Africa Private Jet Price Index 2026: Charter Prices by Route

Name: Africa Private Jet Price Index
Creator: privatejet.africa
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The Africa Private Jet Price Index tracks what private charter actually costs across the continent. We price every route we cover for four passengers, one-way, in every jet and turboprop that can fly it, and publish the cheapest suitable aircraft and the cheapest jet for each route. The figures update continuously from our pricing engine, and a monthly snapshot builds the history.

Routes tracked350one-way, 4 passengers
Median estimateUS$15,800cheapest suitable aircraft
Median jet estimateUS$22,550cheapest jet on each route
Cheapest routeUS$3,400Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro

October 2026 edition. Updated 30 October 2026 from the privatejet.africa pricing engine. Whole-aircraft one-way estimates in US dollars, including positioning, airport and navigation fees.

Key findings, October 2026

The median one-way private flight across 350 African routes costs US$15,800 for four passengers in the cheapest suitable aircraft. The median cheapest jet costs US$22,550.
A turboprop is the cheapest option on 67% of routes. Jets win on longer sectors where speed cuts billable hours.
Routes with about an hour in the air have a median estimate of US$10,150.
The cheapest tracked route is Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro at US$3,400. The most expensive is Johannesburg to Dakar at US$109,000.
On 17 of 350 routes (5%), flying the aircraft in empty from its base makes up 60% or more of the price — a map of where Africa is short of based aircraft.

Benchmark routes

Sixteen of the continent’s busiest private routes, tracked every month. Change is against the previous monthly snapshot.

Route	Distance	Cheapest aircraft	One-way	Cheapest jet	vs last month
Lagos to Abuja	276 NM	King Air 350i1h 21m	US$11,300	US$12,300Embraer Phenom 300	baseline
Lagos to Port Harcourt	236 NM	King Air 350i1h 13m	US$10,100	US$11,500Embraer Phenom 300	baseline
Nairobi to Mombasa	228 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 43m	US$4,100	US$10,100Citation Mustang	baseline
Johannesburg to Cape Town	687 NM	Citation Mustang2h 31m	US$11,500	US$11,500Citation Mustang	baseline
Nairobi to Zanzibar	325 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX2h 19m	US$4,900	US$11,300Citation CJ3+	baseline
Johannesburg to Victoria Falls	501 NM	King Air C90GTx2h 26m	US$8,100	US$15,900Citation Mustang	baseline
Nairobi to Entebbe	281 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX2h 02m	US$4,500	US$11,100Citation Mustang	baseline
Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro	243 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 48m	US$3,400	US$11,500Citation CJ3+	baseline
Johannesburg to Nairobi	1,572 NM	Citation Mustang6h 04m	US$25,400	US$25,400Citation Mustang	baseline
Maun to Victoria Falls	177 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 23m	US$3,400	—	baseline
Lagos to Accra	216 NM	King Air C90GTx1h 14m	US$7,200	US$11,500Embraer Phenom 300	baseline
Cairo to Sharm El Sheikh	203 NM	Learjet 45XR0h 55m	US$12,100	US$12,100Learjet 45XR	baseline
Nairobi to Kigali	409 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX2h 50m	US$7,800	US$13,800Citation Mustang	baseline
Johannesburg to Harare	518 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX3h 30m	US$11,100	US$16,300Citation Mustang	baseline
Cape Town to Durban	690 NM	Citation Mustang2h 32m	US$13,500	US$13,500Citation Mustang	baseline
Nairobi to Dar es Salaam	360 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX2h 32m	US$5,300	US$12,100Citation CJ3+	baseline

Hourly charter rates by aircraft class

Planning rates per occupied flight hour that the engine applies before fees and positioning.

Class	Aircraft priced	Rate per hour
Piston5–8 seats	Cessna 206 Stationair, Piper Chieftain	US$600–950
Turboprop6–18 seats	Cessna Grand Caravan EX, King Air C90GTx, Pilatus PC-12 NG, DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, Beechcraft 1900D, King Air 250, King Air 350i	US$1,400–3,900
Light jet4–8 seats	Citation Mustang, Citation CJ3+, Embraer Phenom 300, Learjet 45XR	US$3,200–5,500
Midsize jet8–9 seats	Citation XLS+, Hawker 800XP	US$5,900–6,200
Super-midsize jet9 seats	Citation Sovereign+, Challenger 350	US$6,800–7,500
Heavy jet11–14 seats	Challenger 605, Embraer Legacy 600, Falcon 900EX, Gulfstream G450	US$8,800–10,500
Ultra-long-range jet16 seats	Gulfstream G550	US$11,500

Private jet prices by distance

Distance	Routes	Median one-way	Median cheapest jet	Typical time	Usual cheapest class
Under 250 NM	67	US$6,800	US$11,500	1h 07m	Turboprop
250–500 NM	72	US$10,450	US$15,350	1h 59m	Turboprop
500–1,000 NM	96	US$14,850	US$21,950	3h 37m	Turboprop
1,000–2,000 NM	86	US$25,800	US$28,750	5h 22m	Light jet
Over 2,000 NM	29	US$51,500	US$51,500	7h 07m	Light jet

Private jet prices by departure country

Countries with at least three tracked departures, busiest first.

Country	Routes	Median one-way	Cheapest route from there
South Africa	61	US$17,200	Johannesburg to MaputoUS$6,000
Nigeria	45	US$14,700	Lagos to AccraUS$7,200
Kenya	37	US$15,700	Nairobi to ArushaUS$4,000
Morocco	32	US$30,450	Casablanca to MarrakechUS$10,100
Zimbabwe	14	US$8,600	Victoria Falls to LusakaUS$3,400
Ghana	14	US$14,950	Accra to LoméUS$5,400
Tanzania	13	US$6,900	Dar es Salaam to KilimanjaroUS$3,400
Zambia	10	US$6,800	Lusaka to LivingstoneUS$3,400
Uganda	9	US$6,200	Entebbe to NairobiUS$4,000
Ethiopia	9	US$13,100	Addis Ababa to DjiboutiUS$8,500
Egypt	9	US$14,300	Cairo to AlexandriaUS$11,900
Mozambique	8	US$11,800	Maputo to JohannesburgUS$5,400
Senegal	8	US$14,200	Dakar to BanjulUS$5,600
Ivory Coast	8	US$15,950	Abidjan to LoméUS$9,700
Angola	8	US$25,550	Luanda to WindhoekUS$21,600
Cameroon	8	US$29,350	Douala to MalaboUS$16,000
Botswana	7	US$4,600	Maun to Victoria FallsUS$3,400
Namibia	7	US$9,700	Windhoek to Walvis BayUS$5,200
Benin	7	US$10,200	Cotonou to AccraUS$6,000
Congo (Republic)	7	US$29,000	Brazzaville to KinshasaUS$20,700
Gabon	7	US$37,900	Libreville to São ToméUS$17,400
The Gambia	6	US$15,150	Banjul to DakarUS$6,200
Rwanda	5	US$9,100	Kigali to EntebbeUS$5,300
Mauritius	5	US$47,700	Mauritius to Dar es SalaamUS$18,100
DR Congo	4	US$29,550	Kinshasa to LubumbashiUS$25,300

The 10 cheapest private jet routes in Africa

Route	Distance	Cheapest aircraft	One-way
Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro	243 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 48m in the air	US$3,400
Zanzibar to Mombasa	133 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 07m in the air	US$3,400
Maun to Victoria Falls	177 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 23m in the air	US$3,400
Maun to Kasane	162 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 18m in the air	US$3,400
Maun to Livingstone	187 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 28m in the air	US$3,400
Victoria Falls to Lusaka	224 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 41m in the air	US$3,400
Lusaka to Livingstone	213 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 37m in the air	US$3,400
Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar	39 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX0h 32m in the air	US$3,400
Kilimanjaro to Zanzibar	211 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 37m in the air	US$3,400
Victoria Falls to Maun	177 NM	Cessna Grand Caravan EX1h 23m in the air	US$3,400

The 10 most expensive routes we track

Long sectors flown in larger jets, and routes where the nearest suitable aircraft is far away.

Route	Distance	Cheapest aircraft	One-way
Johannesburg to Dakar	3,606 NM	Challenger 3509h 49m in the air	US$109,000
Casablanca to Dar es Salaam	3,595 NM	Hawker 800XP10h 14m in the air	US$101,600
Addis Ababa to Mauritius	2,088 NM	Citation Sovereign+5h 25m in the air	US$99,800
Mauritius to Lagos	3,593 NM	Hawker 800XP10h 10m in the air	US$99,300
Casablanca to Johannesburg	4,117 NM	Challenger 35010h 50m in the air	US$98,000
Casablanca to Kigali	3,009 NM	Hawker 800XP8h 43m in the air	US$92,500
Casablanca to Nairobi	3,264 NM	Hawker 800XP9h 22m in the air	US$86,800
Casablanca to Addis Ababa	2,948 NM	Hawker 800XP8h 37m in the air	US$82,000
Cairo to Johannesburg	3,382 NM	Citation Sovereign+9h 16m in the air	US$72,600
Casablanca to Luanda	2,800 NM	Citation CJ3+8h 30m in the air	US$61,100

Where positioning drives the price

On these routes most of the price is the empty flight that brings the aircraft from its base. More aircraft based nearby, or an empty leg, would cut the price sharply.

Route	Cheapest aircraft	One-way	Share that is positioning
Brazzaville to Kinshasa	Cessna Grand Caravan EX	US$20,700	89%
Douala to Malabo	King Air C90GTx	US$16,000	82%
Libreville to São Tomé	King Air C90GTx	US$17,400	77%
Douala to Libreville	King Air C90GTx	US$18,700	76%
Libreville to Douala	King Air C90GTx	US$18,700	76%
Port Harcourt to Malabo	King Air C90GTx	US$14,900	76%
Port Harcourt to Douala	King Air C90GTx	US$16,000	75%
Douala to Pointe-Noire	King Air 350i	US$31,100	66%

Monthly history

October 2026 is the first edition and sets the baseline. From next month, every benchmark route shows its change against the previous snapshot.

How the index is calculated

Coverage: every route with a privatejet.africa route guide (350 routes; 350 priced in the last four days).
Trip: one-way, four passengers, whole aircraft (not per seat), in US dollars.
Aircraft: every jet and turboprop in our fleet data that can fly the route non-stop or with fuel stops, checked against both runways. Single-engine pistons are excluded.
Price: flight time from each type’s cruise speed with climb, descent and taxi allowances; the engine’s hourly planning rate; landing, handling and navigation fees; and the positioning flight from the nearest base where that type is stationed. See how pricing works and about our data.
Freshness: routes are re-priced continuously, and a snapshot is taken once a month for the history table.
Limits: these are computed estimates, not quotes. Operators confirm the final price, which moves with aircraft availability, fuel and empty-leg opportunities.

Download and cite the data

The full route table is free to use under CC BY 4.0: download the CSV (350 routes).

Cite as: Africa Private Jet Price Index, October 2026. privatejet.africa. https://privatejet.africa/africa-private-jet-price-index/
Journalists and researchers: please link to this page when you use the figures.

Frequently asked questions

How much does a private jet cost in Africa?

Across the 350 routes in the October 2026 Africa Private Jet Price Index, the median one-way estimate is US$15,800 for four passengers in the cheapest suitable aircraft, and US$22,550 in the cheapest jet. Hourly planning rates run from US$1,400 for a turboprop to US$11,500 for the largest jets, before fees and positioning.

What is the cheapest private jet route in Africa?

Of the routes we track, Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro is the cheapest at US$3,400 one-way in a Cessna Grand Caravan EX (1h 48m in the air), as of October 2026.

What is the most expensive private jet route in Africa?

Of the routes we track, Johannesburg to Dakar is the most expensive at US$109,000 one-way for four passengers, in a Challenger 350 (9h 49m in the air), as of October 2026.

How much does a one-hour private flight cost in Africa?

Routes with about an hour in the air (45 to 75 minutes) have a median one-way estimate of US$10,150 for four passengers, across 40 tracked routes. Positioning the aircraft from its base can add significantly where none is based nearby.

Which African country is cheapest for private jet charter?

Among departure countries with at least five tracked routes, Botswana has the lowest median one-way estimate (US$4,600) and Mauritius the highest (US$47,700). Route length and where aircraft are based explain most of the gap.

How is the Africa Private Jet Price Index calculated?

Each route is priced by the privatejet.africa engine for four passengers, one-way, in every jet and turboprop that can fly it, using flight time from real aircraft performance, fuel, airport and navigation fees, and the positioning flight from the nearest base. The index reports the cheapest suitable aircraft and the cheapest jet per route, refreshes continuously and is snapshotted monthly.