Private Jet from Palm Springs, US (PSP) to Chicago, US (MDW)

Private jet charter from Palm Springs to Chicago

The route from Palm Springs (PSP) to Chicago (MDW) covers approximately 2,662 km, about 4h 56m nonstop by private jet.

We did not observe a regular nonstop pattern between Palm Springs and Chicago over the last 12 months, so this sector is normally flown ad hoc. Departure-end activity is solid though: 1,590 business aircraft movements were tracked at Palm Springs, around 133 a month.

Aircraft based at or passing through Palm Springs are led by the Cessna Citation CJ3 and the Cessna Citation Latitude, with an average build year of 2011 — that is the pool a charter for this route is most likely to come from.

At the arrival end, Chicago recorded 24,583 tracked movements over the same period (about 2,049 a month), most often the Cessna Citation Latitude.

Departures from Palm Springs skew to the weekend (46% of movements fall Friday to Sunday), so mid-week slots on this route are usually easier to fill and cheaper to position.

The smallest cabin that covers 2,662 km without a fuel stop is the light jet at $2,500-4,500 an hour, and the type most often quoted here is the Bombardier Challenger 350. How the hourly rate turns into a total is set out in the private jet cost guide, and if the dates are loose it is worth checking empty leg flights on this direction first.