Private charter to & from Tucson

Tucson is Arizona’s second-largest city, set in a desert basin ringed by five mountain ranges and some of the densest saguaro forests anywhere. The University of Arizona, with its strengths in optics, planetary science and astronomy, anchors the economy alongside Raytheon’s missile business, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, a large healthcare sector and a cluster of optics and aerospace companies. Mountaintop observatories on Kitt Peak and Mount Graham make the region a center of astronomy, and Tucson was the first city in the United States designated a UNESCO City of Gastronomy, for food traditions that run back thousands of years.

The drive to Phoenix takes about two hours on Interstate 10, longer when traffic backs up, and anything farther means a connection. Flying private from Tucson International or Ryan Field on the west side gets you to Scottsdale, Sedona, Southern California or Texas directly. Visitors come for winter sunshine, golf and spa resorts in the Catalina Foothills, both districts of Saguaro National Park, the drive up Mount Lemmon, Sonoran hot dogs and the Gem, Mineral and Fossil Showcase, which takes over the city each winter.