Cirrus Vision Jet Charter
Skip the Hub: Knoxville to Savannah
261 nautical miles. 1 h 06 m in the air against 5 h 43 m behind the wheel, and no hotel at the far end.
- From
- TYS · Alcoa
- To
- SAV · Savannah
- Block time
- 1 h 06 m
- On the ground
- 7 h 03 m
- Nights away
- None
Your day
TYS → SAV → TYS
- LeaveKnoxville
- At the aircraftMcGhee Tyson Airport
- Wheels upTYS
- On the rampSavannah/Hilton Head International Airport
- On siteSavannah
- 7 h 03 m on the groundLeave siteSavannah
- Wheels upSAV
- On the rampMcGhee Tyson Airport
- HomeKnoxville
On the ground
7 h 03 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.
Certification and quality work has to be witnessed. There is no remote version of a first-article inspection or a source-inspection visit. Between Knoxville and Savannah that problem has a specific size: 261 nautical miles, and 5 h 43 m of it if you drive.
Leave at 07 15, on site by 09 21, and the aircraft waits while you work. 7 h 03 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.
The realistic alternative here is driving, and 5 h 43 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.
Both McGhee Tyson 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.
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
261 nm
Block time
1 h 06 m
By road
5 h 43 m
Cruise
FL280
Why this route works
7 h 03 m on the ground, home by 18 30
Wheels up 07 45, on site 09 21, back on the ramp at TYS by 18 00. 2 h 13 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.
5 h 43 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.
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 tripPhotograph Mjrmtg · CC BY 4.0 · 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
McGhee Tyson Airport
TYS · KTYS · Alcoa, TN
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TVA, and the advanced-materials work around them.
- Longest runway
- 9,009 ft
- Field elevation
- 981 ft
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
Questions
Chartering TYS to SAV
How long is the flight from Knoxville to Savannah by private jet?
About 1 h 06 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 261 nautical miles from McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) to Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (KSAV). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.
Can I fly TYS to SAV and back in the same day?
That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in Savannah by 09 21, 7 h 03 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 TYS 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.
Nearby
Other legs on this network
More ways out of Knoxville, and more ways into Savannah.