Private jet cost · Wheels Up · Estimate
Wheels Up from Scottsdale to Vail
About $13,800 one way on a light jet (Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300), estimated from Wheels Up's published $9,088 an hour, plus 7.5% FET added by us (its rate page doesn't state tax), for about 1h 25m 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
- $13,800
- one way, light
- Flight time
- 1h 25m
- nonstop
- Distance
- 499 mi
- 434 nm
- Published rate
- $9,088
- an hour, recent average, tax not stated
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, Scottsdale to Vail, one way
$25,900
Same class: Wheels Up's super-midsize estimate on this route is about $14,900 (FET added; tax not stated). CRAFT: 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.
- 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.
Wheels Up · Scottsdale to Vail
Wheels Up's estimate by jet size
Each row is Wheels Up's published hourly rate for that size × our flight-time estimate for Scottsdale to Vail, with the 7.5% federal excise tax added where its terms say tax is extra or don't say. 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 25m | $13,800 | $27,600 |
| Light jet | Signature Fixed · Phenom 300 | $9,295/hr | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 25m | $14,100 | $28,200 |
| Super-midsize | Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300 | $10,576/hr avg | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 20m | $14,900 | $29,800 |
| Super-midsize jet | Signature Fixed · Challenger 300 | $13,495/hr | Tax not statedFuel not stated | 1h 20m | $19,000 | $38,000 |
Light
$13,800
Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300
$9,088/hr avgTax not statedFuel not stated1h 25mRound trip $27,600
Light
$14,100
Signature Fixed · Phenom 300
$9,295/hrTax not statedFuel not stated1h 25mRound trip $28,200
Super-midsize
$14,900
Signature Dynamic · Challenger 300
$10,576/hr avgTax not statedFuel not stated1h 20mRound trip $29,800
Super-midsize
$19,000
Signature Fixed · Challenger 300
$13,495/hrTax not statedFuel not stated1h 20mRound trip $38,000
Short hop: minimums decide the bill. At about 1h 25m a leg, a program may bill more time than you fly. Published minimums run 48 to 120 minutes a leg, and some programs bill per day; these figures are flight time × rate, before any minimum.
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 Scottsdale to Vail, by program
Among 17 published light jet figures on this route, Wheels Up's Signature Dynamic estimate is the 14th lowest, 19% above the route's median of $11,600. The spread runs from $9,100 to $15,800. CRAFT's Fleet Jet Card is super-midsize only, so it isn't in this light jet comparison; its estimate is with the super-midsize figures on the route page.
- 1Silverhawk AviationJet Card · Citation Ultra, Encore · round trip $3,375$9,100FET added; tax not stated
- 2JettlyCategory rate$10,100FET added; tax not stated
- 3Concord Private JetJet Card · e.g. CJ4$10,600incl. 7.5% FET
- 4Northern Jet ManagementPrivate Advantage · Citation CJ3/CJ4$10,600incl. 7.5% FET
- 5Vault AviationMAX Jet Card · 6 seats$10,700as published
- 6Amalfi JetsAmalfi One$11,400FET added; tax not stated
- 7Northern Jet ManagementPreview Card · Citation CJ3/CJ4$11,500incl. 7.5% FET
- 8Fly AllianceMembership Jet Card · Hawker 400XP, CJ3$11,600incl. 7.5% FET
- 9Sentient JetSJ25$11,600incl. 7.5% FET · fuel est. $300/hr
- 10Outlier JetsJet Card$12,500FET added; tax not stated
- 11Surf Air MobilityJet Card$13,200incl. 7.5% FET
- 12Solairus AviationAltitude$13,400as published
- 13Surf Air MobilityJet Card Premium · Phenom 300, PC-24$13,600incl. 7.5% FET
- 14Wheels UpThis pageSignature Dynamic · Phenom 300$13,800FET added; tax not stated
- 15Wheels UpThis pageSignature Fixed · Phenom 300$14,100FET added; tax not stated
- 16Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · e.g. CJ3, Lear 40$14,700FET added; tax not stated
- 17Stratos JetsSOAR HIGHER · Super light, e.g. Phenom 300, XLS$15,800FET added; tax not stated
One-way estimates, lowest first: each company's published rate for a light jet × about 1h 25m, 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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Scottsdale to Vail, 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, Scottsdale to Vail: questions
How much does Wheels Up cost from Scottsdale to Vail?
About $13,800 one way, or $27,600 round trip, on a light jet (Signature Dynamic · Phenom 300), estimated as about 1h 25m of flying × Wheels Up's published $9,088 an hour, plus 7.5% FET added by us (its rate page doesn't state tax). Super-midsize jet: about $14,900. The rate is a published recent average, not a promise. At this length, minimums can decide the bill: published minimums across programs run 48 to 120 minutes a leg, so check Wheels Up's. These are estimates, not quotes from Wheels Up.
How does Wheels Up compare with other jet cards from Scottsdale to Vail?
Among 17 published light jet figures on this route, Wheels Up's Signature Dynamic estimate is the 14th lowest, 19% above the route's median of $11,600. The spread runs from $9,100 to $15,800. CRAFT's Fleet Jet Card is super-midsize only, so it isn't in this light 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 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. 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 Scottsdale to Vail?
About 1h 25m on a light jet, nonstop, for 499 miles great-circle, by our speed and range assumptions. Winds and routing move the real time.