Private jet charter, 854 km · about 1 hr 34 min by light jet · from €8,000
Repositioning aircraft are the cheapest way to fly this sector. Operators release them continuously, some months ahead and some only hours before departure, so the list changes daily. Name your window and Andreea hunts the leg for you.
Tell Andreea your travel window, whatever it is, and she will watch the route for repositioning legs in this range and tell you the moment one appears. If a lower price is published for the same aircraft on the same date, you will hear it from her first.
Set my price watchAlgiers ALG serves Algiers with 2 runways. Business aviation handling and VIP facilities are arranged in advance.
San Sebastian EAS has a single runway of 1,754 metres by 45, short by international standards, which rules out the larger cabins and makes the aircraft choice the first thing to settle. The airport is effectively at sea level, 16 feet, so field elevation never limits performance.
At 461 nautical miles this is a straightforward crossing for anything from a light jet upward. Short enough that where the aircraft starts its day matters more than which aircraft it is. Every class on this page covers it comfortably.
Every block time on this page is calculated, not quoted from a table. The arithmetic is below, so you can check it.
854 km is 461 nautical miles. At 400 knots that is 1 hr 09 min in the air, and the fixed 25 minutes on the ground and in the climb and descent applies to any sector.
Business aviation at San Sebastian is booked ahead, not settled on arrival. Your handler files the slot request, the general declaration and any permit the route needs.
Coordination is required for aircraft above 3,500 kg maximum take off weight. That is every aircraft named on this page, so a slot is part of the booking rather than an afterthought.
Where a night restriction applies it is confirmed for your date before the aircraft is confirmed. If you are returning the same evening, a delay at either end can push the departure outside the window, so the return is planned with margin.
Short by international standards, which rules out the larger cabins and makes the aircraft choice the first thing to settle. The airport is effectively at sea level, 16 feet, so field elevation never limits performance.
Distances are great circle, calculated from published airport coordinates. Runway, elevation and surface data are as published by the two airports. Slot, permission and curfew conditions are confirmed with handling for your specific date before any quote is issued.
ALG Houari Boumediene Airport serves Algiers. Long enough for a widebody, so no business jet is ever limited by it.
Departure formalities are prepared by your handler in advance and completed in the private terminal rather than the main hall.
EAS San Sebastian Airport serves San Sebastian and has a single runway of 1,754 metres by 45. Short by international standards, which rules out the larger cabins and makes the aircraft choice the first thing to settle.
The airport is effectively at sea level, 16 feet, so field elevation never limits performance.
The price above buys the aircraft, its crew, its fuel and the landing and handling at both ends. It does not include the taxes a government charges per passenger, the navigation charges for the airspace crossed, or the permits. Those are listed here so nothing arrives as a surprise, worked at 6 passengers on an Embraer Phenom 300E. Rates are the ones in force in September 2026.
| Charge | How it is worked out | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| En route navigation charges | About 720 km inside the Eurocontrol charging area, largest shares Spain, at the 2026 unit rates and a weight factor of 0.41 for a 8.4 tonne aircraft | EUR 200 |
| Landing and overflight permits | This sector leaves the European common arrangements, so a landing permit and overflight permissions are filed for it. Lead time is the scheduling constraint, not the cost | at cost |
| Value added tax | The flight does not depart the European Union, so no EU VAT arises on the carriage. | nil |
Taxes and navigation charges on this sector come to about EUR 200, which is 3 % of the price above. The navigation figure is worked on the great circle, so the real routing moves it. Every one of these is passed through at cost.
One representative airframe per class. Every one covers the 461 nautical miles non stop with full seats and full fuel. Every figure below is from the aircraft page it links to. Prices are in the next section, and only the classes that fly it non stop are priced.
More aircraft than the sector needs, worth it if the cabin itself is the point.
More aircraft than the sector needs, worth it if the cabin itself is the point.
More aircraft than the sector needs, worth it if the cabin itself is the point.
More aircraft than the sector needs, worth it if the cabin itself is the point.
Maximum guests is the highest certified seating, not the comfortable number for a 1 hr 34 min sector. The cruise figure is maximum cruise, and block times on this page are planned on long range cruise, which runs roughly 8 to 10 % lower.
See all 137 aircraft →The table below is the one way all in guide price for this sector: aircraft, crew, fuel, handling at both ends, standard catering and landing fees. It excludes de icing in winter, out of hours surcharges, and any charge that arises from a change you make after the aircraft is confirmed.
| Category | Typical seats | Block time | One way guide, EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light jet Embraer Phenom 300E → | 6 to 7 | about 1h 34m | 8,000 to 12,000 |
| Midsize jet Citation XLS+ → | 7 to 8 | about 1h 28m | 11,000 to 16,000 |
| Super midsize Challenger 350 → | 8 to 9 | about 1h 25m | 15,000 to 22,000 |
| Heavy jet Falcon 2000LXS → | 10 to 14 | about 1h 24m | 19,000 to 28,000 |
| Ultra long range Global 6000 → | 12 to 16 | about 1h 23m | 22,500 to 33,000 |
The aircraft is rarely what moves the price on a sector this length. Where it starts its day is. An aircraft already in position quotes you the flight. One repositioning from further afield quotes you the flight plus its own journey to reach you.
That is why the same light jet can sit at the lower or the upper end of its band on an identical route with identical passengers. The difference is positioning, not the aircraft and not the service. It is also why flexibility on the date is worth more than flexibility on the aircraft, and why an empty leg, when one appears, undercuts every figure in the table above.
A one way private jet charter from Algiers to San Sebastian costs from EUR 8,000 on a light jet, and from about EUR 8,000 on a light jet. The price covers aircraft, crew, fuel, handling at both ends, catering and landing fees, and it moves mainly with where the aircraft starts its day rather than with the aircraft type.
The flight from Algiers to San Sebastian takes about 1 hr 34 min block to block on a light jet. A midsize jet takes about 1 hr 28 min. A super midsize takes about 1 hr 25 min. That figure includes taxi, climb, descent and approach, so it is the time from the moment the door closes in Algiers to the moment it opens in San Sebastian.
The great circle distance from Algiers to San Sebastian is 854 kilometres, which is 461 nautical miles or 531 statute miles.
Departures use Houari Boumediene Airport, IATA code ALG and ICAO code DAAG. Arrivals use San Sebastian Airport, IATA code EAS and ICAO code LESO. Both handle business aviation.
San Sebastian Airport has a single runway of 1,754 metres by 45, short by international standards, which rules out the larger cabins and makes the aircraft choice the first thing to settle. The airport is effectively at sea level, 16 feet, so field elevation never limits performance.
A light jet is the natural choice for this sector, the Embraer Phenom 300E being the representative airframe. It covers the 461 nautical miles non stop with full seats and full fuel. It is also the cheapest class that covers the sector, so there is nothing to trade away.
Yes. At 461 nautical miles the sector is inside the range of every aircraft named on this page, flown non stop with a full cabin. Every class on this page covers it comfortably.
The clock changes between Algiers and Madrid. Departure and arrival times on any quote are given in local time at each end, so there is nothing to convert.
The Embraer Phenom 300E named here carries up to 10 guests, and the comfortable number for a 1 hr 34 min sector is fewer. The number that matters is passengers plus bags plus the sector, because a full cabin and full fuel are not always possible on the same aircraft. Above that, an executive airliner is arranged.
Empty legs on this sector appear when an aircraft has already flown into Algiers and needs to reposition, or has dropped a party in San Sebastian and is returning. They are released continuously, sometimes months ahead and sometimes hours before departure, and have recently started from around EUR 4,000 on this sector. Give Andreea your travel window and she will watch the route for you.
Spain is inside the Schengen area and Algeria is not, so passengers clear a full external border on arrival, including passport control and customs. Since 10 April 2026 the EU Entry Exit System applies to non EU nationals, which means a one off biometric registration on the first crossing. It adds minutes, not hours, and a private terminal completes it faster than the main hall.
Quotes on this route are issued in euros. Spain uses the euro, so the quote, the ground costs and anything you settle on arrival are all in one currency. Payment can also be settled in US dollars or UAE dirhams at the prevailing rate if that suits you better.
Yes, and they travel in the cabin rather than the hold. Spain requires the paperwork to be in order before departure, which normally means a microchip, a valid rabies vaccination and the health certificate the destination asks for. Depending on the country of departure a rabies antibody titration test may also be required, and it needs to be taken well in advance. The paperwork, not the flight, is what needs the lead time.
Aircraft, crew, fuel, handling at both ends, standard catering and landing fees, quoted as one all in figure with nothing added afterwards. It excludes de icing in winter, out of hours surcharges, and any charge that arises from a change you make after the aircraft is confirmed.
A firm all in quote typically comes back within 30 minutes. Departure depends on the permissions rather than the aircraft: a slot at each end and, out of hours, any night approval. With those in hand a same day departure is realistic, and 24 to 48 hours of notice makes the aircraft choice, and therefore the price, considerably better.
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