Cirrus Vision Jet Charter
Fort Worth and Home the Same Day
1 h 48 m direct, on a departure time you set. 3 h 35 m of flying puts the round trip inside a single working day.
- From
- SUS · Chesterfield
- To
- AFW · Fort Worth
- Block time
- 1 h 48 m
- On the ground
- 5 h 39 m
- Nights away
- None
Your day
SUS → AFW → SUS
- LeaveSt. Louis
- At the aircraftSpirit of St. Louis Airport
- Wheels upSUS
- On the rampFort Worth Alliance Airport
- On siteFort Worth
- 5 h 39 m on the groundLeave siteFort Worth
- Wheels upAFW
- On the rampSpirit of St. Louis Airport
- HomeSt. Louis
On the ground
5 h 39 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.
Warehouse and terminal problems are urgent by nature. Arriving the same day is often the difference between a contained issue and a customer-visible one. The St. Louis–Fort Worth pair is a clean example: 470 nm apart, and awkward by every scheduled option.
At 470 nm this is a longer day: 1 h 48 m each way, 3 h 35 m of flying. It still closes. On site by 10 03, 5 h 39 m on the ground, home by 18 30. Whether that beats an overnight depends on how long the meeting runs, and we will say so plainly rather than selling the version that bills more hours.
Nobody is driving 10 h 18 m each way for a meeting, so the real comparison is the airline routing — and between St. Louis and Fort Worth that typically means a connection, a total block time well over half a day, and an arrival window you do not control. A single segment removes the misconnect risk rather than managing it.
Both Spirit of St. Louis Airport and Fort Worth Alliance 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
470 nm
Block time
1 h 48 m
By road
10 h 18 m
Cruise
FL280
Why this route works
5 h 39 m on the ground, home by 18 30
Wheels up 07 45, on site 10 03, back on the ramp at SUS by 18 00. 3 h 35 m of flying in total, and nobody's second working day spent in transit.
No hub, no connection
The scheduled routing between St. Louis and Fort Worth generally requires a connection. One segment removes the misconnect risk rather than managing it.
Facilities are inspected on site
Launches, peak-readiness reviews, and customer implementations mean being on a dock. Distribution networks are sited for road and rail, not for airline service.
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 DerekAyala27 · 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
Spirit of St. Louis Airport
SUS · KSUS · Chesterfield, MO
Boeing Defense, the plant-science corridor, and the west county corporate campuses.
- Longest runway
- 7,485 ft
- Field elevation
- 463 ft
Arrival
Fort Worth Alliance Airport
AFW · KAFW · Fort Worth, TX
A purpose-built industrial airport — Lockheed, Amazon, and the BNSF intermodal yard.
- Longest runway
- 9,600 ft
- Field elevation
- 722 ft
Questions
Chartering SUS to AFW
How long is the flight from St. Louis to Fort Worth by private jet?
About 1 h 48 m of block time in a Cirrus Vision Jet, covering 470 nautical miles from Spirit of St. Louis Airport (KSUS) to Fort Worth Alliance Airport (KAFW). That includes taxi, climb, and descent; actual time varies with winds and routing.
Can I fly SUS to AFW and back in the same day?
That is what the pair is for. Wheels up 07 45, on site in Fort Worth by 10 03, 5 h 39 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 Fort Worth?
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 Fort Worth Alliance Airport?
Yes, with margin. Fort Worth Alliance Airport has 9,600 feet of runway, well inside the Vision Jet's requirements in any normal condition.
What does a SUS to AFW 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 Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth 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 St. Louis, and more ways into Fort Worth.