Cirrus Vision Jet Charter
Skip the Hub: Los Angeles to San Jose
The road version costs 5 h 32 m in each direction. The Vision Jet does it in 1 h 05 m, from a private terminal, on your departure time.
- From
- VNY · Los Angeles
- To
- SJC · San Jose
- Block time
- 1 h 05 m
- On the ground
- 7 h 05 m
- Nights away
- None
Your day
VNY → SJC → VNY
- LeaveLos Angeles
- At the aircraftVan Nuys Airport
- Wheels upVNY
- On the rampNorman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- On siteSan Jose
- 7 h 05 m on the groundLeave siteSan Jose
- Wheels upSJC
- On the rampVan Nuys Airport
- HomeLos Angeles
On the ground
7 h 05 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.
Technology companies were the first to go remote and are quietly the heaviest users of point-to-point business aviation — because the customer sites, the fabs, and the acquisition targets are not in the same city as the office. On Los Angeles to San Jose it works out to 253 nm each way, or about 5 h 32 m on the road.
Leave at 07 15, on site by 09 20, and the aircraft waits while you work. 7 h 05 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 32 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.
Neither end of this leg constrains the aircraft. That means short-notice departures are realistic and a schedule change on the day is usually absorbable rather than a rebooking exercise.
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
253 nm
Block time
1 h 05 m
By road
5 h 32 m
Cruise
FL280
Why this route works
7 h 05 m on the ground, home by 18 30
Wheels up 07 45, on site 09 20, back on the ramp at VNY by 18 00. 2 h 09 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.
5 h 32 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.
Customer sites and fabs
Escalations, integration work, and qualification visits happen where the hardware is. Same-day access turns a two-day trip into an afternoon.
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 Tom Pavel from San Jose, 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
Van Nuys Airport
VNY · KVNY · Los Angeles, CA
The world's busiest general-aviation airport, over the hill from the studios and the Westside.
- Longest runway
- 8,001 ft
- Field elevation
- 802 ft
Arrival
Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
SJC · KSJC · San Jose, CA
Silicon Valley's front door, with private terminals on the west field.
- Longest runway
- 11,000 ft
- Field elevation
- 62 ft
Questions
Chartering VNY to SJC
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to San Jose by private jet?
About 1 h 05 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 253 nautical miles from Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (KSJC). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.
Can I fly VNY to SJC and back in the same day?
That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in San Jose by 09 20, 7 h 05 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 San Jose?
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 Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport?
Yes, with margin. Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport has 11,000 feet of runway, well inside the Vision Jet's requirements in any normal condition.
What does a VNY to SJC 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 San Jose 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 San Jose 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 Los Angeles, and more ways into San Jose.