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Wheels Up from Atlanta to Chicago
About $14,400 one way on a light jet (Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300), estimated from Wheels Up's published $9,088 an hour, for about 1h 35m of flying.
An estimate from Wheels Up's rate as published on its own website, checked October 2, 2026. Not a quote or an offer from Wheels Up: see how it's built.
- Estimate
- $14,400
- one way, light
- Flight time
- 1h 35m
- nonstop
- Distance
- 578 mi
- 502 nm
- Published rate
- $9,088
- an hour, recent average
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CRAFT Fleet Jet Card
Our programA Challenger 300 or 350, guaranteed, flown by CRAFT crews. Card rate $12,950/hr on the 25-hour card, fuel and FET included.
CRAFT card estimate, Atlanta to Chicago, one way
$25,900
About 2h 00m billed on a Challenger 350 at $12,950/hr, fuel and FET included, at the card's 2-hour daily minimum. Also an estimate; the quote is firm.
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- No ferry or repositioning fees anywhere in the lower 48
- No membership or annual fees
- A rate locked for 12 months (24 months at 50 hours and up)
Card terms behind this figure
25-hour Fleet Jet Card, Planner (5-day) rate: $12,950 per hour ($323,750 prepaid). Includes fuel within the published index band and 7.5% federal excise tax on domestic legs. Not included: federal segment tax ($5.30/passenger/segment); international taxes and handling; repositioning to and from the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada at $4,000/hr. Priority/Express callout, peak-day, under-48-hour, international and Pacific surcharges apply. 2-hour daily minimum, with no per-leg minimum.
Wheels Up · Atlanta to Chicago
Wheels Up's estimate by jet size
Each row is Wheels Up's published hourly rate for that size × our flight-time estimate for Atlanta to Chicago. Before minimums, fees and surcharges.
| Jet size | Program | Published rate | In the rate | Flight time | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300 | $9,088/hr avg | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 35m | $14,400 | $28,900 |
| Light jet | Signature Fixed · Phenom 300 | $9,295/hr | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 35m | $14,800 | $29,500 |
| Super-midsize | Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300 | $10,576/hr avg | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 30m | $15,500 | $31,000 |
| Super-midsize jet | Signature Fixed · Challenger 300 | $13,495/hr | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 30m | $19,800 | $39,600 |
Light
$14,400
Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300
$9,088/hr avgTax not statedFuel not stated1h 35mRound trip $28,900
Light
$14,800
Signature Fixed · Phenom 300
$9,295/hrTax not statedFuel not stated1h 35mRound trip $29,500
Super-midsize
$15,500
Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300
$10,576/hr avgTax not statedFuel not stated1h 30mRound trip $31,000
Super-midsize
$19,800
Signature Fixed · Challenger 300
$13,495/hrTax not statedFuel not stated1h 30mRound trip $39,600
The rate is a published recent average, not a promise. Rates at the entry purchase level as published, checked October 2, 2026; bigger purchases can lower them. Wheels Up's terms: Signature Membership: a fund from $200,000, and bigger funds get lower rates. The fixed plan holds one rate for every trip; the dynamic plan prices each trip, and its figures here are Wheels Up's three-month averages after the fund discount, not a promise. Special fixed rates of $7,500 (Phenom 300, Northeast to Florida) and $10,000 (Challenger 300, transcon) apply to certain flights. Rates are behind the View Hourly Rates button on wheelsup.com.
Same route, every published rate
Light jet from Atlanta to Chicago, by program
Among 17 published light jet figures on this route, Wheels Up's Signature Dynamic estimate is the 11th lowest, 10% above the route's median of $13,100. The spread runs from $9,500 to $16,500. CRAFT's Fleet Jet Card flies a super-midsize Challenger 350; on this route it comes to about $25,900 one way (fuel and FET included).
- 1Silverhawk AviationJet Card · Citation Ultra, Encore · round trip $3,375$9,500as published
- 2JettlyCategory rate$10,500as published
- 3Amalfi JetsAmalfi One$11,900as published
- 4Concord Private JetJet Card · e.g. CJ4$11,900incl. 7.5% tax
- 5Northern Jet ManagementPrivate Advantage · Citation CJ3/CJ4$11,900incl. 7.5% tax
- 6Vault AviationMAX Jet Card · 6 seats$12,100as published
- 7Sentient JetSJ25$12,500incl. 7.5% tax
- 8Northern Jet ManagementPreview Card · Citation CJ3/CJ4$12,900incl. 7.5% tax
- 9Fly AllianceMembership Jet Card · Hawker 400XP, CJ3$13,100incl. 7.5% tax
- 10Outlier JetsJet Card$13,100as published
- 11Wheels UpThis pageSignature Dynamic · Phenom 300$14,400as published
- 12Surf Air MobilityJet Card$14,800incl. 7.5% tax
- 13Wheels UpThis pageSignature Fixed · Phenom 300$14,800as published
- 14Solairus AviationAltitude$15,100as published
- 15Surf Air MobilityJet Card Premium · Phenom 300, PC-24$15,300incl. 7.5% tax
- 16Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · e.g. CJ3, Lear 40$15,400as published
- 17Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · Super light, e.g. Phenom 300, XLS$16,500as published
One-way estimates, lowest first: each company's published rate for a light jet × about 1h 35m, tax added only where the company says it's extra, before minimums and fees. CRAFT publishes this page and sells the Fleet Jet Card; it sits where its estimate falls. Sources for every rate are on the jet card rate board.
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Atlanta to Chicago, priced on a real aircraft.
Wheels Up's figure is an estimate from its published rate. Tell us the date and how many are flying, and CRAFT's desk prices the trip on a Challenger 300 or 350 against crew duty and the fees at both airports, then sends one firm number.
- A Part 135 operator flying its own Challenger 300s and 350s
- One firm price for the trip, not a range
- Fleet Jet Card members fly at the card rate, fuel and FET included
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Wheels Up, Atlanta to Chicago: questions
How much does Wheels Up cost from Atlanta to Chicago?
About $14,400 one way, or $28,900 round trip, on a light jet (Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300), estimated as about 1h 35m of flying × Wheels Up's published $9,088 an hour. Super-midsize jet: about $15,500. The rate is a published recent average, not a promise. These are estimates, not quotes from Wheels Up.
How does Wheels Up compare with other jet cards from Atlanta to Chicago?
Among 17 published light jet figures on this route, Wheels Up's Signature Dynamic estimate is the 11th lowest, 10% above the route's median of $13,100. The spread runs from $9,500 to $16,500. CRAFT's Fleet Jet Card flies a super-midsize Challenger 350; on this route it comes to about $25,900 one way (fuel and FET included). Estimates use each company's own published rate as of the date shown, before minimums, fees and surcharges.
Does the Wheels Up estimate include tax and fuel?
Per Wheels Up's published terms, the rate page doesn't say whether tax is included, and it doesn't say whether fuel is included. We add the 7.5% federal excise tax only where the company says it's extra, and nothing for fuel. Airport fees, the segment tax, peak days and repositioning can add to any of these figures.
How long is a private flight from Atlanta to Chicago?
About 1h 35m on a light jet, nonstop, for 578 miles great-circle, by our speed and range assumptions. Winds and routing move the real time.