed, and AOG response is measured in hours. Both reward a departure you can call on the day.

  • Ten minutes from car to aircraft

    Private terminals at both ends. No screening queue, no gate, no boarding group — you park, walk out, and go.

  • Parachute and autoland, standard

    The Vision Jet carries CAPS, a whole-airframe parachute, and Safe Return, a one-button emergency autoland. No other jet in production offers either, at any price.

Staying over

Looking for an overnight trip? The instant price covers same-day returns. Anything with a night away is quoted by hand.

Ask about an overnight trip

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The Fields

Both ends of this leg

Private terminals at each end. No screening queue, no gate, and a walk from the car to the aircraft measured in yards.

Departure

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

BHM · KBHM · Birmingham, AL

UAB's medical and research complex and Alabama's banking centre.

Longest runway
12,008 ft
Field elevation
650 ft
BHM charter details →

Arrival

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport

SAV · KSAV · Savannah, GA

Gulfstream's home plant and the fourth-busiest container port in the country.

Longest runway
9,351 ft
Field elevation
50 ft
SAV charter details →

Questions

Chartering BHM to SAV

How long is the flight from Birmingham to Savannah by private jet?

About 1 h 13 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 293 nautical miles from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (KSAV). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.

Can I fly BHM to SAV and back in the same day?

That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in Savannah by 10 28, 6 h 49 m on the ground, and home by 18 30 — 11 h 15 m door to door with no overnight.

How many colleagues can travel to Savannah?

Four seats and 30 lb of baggage a head, on every aircraft in the fleet. We sell one uniform product rather than pricing by airframe, which is what lets us substitute whichever aircraft is available without changing your booking or your price.

Can the Vision Jet use Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport?

Yes, with margin. Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport has 9,351 feet of runway, well inside the Vision Jet's requirements in any normal condition.

What does a BHM to SAV charter cost?

The price is on this page. It is one all-in figure — aircraft, crew, landing fees, taxes and the ramp at both ends — quoted for four passengers and the hours on the ground shown above. Change the party size or the time you need at Savannah and it re-prices as you move the controls. That is the figure that reaches accounts payable.

How much notice do you need for a Savannah trip?

Most legs can be arranged inside 24 hours when an aircraft is available, which is the point of the product for urgent site visits and escalations. You get a straight yes or no immediately rather than a request left open.