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Sentient Jet from Chicago to Scottsdale
About $34,100 one way on a midsize jet (SJ25+), estimated from Sentient Jet's published $9,434 an hour, plus a fuel surcharge estimated at $300 an hour (the amount isn't published), plus the 7.5% tax it says is added, for about 3h 15m of flying.
An estimate from Sentient Jet's rate as published on its own website, checked October 2, 2026. Not a quote or an offer from Sentient Jet: see how it's built.
- Estimate
- $34,100
- one way, midsize
- Flight time
- 3h 15m
- nonstop
- Distance
- 1,430 mi
- 1,242 nm
- Published rate
- $9,434
- an hour, plus tax
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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.
Super-midsize: CRAFT card estimate, Chicago to Scottsdale, one way
$41,200
Same class: Sentient Jet's super-midsize estimate on this route is about $40,600 (incl. 7.5% FET · fuel est. $300/hr). CRAFT: about 3h 10m billed on a Challenger 350 at $12,950/hr, fuel and FET included. Also an estimate; the quote is firm.
- Starlink Wi-Fi on every aircraft
- 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.
Sentient Jet · Chicago to Scottsdale
Sentient Jet's estimate by jet size
Each row is Sentient Jet's published hourly rate for that size × our flight-time estimate for Chicago to Scottsdale, with the 7.5% federal excise tax added where its terms say tax is extra or don't say, a fuel surcharge estimated at $300 an hour where one applies but isn't published. Before minimums, fees and surcharges.
| Jet size | Program | Published rate | In the rate | Flight time | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | SJ25 | $7,324/hr | Tax added on topFuel added on top | 3h 30m | $28,600 | $57,100 |
| Midsize | SJ25+ | $9,434/hr | Tax added on topFuel added on top | 3h 15m | $34,100 | $68,200 |
| Super-midsize | SJ25+ | $11,529/hr | Tax added on topFuel added on top | 3h 10m | $40,600 | $81,100 |
| Large | SJ25+ | $13,640/hr | Tax added on topFuel added on top | 3h 05m | $45,900 | $91,700 |
Light
$28,600
SJ25
$7,324/hrTax added on topFuel added on top3h 30mRound trip $57,100
Midsize
$34,100
SJ25+
$9,434/hrTax added on topFuel added on top3h 15mRound trip $68,200
Super-midsize
$40,600
SJ25+
$11,529/hrTax added on topFuel added on top3h 10mRound trip $81,100
Large
$45,900
SJ25+
$13,640/hrTax added on topFuel added on top3h 05mRound trip $91,700
Rates at the entry purchase level as published, checked October 2, 2026; bigger purchases can lower them. Sentient Jet's terms: A fuel surcharge and the 7.5% tax are added to the published rate; the surcharge amount isn't posted. Hours never expire, and qualifying round trips get up to 15% off. Midsize and larger cards include guaranteed Wi-Fi.
Same route, every published rate
Midsize jet from Chicago to Scottsdale, by program
Among 15 published midsize jet figures on this route, Sentient Jet's SJ25+ estimate is the 10th lowest, 4% above the route's median of $32,700. The spread runs from $27,300 to $41,700. CRAFT's Fleet Jet Card is super-midsize only, so it isn't in this midsize jet comparison; its estimate is with the super-midsize figures on the route page.
- 1Silverhawk AviationJet Card · Citation Excel, XLS · round trip $4,925$27,300FET added; tax not stated
- 2Concord Private JetJet Card · e.g. Hawker 800XP$27,500incl. 7.5% FET
- 3JetviaElite Jet Card · Learjet 60, plus $8,500 a day$28,400incl. 7.5% FET · incl. $8,500 a day
- 4JettlyCategory rate$29,600FET added; tax not stated
- 5Northern Jet ManagementPrivate Advantage · Lear 45XR/75, Citation XLS+$31,000incl. 7.5% FET
- 6Fly AllianceMembership Jet Card · Hawker 800XP, Lear 60, XLS$31,200incl. 7.5% FET
- 7Vault AviationMAX Jet Card · 7 seats$31,300as published
- 8Surf Air MobilityJet Card$32,700incl. 7.5% FET
- 9Amalfi JetsAmalfi One$33,300FET added; tax not stated
- 10Sentient JetThis pageSJ25+$34,100incl. 7.5% FET · fuel est. $300/hr
- 11Solairus AviationAltitude$34,200as published
- 12Fly AllianceThe Reserve (with Thrive) · Citation XLS+$34,800FET added; tax not stated
- 13Outlier JetsJet Card$34,800FET added; tax not stated
- 14Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · e.g. Hawker 800XP, G150$36,000FET added; tax not stated
- 15Fly AllianceThe Reserve (with Thrive) · Citation Latitude$41,700FET added; tax not stated
One-way estimates, lowest first: each company's published rate for a midsize jet × about 3h 15m, on the same basis as CRAFT's rate: the 7.5% FET added where the company adds tax or doesn't state it, and a fuel surcharge of $300 an hour where one applies but isn't published (the low end of the $300–$800 we use), 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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Chicago to Scottsdale, priced on a real aircraft.
Sentient Jet'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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Sentient Jet, Chicago to Scottsdale: questions
How much does Sentient Jet cost from Chicago to Scottsdale?
About $34,100 one way, or $68,200 round trip, on a midsize jet (SJ25+), estimated as about 3h 15m of flying × Sentient Jet's published $9,434 an hour, plus a fuel surcharge estimated at $300 an hour (the amount isn't published), plus the 7.5% tax it says is added. Light jet: about $28,600. Super-midsize jet: about $40,600. Large jet: about $45,900. These are estimates, not quotes from Sentient Jet.
How does Sentient Jet compare with other jet cards from Chicago to Scottsdale?
Among 15 published midsize jet figures on this route, Sentient Jet's SJ25+ estimate is the 10th lowest, 4% above the route's median of $32,700. The spread runs from $27,300 to $41,700. CRAFT's Fleet Jet Card is super-midsize only, so it isn't in this midsize jet comparison; its estimate is with the super-midsize figures on the route page. Estimates use each company's own published rate as of the date shown, on the same tax and fuel basis, before minimums, fees and surcharges.
Does the Sentient Jet estimate include tax and fuel?
Per Sentient Jet's published terms, tax is added on top of the rate, and a fuel surcharge is added on top. To compare like for like with rates that include fuel and tax, we add the 7.5% federal excise tax where a company says it's extra or doesn't say, and a fuel surcharge of $300 an hour (the low end of the $300–$800 range we use) where it adds one without publishing the amount; nothing for fuel where it doesn't say fuel is extra. Airport fees, the segment tax, peak days and repositioning can add to any of these figures.
How long is a private flight from Chicago to Scottsdale?
About 3h 15m on a midsize jet, nonstop, for 1,430 miles great-circle, by our speed and range assumptions. Winds and routing move the real time.