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Mission tool

Which jet fits the way you travel?

Enter your home airport, the trips you fly in a year and the most people on one trip. The tool checks every aircraft in the directory against each trip: range with a planning margin, runway length at both ends, and seats. It shows the smallest class that flies all your trips nonstop.

The form starts with an example plan from Houston Hobby. Change any field.

Home airport
Trips

Round trips from home. Up to 8 destinations.

Passengers and cabin
Planning settings

Defaults: 10% range margin for winds and reserves. 573 knots per Mach (true airspeed at high cruise altitude, standard day). You can change both.

Results

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For planning only. Do not use for flight planning or a purchase decision. Range and runway figures are the makers' published values, with the conditions each maker states (usually sea level, standard day, maximum weight). High, hot or short airports need the maker's performance charts. Runway lengths: FAA data for US airports, OurAirports for other countries. Flight hours are great-circle distance at the maker's cruise speed, with no wind, climb or taxi time. This version shows no operating costs.