Cirrus Vision Jet Charter
Nashville and Home the Same Day
156 nautical miles. 46 m in the air against 3 h 25 m behind the wheel, and no hotel at the far end.
- From
- LEX · Lexington
- To
- JWN · Nashville
- Block time
- 46 m
- On the ground
- 7 h 43 m
- Nights away
- None
Your day
LEX → JWN → LEX
- LeaveLexington
- At the aircraftBlue Grass Airport
- Wheels upLEX
- On the rampJohn C. Tune Airport
- On siteNashville
- 7 h 43 m on the groundLeave siteNashville
- Wheels upJWN
- On the rampBlue Grass Airport
- HomeLexington
On the ground
7 h 43 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.
Nashville runs 1 hour behind Lexington; the clock times below are local at each end.
The people who make these trips are expensive and their calendars are full. A travel day that costs eleven hours to deliver a three-hour meeting is the actual expense, not the airfare. On Lexington to Nashville it works out to 156 nm each way, or about 3 h 25 m on the road.
Wheels up at 07 45 puts you on site in Nashville by 08 01, with 7 h 43 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 3 h 25 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.
John C. Tune Airport has 5,497 feet of runway. That is comfortable for the Vision Jet, whose balanced field length is 3,192 feet, and tight or prohibited for several of the light jets you would otherwise be quoted. On a business network the practical effect is that you land at the close-in field rather than the big airport half an hour further out.
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
156 nm
Block time
46 m
By road
3 h 25 m
Cruise
FL280
Why this route works
7 h 43 m on the ground, home by 18 30
Wheels up 07 45, on site 08 01, back on the ramp at LEX by 18 00. 1 h 31 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.
3 h 25 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.
Clinical and audit calendars
Site initiation visits, investigator meetings, and manufacturing audits run on dates the sponsor does not control. The travel has to fit around them.
The close-in field, not the big one
A 3,192-foot balanced field opens John C. Tune Airport and its 5,497 feet of runway. Larger light jets get sent to the airport half an hour further out.
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 Quintin Soloviev · 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
Blue Grass Airport
LEX · KLEX · Lexington, KY
Toyota's largest plant outside Japan and the thoroughbred industry around it.
- Longest runway
- 7,003 ft
- Field elevation
- 979 ft
Arrival
John C. Tune Airport
JWN · KJWN · Nashville, TN
The largest concentration of hospital-management companies in the country.
- Longest runway
- 5,497 ft
- Field elevation
- 495 ft
Questions
Chartering LEX to JWN
How long is the flight from Lexington to Nashville by private jet?
About 46 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 156 nautical miles from Blue Grass Airport (KLEX) to John C. Tune Airport (KJWN). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.
Can I fly LEX to JWN and back in the same day?
That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in Nashville by 08 01, 7 h 43 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 Nashville?
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 John C. Tune Airport?
Yes. John C. Tune Airport has 5,497 feet of runway against a 3,192-foot balanced field requirement. Several larger light jets cannot operate here at useful payload, which is why they route to a field further from your meeting.
What does a LEX to JWN 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 Nashville 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 Nashville 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 Lexington, and more ways into Nashville.