Palm Beach County · KLNA · Part 91 dry leasing
Stop paying the charter markup.
The same light jet you charter today. Our Citation CJ1 lives in our hangar at Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA) — dry-leased to you, flown by your crew, on your schedule.
Around 40% less than chartering the same trip* — real money back in your pocket, or a lot more flying.
*Illustrative — based on the example math in the estimator; every assumption is editable there.
Your route, both invoicesfrom LNA · illustrativeBlock hours are good for a full 12 months — not 30 days like most dry-lease programs · 25-hour minimum · rates indicative
◆ Dry lease · Palm Aero
- Aircraft (lease)$—
- Fuel · CAA contract$—
- Pilot (you hire)$—
- Flight time—
✈ Charter, same trip (est.)
- Charter rate$3,500/hr
- Billable hours—
- + 7.5% excise tax$—
- + typical fees (12.5%)$—
How this works
How this works, in three steps
Tell us your routes
Where you fly and roughly how many hours a year. An owner comes back the same business day with real numbers.
Sign a clean aircraft dry lease
Truth-in-leasing conscious paperwork your counsel will recognize. No broker in the middle.
Hire a pilot and fly
You choose, hire and pay the pilot directly — we can share a list of independent pilots who know the type. The go/no-go is yours; that’s what operational control means.
The aircraft
One jet, kept like it’s ours — because it is.
A 2001 Cessna Citation CJ1 — six seats, Pro Line 21, single-pilot certified. Hangared at Palm Beach County Park (LNA) and available now — and getting better from there:
How far it goes
Up to 1,250 nm nonstop from Lantana.
New York, Dallas, Chicago, the Bahamas and most of the Caribbean — one leg. When the winglets go on, the ring stretches to up to 1,400 nm.
- New York (TEB)2h 38m · 907 nm
- Chicago (MDW)2h 51m · 988 nm
- Dallas (DAL)2h 45m · 951 nm
- Atlanta (PDK)1h 32m · 489 nm
- Nassau (NAS)0h 52m · 169 nm
Block hours that don’t expire on you
Purchased block hours are good for a full 12 months — most dry-lease programs expire theirs in 30 days. 25-hour minimum block.
Your pilot brings it to you
Home base is our hangar at LNA, but your pilot can position the aircraft to any Florida airport — or anywhere — at your cost, under your lease.
Single-pilot certified
Where your insurance allows, one qualified pilot flies it instead of two. We can share a list of independent pilots — you choose, hire, and pay them directly, or bring your own.
Fuel below the pump
As a CAA member, we buy fuel at CAA contract pricing at CAA Preferred FBOs, where available. On a dry lease, fuel is your direct cost, so every saved gallon is yours.
A family company
Two generations. One airplane. Straight answers.
We’re a family company, two generations deep in aviation — and we own the airplane we lease. No call center, no broker chain, no rate sheet games. When you call, you’re talking to the people who sign the lease and hangar the jet.
We’d rather tell you an airplane isn’t right than make a bad fit. Need a flown-for-you trip? That’s a charter — we’ll point you to a certificated Part 135 operator.
Talk to the owners. Today.
One call and we’ll run your routes together — real numbers, same day. No call center, no broker, no pressure.
Goes straight to the owners — personal reply, usually the same business day.
Prefer email? info@palmaerogroup.com — or send your routes and we’ll reply the same business day.