HondaJet Elite II: New York to Miami
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The HondaJet Elite II is a clean-sheet design from Honda Aircraft Company, and unusual among light jets: its engines sit above the wings rather than against the rear fuselage, returning to the cabin and the baggage holds volume a rear-engined jet of this size must surrender. A natural-laminar-flow nose and wing complete an efficient aircraft that remains, as we say plainly below, a very light jet.
Departing Teterboro Airport (TEB) and arriving at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF), it flies the route nonstop with comfortable reserves, an inventive light jet for a party of five or six.
- 1,547 nm range
- 422 ktas cruise
- 5–6 passengers
Estimated pricing for planning — your account manager confirms the final quote.
Private charters between New York and Miami typically depart from Teterboro Airport (TEB), Westchester County Airport (HPN), Republic Airport (FRG), or Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) and arrive at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport (OPF), Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT), or Miami International Airport (MIA).
HondaJet Elite II Specifications
Manufacturer performance figures — Honda Aircraft Company.
- 1,547 nm
- Max range
- 422 ktas
- Cruise speed
- 5–6
- Passengers
- 4 ft 10 in
- Cabin height
- 62 cu ft
- Luggage
- 43,000 ft
- Service ceiling
The Elite II on the leg to Miami
With 1,547 nautical miles of range against a route of roughly 950, the Elite II flies New York to Miami nonstop with reserves in hand, and without the slender margin its very light rivals accept on the same leg. Its Mach 0.72 cruise sets the flight at a little under three hours, and a 43,000-foot ceiling carries it above much of the weather.
The candor this page owes the traveler concerns size rather than distance. Five or six aboard is the sensible load, and the cabin is one you sit in rather than stand up in; for a larger party the class above is the more honest recommendation.
- Range of 1,547 nm — nonstop on the 950-mile leg
- Engines above the wings, freeing cabin and baggage volume
- Mach 0.72 cruise and a 43,000-foot ceiling
- 62 cubic feet of luggage, across a nose and an aft hold
The cabin and its appointments
The cabin runs twelve feet one inch in length, five feet across, and four feet ten inches high — proportions it owes to the engines being carried outside it. Sixty-two cubic feet of luggage, nine in the nose and fifty-three aft, is a generous allowance at this size, and enough for a small party's golf clubs on the journey south.
How it compares within the class
The Elite II answers a particular question: how much cabin and luggage a very light jet can carry before it must grow. It offers more range than the Phenom 100EV, and more of nearly everything than the Citation Mustang; the Citation M2 is its closest rival on paper. It rewards attention within the light-jet class, and appears among the New York–Miami empty-leg flights.
The HondaJet Elite II, inside and out
Other Light Jets for the TEB–OPF Route
Charter services for the New York–Miami route
Frequently Asked Questions
- It does, with reserves in hand. Its 1,547-nautical-mile range against the 950 miles to Miami leaves a wider margin than the Citation Mustang or the Phenom 100EV can offer, and the flight takes a little under three hours at its Mach 0.72 cruise.
- They are the type's signature. Carrying the two GE Honda HF120 engines above the wings, rather than against the rear fuselage, keeps their structure out of the cabin and the baggage compartments — which is how an aircraft of this size offers sixty-two cubic feet of luggage.
- Five to six in its usual configuration, against a certification for seven occupants in all. It is a very light jet, best proportioned to a small party with moderate luggage on a flight of under three hours.
- You cannot. At four feet ten inches the cabin sits below standing height — the plain limitation of the very light category; where standing room matters, the midsize jets are the proper answer.
- A one-way Elite II charter from New York to Miami runs roughly $12,000 to $17,000 (estimated), depending on the date and availability. Every quote includes fuel, fees, and taxes in the stated price.
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