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Welcome
to the Aircraft Partnership Association!
Sharing aircraft has a long and venerable history. The very first airplane was shared between Wilbur and Orville Wright! Since then, tens of thousands of aircraft have been shared by individuals and businesses. Sharing aircraft is a time-tested method which not only dramatically reduces flying costs, it enables flying a variety of aircraft for different missions at far lower costs.
Why Sharing Aircraft WorksSolely-owned aircraft are frequently underutilized. Pilots flying themselves for recreation and business average well under100 hours per year of flight time. There are 8,766 hours in a year! Typically, even an unusually busy shared aircraft flies only 2-5 hours out of every 100.
Finding Shared Aircraft Opportunities
The
Aircraft Partnership Association's (APA)
FREE web-based Virtual Pilot Loung™
lists thousands of opportunities to share aircraft. Virtual
Pilot Lounge™ individuals and businesses, works
for any type of aircraft of any cost anywhere in the world, and serves all forms
of aircraft sharing. You can search for partners to by an airplane with, or find
existing shared aircraft arrangements such as private partnerships,
cooperatives, flying clubs, fractional operators and more.Membership in the Aircraft Partnership Association is free! To join, just click the Sign Up! button above.
Can I really afford to fly?
Yes you can! Click here for a real-world comparison of aircraft ownership and operating costs to something you may be more familiar with boat ownership. Click here to download APA's Shared Ownership Cost Calculator. This pre-configured Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet enables shared-ownership financial modeling and analysis for any aircraft aircraft.
