Private Jet Nantucket to Gilbert

Nantucket, the small island off the coast of Massachusetts once at the centre of the American whaling industry, sits roughly 2,034 nautical miles from Gilbert, a sector comfortably handled by a mid-size or super mid-size jet in a little under four hours. Aircraft such as the Citation Latitude or Challenger 350 cover the distance efficiently, cruising in the high thirties to low forties across the country toward the desert Southwest. Departures use Nantucket Memorial Airport, serving an island whose cobblestone streets and grey-shingled architecture have changed remarkably little since the whaling fleets that once made it one of the wealthiest towns in America. Arrival is into Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, a dedicated reliever field east of Phoenix that keeps private traffic well clear of the congestion at Phoenix’s main commercial gateway. Gilbert, the destination, has grown from a farming town into one of Arizona’s fastest-expanding suburbs, prized for its parks, its schools and its proximity to the Cactus League’s spring training ballparks. Nantucket, by contrast, remains one of the most exclusive summer communities in the country, its limited housing stock and strict preservation rules keeping the island’s character largely unchanged even as demand for property there has climbed steadily. This sector suits seasonal residents moving between Nantucket’s summer season and Arizona for the rest of the year, along with leisure travellers making the trip for a short island stay. The Nantucket Whaling Museum, housed in a former candle factory, remains one of the best-preserved records of the industry that first made the island wealthy.