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Vault Aviation from San Francisco to Chicago
About $39,600 one way on a midsize jet (MAX Jet Card · 7 seats), estimated from Vault Aviation's published $9,595 an hour, for about 4h 10m of flying.
An estimate from Vault Aviation's rate as published on its own website, checked October 2, 2026. Not a quote or an offer from Vault Aviation: see how it's built.
- Estimate
- $39,600
- one way, midsize
- Flight time
- 4h 10m
- nonstop
- Distance
- 1,850 mi
- 1,608 nm
- Published rate
- $9,595
- an hour, maximum
A CRAFT flight coordinator usually replies within 30 minutes, 7am–10pm ET.
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, San Francisco to Chicago, one way
$52,200
Same class: Vault Aviation's super-midsize estimate on this route is about $50,900 (as published). CRAFT: about 4h 00m 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.
Vault Aviation · San Francisco to Chicago
Vault Aviation's estimate by jet size
Each row is Vault Aviation's published hourly rate for that size × our flight-time estimate for San Francisco to Chicago. Before minimums, fees and surcharges.
| Jet size | Program | Published rate | In the rate | Flight time | One way | Round trip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light | MAX Jet Card · 6 seats | $7,595/hr max | Tax includedFuel not stated | 4h 25m | $33,600 | $67,200 |
| Midsize | MAX Jet Card · 7 seats | $9,595/hr max | Tax includedFuel not stated | 4h 10m | $39,600 | $79,200 |
| Super-midsize | MAX Jet Card · 8 seats | $12,595/hr max | Tax includedFuel not stated | 4h 00m | $50,900 | $101,700 |
| Large | MAX Jet Card · Heavy, 10 seats | $13,995/hr max | Tax includedFuel not stated | 3h 50m | $54,200 | $108,400 |
Light
$33,600
MAX Jet Card · 6 seats
$7,595/hr maxTax includedFuel not stated4h 25mRound trip $67,200
Midsize
$39,600
MAX Jet Card · 7 seats
$9,595/hr maxTax includedFuel not stated4h 10mRound trip $79,200
Super-midsize
$50,900
MAX Jet Card · 8 seats
$12,595/hr maxTax includedFuel not stated4h 00mRound trip $101,700
Large
$54,200
MAX Jet Card · Heavy, 10 seats
$13,995/hr maxTax includedFuel not stated3h 50mRound trip $108,400
The rate is a published maximum; trips may price lower. Rates at the entry purchase level as published, checked October 2, 2026; bigger purchases can lower them. Vault Aviation's terms: MAX Jet Card rates are maximums that include the 7.5% tax; trips often price lower. No blackout dates, peak surcharges or membership fees, and the balance is refundable and never expires.
Same route, every published rate
Midsize jet from San Francisco to Chicago, by program
Among 15 published midsize jet figures on this route, Vault Aviation's MAX Jet Card estimate is the 7th lowest, 5% below the route's median of $41,500. The spread runs from $33,500 to $52,800. 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.
- 1JetviaElite Jet Card · Learjet 60, plus $8,500 a day$33,500incl. 7.5% FET · incl. $8,500 a day
- 2Silverhawk AviationJet Card · Citation Excel, XLS · round trip $4,925$34,600FET added; tax not stated
- 3Concord Private JetJet Card · e.g. Hawker 800XP$34,800incl. 7.5% FET
- 4JettlyCategory rate$37,500FET added; tax not stated
- 5Northern Jet ManagementPrivate Advantage · Lear 45XR/75, Citation XLS+$39,300incl. 7.5% FET
- 6Fly AllianceMembership Jet Card · Hawker 800XP, Lear 60, XLS$39,500incl. 7.5% FET
- 7Vault AviationThis pageMAX Jet Card · 7 seats$39,600as published
- 8Surf Air MobilityJet Card$41,500incl. 7.5% FET
- 9Amalfi JetsAmalfi One$42,200FET added; tax not stated
- 10Sentient JetSJ25+$43,200incl. 7.5% FET · fuel est. $300/hr
- 11Solairus AviationAltitude$43,300as published
- 12Fly AllianceThe Reserve (with Thrive) · Citation XLS+$44,200FET added; tax not stated
- 13Outlier JetsJet Card$44,200FET added; tax not stated
- 14Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · e.g. Hawker 800XP, G150$45,600FET added; tax not stated
- 15Fly AllianceThe Reserve (with Thrive) · Citation Latitude$52,800FET added; tax not stated
One-way estimates, lowest first: each company's published rate for a midsize jet × about 4h 10m, 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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San Francisco to Chicago, priced on a real aircraft.
Vault Aviation'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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Vault Aviation, San Francisco to Chicago: questions
How much does Vault Aviation cost from San Francisco to Chicago?
About $39,600 one way, or $79,200 round trip, on a midsize jet (MAX Jet Card · 7 seats), estimated as about 4h 10m of flying × Vault Aviation's published $9,595 an hour. Light jet: about $33,600. Super-midsize jet: about $50,900. Large jet: about $54,200. The rate is a published maximum; trips may price lower. These are estimates, not quotes from Vault Aviation.
How does Vault Aviation compare with other jet cards from San Francisco to Chicago?
Among 15 published midsize jet figures on this route, Vault Aviation's MAX Jet Card estimate is the 7th lowest, 5% below the route's median of $41,500. The spread runs from $33,500 to $52,800. 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 Vault Aviation estimate include tax and fuel?
Per Vault Aviation's published terms, the rate includes the 7.5% federal excise tax, and it doesn't say whether fuel is included. 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 San Francisco to Chicago?
About 4h 10m on a midsize jet, nonstop, for 1,850 miles great-circle, by our speed and range assumptions. Winds and routing move the real time.