Private Jet Simpson Bay to Chandler

Simpson Bay to Chandler runs about 2,772 nautical miles, a sector well within the range of a Challenger 350 or Gulfstream G280, both completing the crossing in around five and a half hours nonstop and sparing passengers the connection through Miami or San Juan that a commercial itinerary out of Sint Maarten typically requires. Princess Juliana International Airport, famous for its low beach approach, is well suited to private aviation traffic, and cruising near 43,000 feet keeps either aircraft smooth and efficient above much of the tropical weather that regularly disrupts scheduled service through the Leeward Islands during the wetter months of the year. Sint Maarten’s dual Dutch and French character and its lively beach culture give way, at the end of this crossing, to Chandler’s quieter desert basin, where semiconductor manufacturing has become the defining industry over the past several decades. Arriving guests exchange beach bars for championship golf courses, resort spas and hiking trails through the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, along with a calendar of desert events running from spring training baseball to the Barrett-Jackson car auction. Caribbean business travellers with interests in American manufacturing, along with families looking to combine a beach holiday with a desert one, both find this nonstop private sector considerably more comfortable than the layovers a scheduled airline routing would otherwise impose on the same journey, arriving refreshed rather than travel-worn. Sint Maarten’s famous Maho Beach, where aircraft pass low overhead on final approach, gives visitors a fitting send-off before a crossing that ends in a considerably quieter arrival experience at Chandler’s own private terminal.