Single engine and light twin pistons, in Texas or across the country. You pay 75 dollars an hour for my time and cover the fuel and expenses. What you are really buying is judgment: a careful preflight, squawks written down before we leave, and honest weather calls in the air. No deadline is worth pushing your airplane into weather it should not be in.
One conversation up front, then a firm quote, then the airplane arrives. You are told what is happening at every leg.
The airplane needs a current annual, its airworthiness directives complied with, and registration and airworthiness certificates on board. Have the POH, weight and balance, and the logbooks available for me to look through. Anything that makes it unairworthy stops the trip until it is fixed.
Type and year, where it sits now, where it needs to be, and when. Mention anything you already know is wrong with it. That one call is usually enough for me to know whether I am the right pilot for the trip.
I work out the flight time for the route and the airplane's true cruise, then give you my hours, an estimated fuel burn, and what the return travel is likely to cost. Nothing about the number is a surprise later.
I go through the airplane and the paperwork before we go anywhere. Anything I find gets written down and sent to you, whether it affects the trip or not. If it is not airworthy, we stop right there and you decide what to do next.
I plan fuel stops around the airplane's real range with reserves, not the book number, and I make the weather call each morning. If the day is not right, the airplane sits and you get a phone call. That is the deal, and it is the reason your airplane arrives in the shape it left in.
The airplane is delivered, tied down or handed to your shop or buyer, and you get the hours flown, the fuel receipts, and anything I noticed about the airplane along the way.
There is nothing hidden in this list. My time is the only thing I charge for.
Ferry flights with Settle Aviation are 75 dollars per hour of flight time. The owner covers fuel and oil, landing and ramp fees along the route, and my return travel, including lodging if the trip requires an overnight. A 500 nautical mile ferry in a Cessna 172 at 110 knots is roughly four and a half hours of flight time, so about 337 dollars for my time. Fuel for that leg at 8 gallons an hour and 6 dollars a gallon runs near 216 dollars. Return travel by car or airline from the destination adds 150 to 600 dollars depending on distance. A typical in state Texas ferry lands between 700 and 1,200 dollars all in. Cross country moves to other states usually run 1,500 to 3,500 dollars depending on distance and how much fuel the airplane burns.
Settle Aviation ferries single engine and light twin piston airplanes. Common types include the Cessna 172, 182, 206, and 210, the Piper Cherokee, Archer, Warrior, Arrow, and Seneca, the Beechcraft Bonanza and Baron, the Mooney M20 series, and similar general aviation airplanes. High performance singles and light twins are handled case by case depending on currency and checkout requirements. Turbine and pressurized high altitude airplanes are outside the current scope of the service. Whatever the type, I ask for the aircraft documents, the logbooks, and a description of any known squawks before accepting the trip. Your airplane gets treated exactly as carefully as if it were mine, with honest weather decisions along the route and no heroic flying to hit a deadline. If the weather is not right, the flight does not go that day.
Before a ferry flight the airplane needs a current annual inspection, all applicable airworthiness directives complied with, and valid registration and airworthiness certificates on board. The aircraft documents, including the POH or AFM, weight and balance data, and the maintenance logbooks, should be available for review. I preflight the airplane thoroughly before departure and note any squawks I find. Anything that makes the airplane unairworthy stops the trip until it is repaired. The owner arranges fuel at the departure airport and reimburses fuel along the route, and it helps if the airplane is serviced and fueled before I arrive so the trip can start without a delay. One phone call beforehand confirms the type, the route, the timeline, and anything unusual about the airplane. Most ferry flights get scheduled within one to two weeks.
Give me the type, the departure airport, and the destination, and you get a firm quote and real dates back. You will always talk to a real person, never a front desk.
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