Cirrus Vision Jet Charter
Permian Basin to San Antonio — Out and Back in a Day
A 5 h 16 m drive each way becomes 1 h 02 m in the air. 2 h 05 m of flying total — the meeting still fits inside one day.
- From
- MAF · Midland
- To
- SAT · San Antonio
- Block time
- 1 h 02 m
- On the ground
- 7 h 11 m
- Nights away
- None
Your day
MAF → SAT → MAF
- LeavePermian Basin
- At the aircraftMidland International Air and Space Port
- Wheels upMAF
- On the rampSan Antonio International Airport
- On siteSan Antonio
- 7 h 11 m on the groundLeave siteSan Antonio
- Wheels upSAT
- On the rampMidland International Air and Space Port
- HomePermian Basin
On the ground
7 h 11 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.
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 Permian Basin to San Antonio it works out to 241 nm each way, or about 5 h 16 m on the road.
Wheels up at 07 45 puts you on site in San Antonio by 09 17, with 7 h 11 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 5 h 16 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.
Midland International Air and Space Port and San Antonio International Airport are both business-aviation fields with private terminals, so the ten-minutes-before-departure arrival holds at each end.
We are a broker with one airframe 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.
Distance
241 nm
Block time
1 h 02 m
By road
5 h 16 m
Cruise
FL280
Why this route works
7 h 11 m on the ground, home by 18 30
Wheels up 07 45, on site 09 17, back on the ramp at MAF by 18 00. 2 h 05 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.
5 h 16 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.
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.
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
Midland International Air and Space Port
MAF · KMAF · Midland, TX
The operational centre of the Permian Basin, and a long way from anywhere by road.
- Longest runway
- 9,501 ft
- Field elevation
- 2,871 ft
Arrival
San Antonio International Airport
SAT · KSAT · San Antonio, TX
Military medicine, cybersecurity commands, and Eagle Ford operations to the south.
- Longest runway
- 8,502 ft
- Field elevation
- 809 ft
Questions
Chartering MAF to SAT
How long is the flight from Permian Basin to San Antonio by private jet?
About 1 h 02 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 241 nautical miles from Midland International Air and Space Port (KMAF) to San Antonio International Airport (KSAT). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.
Can I fly MAF to SAT and back in the same day?
That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in San Antonio by 09 17, 7 h 11 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 Antonio?
Four seats, every flight, with 32 cubic feet for bags, samples, and materials. The airframe is certified for more, but four is the load that works with fuel and luggage on a leg like this, so it is the number we quote against.
Can the Vision Jet use San Antonio International Airport?
Yes, with margin. San Antonio International Airport has 8,502 feet of runway, well inside the Vision Jet's requirements in any normal condition.
What does a MAF to SAT charter cost?
Pricing depends on date, direction, passenger count, and whether the aircraft is already positioned near Permian Basin. Halcyon quotes one all-in figure — aircraft, crew, fees, taxes and the ramp at both ends — inside the hour. That is the figure that reaches accounts payable.
How much notice do you need for a San Antonio 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 Permian Basin, and more ways into San Antonio.