Larnaca to Ibiza Private Jet — 4h03, from €17 000

The route at a glance

Every other European route we publish out of Larnaca carries a mixture of work and leisure. This one does not. It runs in the summer, it runs for holidays, and outside roughly mid-June to mid-September it barely runs at all. That gives it a particular shape: a narrow season, heavy weekend concentration, and a destination whose real constraint is the size of its apron rather than the length of the flight. Four hours across the Mediterranean is the easy part; finding somewhere at Ibiza for the aircraft to stand in August is the part that needs notice.

Distance

2,888 km

1,559 nautical miles great-circle, Larnaca to Ibiza. Palma de Mallorca is 2,770 km; from Paphos, Ibiza is 2,795 km

Flight time

approx. 4 h 03

An estimate from our published-times model. Our own published example on this route shows 04:18, fifteen minutes above it

Departure

LCA

Larnaca LCLK, the island’s main business-aviation gateway, with our own desk on the field staffed 24 hours a day

Arrival

IBZ

Ibiza LEIB. One runway, a compact business-aviation apron and, in the peak weeks, more aircraft wanting a stand than there are stands

Typical aircraft

Super-midsize

Challenger 350, Citation Sovereign, Gulfstream G280. Our own published charter on this route used a midsize Hawker 800XP

Busiest months

Jun – Sep

A genuinely narrow season, with May and October as the shoulder and very little either side

Distances are great-circle figures between airport coordinates in the OurAirports open dataset, so the track actually flown is longer. The time is a model estimate rather than a measured block time; our own published figure for this route is fifteen minutes higher, which is a fair illustration of how much routing and wind move a real block time on a four-hour sector. The schedule in your quotation is the real one.

Which airports we use

Two islands at opposite ends of the Mediterranean, and the decision that matters is at the Spanish end. Ibiza is small, and in the peak weeks it is full. The alternative is a different island, which is a bigger change than a change of airport — but on some August dates it is the difference between the trip happening and not.

Airport	Codes	Great-circle from Larnaca	Suits you if
Larnaca	LCA / LCLK	2,888 km	The default departure and the field every figure here is measured from. The island’s main business-aviation gateway and the practical airport for Nicosia, Limassol and the eastern coast. Our desk is on the field and staffed around the clock, which is what makes a very early departure — the usual plan when the intention is to be by the water the same afternoon — straightforward to arrange.
Paphos	PFO / LCPH	2,795 km	Ninety-three kilometres shorter, which disappears inside a four-hour estimate, and about an hour further west by road. Right for the west of the island; thinner handling and fewer aircraft on the day, so it wants notice.
Ibiza	IBZ / LEIB	arrival	Where the sector ends. One runway, a compact business-aviation apron, and 14,383 business-aviation movements in 2023 on an island of 570 square kilometres. Between mid-June and mid-September the parking stand is allocated in advance and on some dates is unavailable at any price. This, rather than the flight, is what a summer booking here is really about.
Palma de Mallorca	PMI / LEPA	2,770 km	The shortest sector of the three from Larnaca and much the larger airport, with room on the ground when Ibiza has none. It is a different island, so this is a change of plan rather than a change of field — but for a party willing to take a ferry or a short hop it has saved August trips that would otherwise have been abandoned.

Airport coordinates and codes: OurAirports open dataset, retrieved 23 August 2026. Ibiza movement count: EBAA 2023 via Private Jet Card Comparisons, 4 June 2024. Larnaca does not appear in the EBAA European top fifty for 2023.

Aircraft for Larnaca to Ibiza

At 2,888 km with a full cabin and a summer’s worth of luggage this is properly a super-midsize sector. It is worth noting that our own published charter on this route was flown on a midsize Hawker 800XP — which is perfectly capable of the distance, and is a good illustration of the trade involved: a smaller cabin will do it, and what you give up is hold volume and seats rather than the ability to get there.

Bombardier Challenger 350

Eight to ten passengers, a flat-floor cabin and generous hold volume. On a four-hour flight to a fortnight by the sea, the hold is usually what decides this rather than the seat count.

See the Bombardier Challenger 350 ›

Cessna Citation Sovereign

Nine to twelve passengers, quiet, with good hot-and-short runway behaviour — which is a Larnaca-in-August consideration rather than an Ibiza one, and a real one.

See the Cessna Citation Sovereign ›

Gulfstream G280

Eight to ten passengers and the fastest of the three. On a date where the Ibiza arrival window is tight, the half-hour it saves is not a comfort question but a scheduling one.

See the Gulfstream G280 ›

All three types have their own pages in our fleet, as does the Hawker 800XP that our own published charter on this route used. Heavier cabins — Legacy 650, Challenger 605 — fly it too and are worth asking about for parties of twelve or more.

What it costs

From €17 000 one way. Indicative starting price for this route, rounded down. The date, the aircraft actually available and airport fees move it — tell us your dates and we confirm within 30 minutes.

The figure at the top of this page is our own. Diamond Executive Aero Services publishes a whole-charter example for Larnaca to Ibiza — a Hawker 800XP at 17,000 EUR — and an empty-leg example on the same pairing at 12,000 EUR. Both are printed below with what they actually cover.

The 17,000 EUR is a whole-aircraft charter price for this exact route, published by us, and that is why it heads the page rather than a number reconstructed from broker hourly rates. Two honest caveats go with it. It was flown on a midsize cabin, so a party large enough to need a super-midsize aircraft should expect to sit above it. And it is a published example rather than a tariff: an August Saturday with the aircraft positioned in from elsewhere is a different commercial proposition from a quiet Wednesday in June.

The 12,000 EUR empty leg is a different product again — a Citation Bravo that had to make the flight anyway, with the cabin sold at a discount. On this corridor empty legs are unusually worth watching, because the summer generates heavily one-directional traffic in both directions. If your dates can move by a day or two, say so when you enquire.

Reference	Basis	Indicative price	Source
Our own published charter example	Larnaca to Ibiza, whole charter, Hawker 800XP	17,000 EUR	Published on this website, 2026. Our own figure for this exact route
Our own published empty leg	Larnaca to Ibiza, Citation Bravo	12,000 EUR	Published on this website, 2026. An empty leg, not a charter price
Hourly rate, super-midsize	Europe	8,700 – 15,000 EUR per hour	a broker published range, undated, retrieved 23.08.2026
Hourly rate, super-midsize	Europe, dollar-quoted	6,200 – 7,500 USD per hour	a broker published range, August 2026
Our own published seat prices	Jet sharing from Larnaca, European destinations	from 1,500 EUR per seat	Published on this website, 2026. Seats on shared flights, not the whole aircraft

The hourly ranges are third-party published estimates, reprinted so that you can test a quotation against them — ours included. The charter, empty-leg and seat figures are our own published examples for specific aircraft on specific flights: honest anchors rather than a tariff, and none of them binds a future date. Nothing is a price until Diamond Executive Aero Services has quoted your dates in writing. Call +357 95 119759 at any hour.

When to fly, and when to book early

This is the most seasonal route on this website. It is worth saying so plainly rather than implying year-round availability that does not exist: outside the summer there is very little traffic between these two islands in either direction, and inside it there is more demand at the Spanish end than the island can physically absorb.

Period	What happens	What to do
Mid-June to mid-September	The whole season, essentially. Ibiza’s apron fills, stands are allocated well in advance, and Friday arrivals with Sunday or Monday departures are the hardest combination of all. The aircraft is rarely the problem; the ground at Ibiza is.	Four to six weeks for a weekend, and book both legs in the same conversation. If your dates can move by a day, that flexibility is worth more here than any aircraft preference.
May and early June, and October	The shoulder, and by a wide margin the best value of the year on this pairing. The island still works, the apron is not full, and an aircraft can usually be placed at a week’s notice.	One to two weeks is plenty. If you have any flexibility at all, spend it here.
August weekends specifically	The single hardest window. Demand at Ibiza peaks at the same moment that the aircraft supply in the western Mediterranean is fully committed, and repositioning from Cyprus is a four-hour leg in itself.	Commit as early as you can, and ask early about Palma at 2,770 km as a fallback rather than raising it in the last week.
November to April	Close to dormant. Some property and business traffic moves, and it is easy and cheap to arrange, but this is not a winter route.	Short notice is entirely realistic. Ask about empty legs rather than a dedicated charter.

Seasonality classification: routes_shortlist.csv, Diamond Executive Aero Services route research, 23 August 2026. Ibiza movement count: EBAA 2023. Our own published route examples: diamond.aero charter and empty-leg tables, 2026.

Onward from Ibiza

Having flown the length of the Mediterranean, a good number of parties do not go straight home. The Balearics sit within a short hop of the Spanish mainland and the French Riviera.

Across to Mallorca

Palma is 2,770 km from Larnaca against Ibiza’s 2,888 km, and it is the practical fallback when Ibiza has no room. If the two islands are interchangeable for you, tell us at the enquiry stage rather than at the end of it.

Ibiza and Palma ›

On to the Riviera

Ibiza to Nice is a short hop and one of the commonest second legs of a Balearic summer, and one of the likelier places to find an empty leg going your way.

Ibiza to Nice ›

Or north to London and Paris

The two busiest corridors out of the island, which is exactly why repositioning flights appear on them so regularly in both directions.

Ibiza to London ›

Questions we get about this route

How long is Larnaca to Ibiza by private jet?

About 4 hours 3 minutes non-stop over 2,888 km on our published-times model, and we quote the same figure in both directions. Our own published example for this route shows 04:18, fifteen minutes higher — a useful reminder that the model is an estimate and that on a four-hour sector routing and wind move a real block time by more than most people expect. From Paphos it is 2,795 km, and Palma is 2,770 km. Allow roughly fifteen minutes on the ground at each end.

Why is Ibiza so difficult in August?

Because the constraint is the ground rather than the air. Ibiza has one runway and a compact business-aviation apron, and it handled 14,383 business-aviation movements in 2023 on an island of 570 square kilometres. In the peak weeks a parking stand is allocated in advance, and on some dates it is not available at all. This is why we ask for your dates before discussing aircraft, and why a party that can shift by a day is in a far stronger position than one that cannot.

Can the aircraft wait for us on the island?

In May, June and October, usually. In the middle of the summer, frequently not — there is often nowhere for it to sit. When that happens the aircraft repositions and returns for you, which is normal and perfectly manageable but needs to be planned rather than discovered. On a four-hour sector it also affects the price materially, so tell us the shape of the whole trip rather than just the outbound.

Where does the 17,000 EUR figure come from?

From our own published table: a whole charter on this exact route flown on a Hawker 800XP. We use it in preference to a number reconstructed from broker hourly rates because it is a real price of ours for this pairing. Two caveats go with it. It was a midsize cabin, so a party needing a super-midsize aircraft should expect to be above it. And it is an example rather than a tariff — a peak August date with a positioning leg is a different proposition from a quiet June one.

Do we need a super-midsize aircraft, or will a midsize do?

A midsize will fly it — our own published charter did exactly that on a Hawker 800XP. What you trade is hold volume and seats rather than the ability to reach Ibiza. For a party of four or five travelling reasonably light, midsize is a sensible and cheaper answer. For eight or more with a fortnight’s luggage, super-midsize is the honest recommendation on a sector approaching three thousand kilometres.

What are the border formalities?

Cyprus is a member of the European Union but is not in the Schengen area; Spain is in both. So this is an intra-EU flight that still involves passport control at each end in both directions. At a business-aviation terminal it takes a few minutes beside the aircraft rather than a queue in a hall. Send us the complete passenger list with passport details in advance rather than at the aircraft steps.

Is Palma a realistic alternative?

On difficult August dates, yes, and it is worth raising early rather than late. Palma is 2,770 km from Larnaca against Ibiza’s 2,888 km, it is a much larger airport with room on the ground, and it is a short ferry or hop from Ibiza. It is a different island, so it is a real change of plan — but we would rather offer it at the enquiry stage than tell you in the final week that Ibiza has nothing.

Are there empty legs, and can I buy a single seat?

This corridor is a better than average place to look for empty legs, because the summer generates heavily one-directional traffic in both directions. Our own published table has carried Larnaca to Ibiza as an empty leg on a Citation Bravo at 12,000 EUR. Empty legs are led by dates rather than routes, so tell us which day could move. On flights we open for sharing you can also buy a single seat, with our published European seat guidance out of Larnaca starting at about 1,500 EUR. Current empty legs and more about jet sharing.

How late can we book?

Outside the peak, very late. Inside it, the honest answer is that the limiting factor is Ibiza rather than us: the aircraft, the crew, the departure slot and the Ibiza ground capacity all have to line up, and the last of those is the one nobody can conjure. Call the operations desk on +357 95 119759, which answers around the clock, and we will tell you straight away whether your dates are achievable rather than promise and check later. More on short-notice bookings.

Private Jet Charter Larnaca to Ibiza