Epic E1000 GX Charter

At a 333-knot cruise the E1000 GX is the quickest single-engine turboprop in production, putting Teterboro to Opa-locka at roughly three hours in the air — fast for a propeller aircraft and close to light-jet pace, at a fraction of a jet's running cost. Its carbon-fibre airframe is slippery and efficient, which is exactly what turns turbine power into class-leading speed.

Range is comfortable too: with 1,560 nautical miles against the route's roughly 950, the E1000 GX flies New York to Miami nonstop in either direction with full reserves and margin to spare — no fuel stop, and no juggling payload to make the trip work. A 34,000-foot ceiling lets it climb above much of the Eastern Seaboard weather for a smooth, pressurised ride.

The E1000 GX is a single-engine aircraft and it is honest to size expectations accordingly: the 15-foot cabin seats four to five in a club layout, with a maximum of six occupants, and at 4-foot-11 it is taller than many singles but still not a full stand-up cabin. It is best thought of as a very fast, private alternative to first class for one to five people rather than a cabin to stroll around in.

For that brief it is hard to match — a pressurised, air-conditioned carbon-fibre cabin with large windows and modern Garmin avionics, reaching the smaller regional fields at the New York and Florida ends thanks to its single-engine short-field performance, all while burning less fuel than any twin on this page.