Private jet fixed costs: Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark
The Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 22,000 to 123,220 USD, read 12 September 2026.
2 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
By cost component
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| cost component insurance | 22,000 USD (one figure) | one figure, no range | 1 |
| cost component crew | 123,220 USD (one figure) | one figure, no range | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, airline and commercial pilots | 123,220 USD | crew | 2026-09-12 |
| BWI aircraft insurance cost breakdown 2026 | 22,000 USD | insurance | 2026-09-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (2)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, airline and commercial pilots, read 2026-09-12:
The median annual wage for commercial pilots was $123,220 in May 2025.
- BWI aircraft insurance cost breakdown 2026, read 2026-09-12:
Light Jet (Citation, Phenom, Vision Jet) $3M–$8M $15,000 – $30,000+ $22,000
Read in full, publishes no figure
7 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- BLS OEWS 53-2011 airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- BLS OEWS 53-2012 commercial pilots, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Professional Pilot Magazine hourly-cost engine maintenance programs, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- JSSI engine maintenance programs, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- SkyWatch aircraft insurance rates guide, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Business Jet Traveler guide to aviation insurance, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Corpus Christi International Airport schedule of fees FY2026, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 9 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 30 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the fixed annual total rebuilt from named public components rather than quoted as a lump: two crew at the statistical agency's median wage for the occupation, hangar at the published rate schedule of the airport (per square foot per month, which is why the same aircraft costs a multiple more in one metro than another), insurance at the published percent-of-hull-value rate, and the engine programme at its published hourly enrolment rate; the derivation nobody publishes is the SAME model's fixed cost by home airport, and the share of the all-in hourly number that is fixed at 100, 200, 400 hours a year
30 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (12)
- BLS OEWS 53-2011 airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS OEWS 53-2012 commercial pilots(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, airline and commercial pilots(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Professional Pilot Magazine hourly-cost engine maintenance programs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- JSSI engine maintenance programs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- BWI aircraft insurance cost breakdown 2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- SkyWatch aircraft insurance rates guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Business Jet Traveler guide to aviation insurance(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Johnson County (KS) Airport Commission rates and charges 2026-2027(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Jefferson County (CO) Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport rates and charges(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Corpus Christi International Airport schedule of fees FY2026(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- faa.gov(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 22,000 to 123,220 USD, read 12 September 2026.
2 of the 9 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 12 September 2026.
Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark, cost component insurance: median 22,000 USD across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark, cost component crew: median 123,220 USD across 1 source, read 12 September 2026.
Cite as: "jetoperatingcost.com Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark", updated 2026-10-05, https://jetoperatingcost.com/datasets/fixed-ownership-cost-benchmark/.
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Questions this data answers
What does the fixed side of owning a jet cost per year - crew, hangar, insurance, maintenance programme - before a single hour is flown?
The Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 22,000 to 123,220 USD, read 12 September 2026.
Where do the figures in the Fixed Ownership Cost Benchmark come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 12 Sept 2026). 9 named sources were read and 2 publish a figure; the 7 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.