Biggin Hill to Gibraltar by private jet takes about 2 h 37 over 1,741 km. Gibraltar has a single runway of 1,776 m and is exposed to strong cross winds off the Rock, so the aircraft is confirmed against runway performance for your date and load rather than picked from a table.
REQUEST A QUOTEBiggin Hill sits on the south-east edge of London, which makes it the short drive for anyone leaving from the City, Kent or Surrey. Gibraltar is 1,741 km down the other end, and the flight is straightforward. The part worth talking about before you book is the runway you arrive on.
Gibraltar has one runway, 09/27, and it is 1,776 m of grooved asphalt at 3.7 m above the sea. That is short by the standards of the airports most of our routes end at — Turin has 3,300 m, Malaga and Madrid more again. It is not a problem; it is a constraint, and it belongs in the conversation before anyone quotes you a price.
What it means in practice: the aircraft that suits this route is decided by runway performance on your date, with your passengers and your bags, and not by which cabin looks best in a brochure. A light or midsize jet is the ordinary answer. A larger one may still work, and may not — we check it rather than guess, and if the answer is no we say so before you have committed to anything.
We would rather lose the enquiry than put you on an aircraft that has to leave fuel, bags or passengers behind to make the numbers work.
Gibraltar is exposed to strong cross winds around the Rock itself and across the Bay of Gibraltar, and landings there are hardest in winter. This is the single most quoted thing about the airport among pilots, and it is quoted for a reason.
For you as a passenger it means one thing only, and it is worth knowing in advance: on a bad wind day a diversion is a real possibility, and the planned alternate is part of the flight plan rather than an afterthought. We name the alternate for your flight when we send the quote, so you know where the aircraft goes if the Rock says no that morning.
Gibraltar is famous for one thing in aviation: Winston Churchill Avenue, the main road to the Spanish border, crossed the runway, and traffic had to be stopped every time an aircraft moved. It is the picture everyone has seen.
That picture is out of date. Since 31 March 2023 a new dual carriageway, the Kingsway, takes road traffic under the eastern end of the runway through a tunnel of about 350 m. Everyday traffic no longer crosses the runway at all. If you have been told to expect delays at the border because of aircraft movements, that was true once and is not the current arrangement.
We mention it because it is the kind of detail a broker repeats from memory for years after it stopped being true.
These are the types we put on this length of sector most often. The final answer comes from runway performance at Gibraltar for your date and load, which is why we confirm it rather than publish it.
Light jet. The usual starting point for a party of four to six with normal luggage.
Midsize cabin, stand-up height for most of its length, and a short-field record that makes it a natural fit here.
Super-midsize, for a larger party or more bags. Subject to the same runway check as everything else.
The full fleet, with cabin dimensions and range for each type, is on the aircraft pages.
We do not publish a price for this route, and we would rather explain why than print a number that turns out to be for a different aircraft on a different day.
The price of a charter is set by the aircraft, where it starts the day, whether it waits for you or flies home empty, and the airport fees at both ends. Two quotes for the same sector on the same date can differ by a factor of two for reasons that have nothing to do with the operator being generous. On this route the runway adds one more variable, because it narrows which aircraft are candidates in the first place.
Send us the date and the number of passengers and you will have real options with real numbers, normally within 30 minutes. Our operations desk is on duty 24/7.
Tell us your dates and how many of you there are. Your flight advisor will come back with aircraft options that actually fit the runway, and a firm price.
All published routes are listed on the route index.