PNE → ACK
About 236 nautical miles, roughly 1h 14m – 1h 26m in a turboprop jet. Here is the honest version of that trip.
Distance
236 nm
Great-circle direct
Estimated flight time
1h 14m – 1h 26m
Turboprops, including taxi
Recommended
Turboprops
6–8 passengers
Nonstop
Yes
With a full cabin
Estimates are computed from great-circle distance, published cruise speeds, and modeled allowances for routing, climb, descent and prevailing winds — the same engine the configurator uses. They are ranges rather than single numbers because weather and air traffic control do not deal in single numbers. Party size assumed: six.
Aircraft
Each of these covers the routing nonstop with the cabin filled — checked against realistic full-cabin range, not a manufacturer headline.
1h 14m – 1h 26m
The better-suited option on a leg this short. It is built for the profile, and it gets into shorter fields than a jet will take.
57m – 1h 09m
More cabin, more baggage and a faster cruise. Worth the additional hours if the flight is long or the party is traveling heavy.
Departing Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia is the general aviation field for the city and the Bucks County corridor, and it avoids PHL entirely — which on a weekday afternoon is worth a great deal more than the ten miles it costs you.
Arriving Nantucket
Nantucket is the clearest demonstration of what private aviation is actually for. The alternative is a connection and a ferry, and in summer the difference between the two is measured in half-days.
Nantucket fog is not a cliché — it closes the airport with real frequency in early summer. We plan alternates in advance rather than improvising, and we would rather tell you the risk beforehand than manage your disappointment afterwards.
Flying Philadelphia to Nantucket more than a few times a year? The Velocity Jet Card fixes the terms in advance — or see how a card compares with charter, fractional and ownership, including where a card is the wrong answer.
The Jet Configurator
The configurator checks routed distance against realistic full-cabin range, so it will never recommend an aircraft that cannot actually make the trip with everyone aboard.
Your trip
We will come back personally with real availability and a real number — not an auto-generated quote. Every inquiry is answered personally — 24/7, and we come back to you right away.
Popular from here
Questions
Approximately 1h 14m – 1h 26m in a turboprop jet, over about 236 nautical miles direct. That is an estimated range including taxi time — winds and routing move it either way, and westbound legs typically run longer than eastbound.
For six passengers, a turboprop jet — Beechcraft King Air 350i or a Cessna Grand Caravan EX — covers this route nonstop and uses the fewest hours doing it. A light gives you more cabin and a faster cruise at around 57m – 1h 09m.
We typically use Northeast Philadelphia Airport (PNE) for Philadelphia and Nantucket Memorial Airport (ACK) for Nantucket. Alternatives are available at both ends and are sometimes the better answer depending on where you are actually going.
We do not publish charter prices, because a price without live operator availability behind it is a guess rather than a quote. Tell us the date and party size and you will have a real number, usually the same day.
No published price, because a price without live availability behind it is a guess. Tell us the date and the party and we will come back with a real number — every inquiry is answered personally — 24/7, and we come back to you right away.
Every inquiry is answered personally — 24/7, and we come back to you right away.
The Velocity concierge · answers day or night
Velocity AI does not quote prices or confirm availability — those come from a person, on 866-575-JETS, 24/7.