NBAA2011: Outdoor Static Display Area
at the Las Vegas Convention Center

Business Aircraft

The types of business aircraft vary widely, ranging from propeller-driven aircraft to jets to helicopters. The fleet includes everything from piston aircraft not much bigger than a car and capable of flying just a few hundred miles before re-fueling, to jets that seat more than a dozen people and are capable of making non-stop international flights. However, the vast majority of business aircraft seat six passengers in a cabin roughly the size of a large SUV and fly an average stage length of less than 1,000 miles. Depending on their capability, these aircraft may fly at altitudes below the airlines (below 20,000 feet) or above the airlines (above 40,000 feet).

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  Piston Engine Aircraft

  Piston aircraft used for business typically fly relatively short missions of 300-400 miles, using very small general aviation airports that are often without air traffic control towers. Continue.

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  Turboprop Aircraft

  Turboprops are an attractive option for businesses that need to fly missions requiring 600-1,000 miles of travel between general aviation airports that often have runways too short to accommodate jets. Continue.

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  Jet Aircraft

  Like their turboprop counterparts, jet interiors are often configured similar to a small office, where co-workers can meet and make productive use of time en route to a destination. Continue.

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  Helicopters

  Helicopters are often attractive to businesspeople because of their ability to land at a variety of heliports and outlying airports and are typically used for very short business aviation flights of less than 100 miles, at altitudes of less than 1,000 feet. Continue.

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  Tuesday, October 11, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m
  Grand Ballroom, Bellagio Hotel

  At the 2011 NBAA/CAN Charity Benefit, you’ll have “Fun, Fun, Fun” while enjoying the music of The Beach Boys and helping cancer patients cet closer to their cure.

  Your generosity will help the Corporate Angel Network (CAN) continue to help cancer patients fly free to treatment in empty seats of corporate aircraft. To date CAN has arranged nearly 40,000 flights with cancer patients aboard. But, their job is far from done.