Jet acquisition cash planner
Build a sources-and-uses view that separates down payment, financed fees and cash reserves.
Explore calculatorTrue cost per flight hour
Understand fixed-cost dilution and how annual utilization changes your effective hourly cost.
Your planning snapshot
Operating cost / flight hour$3,300.00
Cash requirement / flight hour$3,300.00
Annual cash requirement$660,000.00
Operating costs and financing are shown separately. Recheck the utilization assumption and ensure reserves or program charges appear in only one cost category.
Scenario overview
The values are also available in the detailed results table below.
Compare your possibilities.
Save up to three scenarios for this visit. Values stay in this browser tab and are cleared when you leave.
Utilization sensitivity
Other assumptions remain unchanged. These alternatives are illustrative.
Detailed results
| Component | Amount |
|---|---|
| Fixed operating costs | $300,000.00 |
| Variable operating costs | $360,000.00 |
| Debt service | $0.00 |
Methodology & assumptions
Operating cost per hour = fixed costs / hours + variable hourly cost. Cash requirement per hour adds debt service / hours.
Zero utilization has no meaningful per-hour result and is rejected. Flight hours and billed hours may differ. Debt principal is a cash use, not an operating expense.
Methodology CJL-1.0. USD. Monthly payments in arrears where applicable. Calculations use full precision; displayed amounts are rounded to cents. No inputs are sent to generate reports.
The next step, with perspective
Make your next aircraft decision an informed one.
Submit an initial deal summary by email or arrange a financing call with Jaken Finance Group. Bring your aircraft, financing request and California connection.