Cirrus Vision Jet Charter
Fort Wayne to Madison in 59 m
The road version costs 4 h 57 m in each direction. The Vision Jet does it in 59 m, from a private terminal, on your departure time.
- From
- FWA · Fort Wayne
- To
- MSN · Madison
- Block time
- 59 m
- On the ground
- 7 h 17 m
- Nights away
- None
Your day
FWA → MSN → FWA
- LeaveFort Wayne
- At the aircraftFort Wayne International Airport
- Wheels upFWA
- On the rampDane County Regional Airport
- On siteMadison
- 7 h 17 m on the groundLeave siteMadison
- Wheels upMSN
- On the rampFort Wayne International Airport
- HomeFort Wayne
On the ground
7 h 17 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.
Madison runs 1 hour behind Fort Wayne; the clock times below are local at each end.
University and national-lab work concentrates in a handful of mid-sized cities with modest airline service — which makes them exactly the kind of place where private aviation changes the arithmetic. Fort Wayne to Madison is 226 nautical miles of it, and 4 h 57 m by car in conditions that rarely hold.
Wheels up at 07 45 puts you on site in Madison by 08 14, with 7 h 17 m on the ground before the aircraft goes back. Home by 18 30. That is about as easy as a there-and-back day gets — no hotel, no overnight bag, and no second day of anyone's time.
The realistic alternative here is driving, and 4 h 57 m each way is the sort of number that gets quietly accepted until someone adds it up. Two of those in a day is most of a working day spent in a car, arriving for the meeting already tired. The scheduled-airline option on a pair this length is usually worse rather than better once you count the drive to the airport, the screening queue, and the connection a route this short often requires.
Fort Wayne International Airport and Dane County Regional Airport are both business-aviation fields with private terminals, so the ten-minutes-before-departure arrival holds at each end.
Halcyon quotes three aircraft and nothing else — a Vision Jet, a HondaJet and a PC-12 — which is why we know which operators run each well and which fields each one likes. All three are priced for this pair the moment you ask. Flights are operated by FAA Part 135 certificate holders.
Distance
226 nm
Block time
59 m
By road
4 h 57 m
Cruise
FL280
Why this route works
7 h 17 m on the ground, home by 18 30
Wheels up 07 45, on site 08 14, back on the ramp at FWA by 18 00. 1 h 59 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.
4 h 57 m of driving, each way
That is the number the road version costs, before traffic has an opinion. Two of them in a day is most of a working day in a car — and an arrival that is already tired.
Lab work happens in the lab
Sponsor visits, review panels, and collaboration sessions arrive on institutional dates that will not move for a cancelled regional flight.
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 tripPhotograph Richard Hurd from Leland, USA · CC BY 2.0 · treated to the Halcyon photography standard
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
Fort Wayne International Airport
FWA · KFWA · Fort Wayne, IN
Defense electronics, orthopaedics to the south, and a dense industrial supplier base.
- Longest runway
- 12,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 814 ft
Arrival
Dane County Regional Airport
MSN · KMSN · Madison, WI
State government, a flagship research university, and a growing biotech sector.
- Longest runway
- 9,006 ft
- Field elevation
- 887 ft
Questions
Chartering FWA to MSN
How long is the flight from Fort Wayne to Madison by private jet?
About 59 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 226 nautical miles from Fort Wayne International Airport (KFWA) to Dane County Regional Airport (KMSN). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.
Can I fly FWA to MSN and back in the same day?
That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in Madison by 08 14, 7 h 17 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 Madison?
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 Dane County Regional Airport?
Yes, with margin. Dane County Regional Airport has 9,006 feet of runway, well inside the Vision Jet's requirements in any normal condition.
What does a FWA to MSN 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 Madison 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 Madison 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.
Nearby
Other legs on this network
More ways out of Fort Wayne, and more ways into Madison.