CHARTER AN AIRPLANE

Airline congestion is a fact-of-life for today’s travelers. For example, Philadelphia International Airport consistently ranks near the bottom for on-time performance and delays. Add long lines, intrusive security, offsite parking woes, fewer flights, crowded cabins, and poor service, and travel by airline is an unwanted burden to your stressed-out, time-constrained existence.

Individuals and businesses can charter an aircraft at Wings to travel conveniently on their own schedule to nearly 5,000 public-use general aviation airports throughout the United States. There are many advantages to chartering an aircraft, including:

  • Come and go on your own schedule
  • Point-to-point travel
  • Thousands of general aviation airports closer to your destination
  • Flexibility
  • Peace of mind – once on board, you will know everybody on the airplane
  • While strict security exists for charter aircraft, it is less onerous than what airline passengers face
  • Because you are no longer tied to airlines’ reduced schedules, you will have fewer nights away from home and fewer hotel bills
  • Time savings
  • Privacy and comfort

Convenient. Easy accessibility. This is why many consider Wings Field to be the most convenient airport for businesses in southeastern Pennsylvania. Within a ten mile radius are over 22,000 businesses employing more than 400,000 workers. Included are thirteen of the area’s largest employers, names like Merck, Unisys, Aetna, Wyeth, McNeil, GlaxoSmithKline, IMS Health, Prudential, Hartford, Lockheed Martin, Genuardi’s, Philadelphia Newspapers, and SPS Technologies. Within two miles are 40 office complexes and a major regional shopping mall. Minutes away are major highways like the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Blue Route (I476), Northeast Extension, US202, and the Schuylkill Expressway.

Businesses people flying on their own aircraft or via air charter find that Wings Field is much closer to their clients than Philadelphia International (PHL). Compare these drive times to some of the region’s largest companies from Wings and PHL:

Company Name Drive Time to Wings Drive Time to PHL
Unisys, Blue Bell 7 34
Aetna, Blue Bell 9 35
Merck and Company, West Point 16 44
McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Fort Washington 8 36
IMS Health, Plymouth Meeting 6 28
Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems, King of Prussia 16 30
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Headquarters), St Davids 16 22
GlaxoSmithKline (Upper Merion), King of Prussia 17 28
SPS Technologies, Jenkintown 17 30
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc, Conshohocken 17 35
Hartford Customer Service Group, Fort Washington 18 40
Prudential, Dresher 20 38
GlaxoSmithKline (Upper Providence), Collegeville 25 38
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Research, Collegeville 25 40
Quest Diagnostics, Norristown 25 38
Hatfield Quality Meats, Hatfield 27 47
Harleysville Insurance Companies, Harleysville 29 49
Moyer Packing Company, Souderton 30 50

There are two air charter operators at Wings Field.