Private Jet St Maarten to Sumba

The trip from St Maarten to Sumba covers about 11,830 miles and takes around 19 hours and 45 minutes in the air. That distance is beyond the range of the longest business jets, so the journey will need a fuel stop rather than a non-stop flight, and an executive airliner is the category suited to a trip of this length. The route links a small Caribbean island shared by the Dutch and French, known for its sandy beaches and the shops of Philipsburg, with Sumba, an island in eastern Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda chain. Travellers heading to Sumba often go to see its stone megalithic tombs, its traditional villages with thatched houses, and the hand-woven ikat textiles for which the island is known. The contrast between the two places is considerable, with Sumba’s dry landscape a long way from Caribbean shores.