Boca Raton · Palm Beach County · Part 91 dry lease
Aircraft leasing for Boca Raton — a Citation CJ1, hangared close to home.
Palm Aero Group dry-leases one well-kept Citation CJ1 for Boca Raton people and businesses. It’s hangared at Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA) in Lantana — close to Palm Beach and within reach of Boca Raton — and available now. You supply your own pilot, hold operational control under Part 91, and pay direct costs instead of an operator’s retail rate.
Boca Raton
Close enough to see it before you sign
The jet isn’t parked at Boca Raton Airport (BCT). It’s hangared at LNA in Lantana, roughly 13 nautical miles to the north, in the same stretch of the Palm Beach corridor. That short distance is the point of this page.
- Start at LNA. For most Boca lessees, departing from our home field is the simple answer — check the route from your own door.
- Or have your pilot position the jet to BCT — at your cost, under your lease. Your call and your pilot’s.
Being close also makes the walk-around easy. We’re new, and here’s what we’d check in anyone: the paperwork, the aircraft records, and whether the owner picks up the phone. Visits at LNA are by appointment, and we’ll send the records before you come.
Nearby fields
Boca’s airports, from a lessee’s chair
- Boca Raton (BCT) — a general aviation field, roughly 13 nm from LNA.
- Palm Beach County Park Airport (LNA) — a county-owned general aviation field in Lantana, and the jet’s home. It’s hangared, so the airplane sits out of the weather between flights.
- Palm Beach International (PBI) — the county’s airline airport, roughly 5 nm north of LNA.
- Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE) — a general aviation field to the south, roughly 24 nm from LNA.
Why a general aviation field suits a light jet: the South Florida advantage.
Airport information here is general orientation only — confirm current services, hours, fees and access with the field directly and with your pilot before operating there.
What you’re leasing
A 2001 Cessna Citation CJ1, kept like it’s ours
Six passengers in a club cabin, Pro Line 21 avionics, single-pilot certified — one qualified pilot where insurance allows. Inspection-fresh and hangared at LNA, with scheduled maintenance and airworthiness upkeep covered by the lease. Ask and we’ll send the records before you visit. See the CJ1 →
The numbers
What it costs, line by line
- The aircraft: $1,750/hr on a block of at least 25 hours, good for 12 months — or $1,950/hr pay-as-you-go with no commitment. Rates are indicative.
- Fuel: roughly $600/hr, at CAA member contract pricing at CAA Preferred FBOs, where available.
- Your pilot: typically about $1,000–1,500 a day, paid by you directly to the pilot.
Landing, handling, catering and overnight hangar are yours too, as for any Part 91 operator. On the site’s example — a round trip from our base to Atlanta — a dry lease pencils out around $9,500 all-in; chartered, the same trip typically lands near $15,000. Illustrative, not a quote.
Starting from Boca Raton Airport (BCT)? The positioning leg from LNA is part of your trip’s cost — at your cost, under your lease — so put it in your numbers. Run your own route from BCT · or from LNA. Every assumption is editable.
Who it fits
Who dry-leases a jet from Boca Raton
Owner-pilots building CE-525 time
The CJ1 is single-pilot certified. Fly it yourself where your insurance allows — Pro Line 21 today — and tell us your ratings and hours; we’ll talk through what underwriters typically want before you commit to anything.
Businesses that would rather not own
Jet access at direct costs — no aircraft on the balance sheet, no crew on payroll. Your pilot, your operational control, and paperwork your counsel can read early.
Families who fly private
A six-passenger club cabin for the places you already go — Nassau is about an hour from Lantana — flown by a pilot you choose, hire, and pay directly, under your operational control.
Frequent charter customers
If you charter 15+ hours a year, you know the retail rates and the availability games. Same class of jet, direct costs, one airplane you’ll come to know.
What you handle
- ✓Your crew — a pilot you choose, hire, and pay directly (we can share a list of independent pilots, or bring your own)
- ✓Insurance naming you as the operator
- ✓Operational control of every flight, under Part 91
- ✓Fuel and trip costs — landing, handling, catering, overnight hangar
What we don’t do
- ✕Sell flights, seats, or air transportation
- ✕Provide, pick, or schedule your pilots
- ✕Hold a Part 135 certificate — by design
“Aircraft leasing” covers a lot of different things — charter brokers, jet cards, fractional shares, management. This is one specific structure: a Part 91 dry lease. We hand you the keys to a jet we own and maintain; you do the driving.
Need a flown-for-you trip instead? That’s a charter — and we’re deliberately not a charter company. We’re happy to point you to a certificated Part 135 operator.
Straight answers
Questions from Boca Raton
Can I lease a jet that departs from Boca Raton Airport (BCT)?
Can I see the jet before committing?
I hold a CE-525 rating. Can I fly it myself?
How do block hours work?
Is dry leasing a jet legal?
Send your Boca Raton routes — get lease pricing.
Tell us your routes and roughly how many hours a year you fly — an owner replies with real numbers, block or pay-as-you-go.
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Ten minutes with an owner beats an hour of reading.
Call or text with your Boca Raton routes — we’ll walk the structure, the numbers, and whether it’s actually a fit.