Aircraft & Costs – Matrix AirShare

Beechcraft Bonanza G36 Garmin G1000 cockpit panel — State-of-the-art Garmin G1000 panel.

Beechcraft Bonanza G36 on the ramp — Beechcraft Bonanza G36 — on the ramp.

Beechcraft Bonanza G36 right-side clamshell baggage door open — Easy in. Easy out.

Why the Bonanza G36 is right.

Our flagship aircraft is the Beechcraft Bonanza G36 — Six seats arranged in club formation for maximum comfort, a modern Garmin G1000 panel and a massive right-side entry/baggage door. The proven choice for high-performance single piston airplanes - 75 years of continuous production, the deepest parts and service ecosystem and impeccable dispatch reliability. the IO-550 Continental is an equally proven powerplant, delivering speed, reliability and reasonable maintenance costs. Built perfectly for the 150–500 NM Northeast band where second-home runs, college visits, and regional business hops happen — the missions where a well-flown piston is every bit as effective as a turboprop, at meaningfully lower cost.

The second aircraft is being shaped with founding owner input. The strong presupposition: a utility-class single in the Cessna 206 class, designed to complement the G36 with greater useful load for the family-and-gear weekend run, in the same 150–500 NM operating envelope.

Cost Comparison: Matrix AirShare vs.

Part 91K Fractional Turboprop and Jet Programs

Hours are used in this table only as a comparison normalizer. Matrix AirShare has no annual hourly minimum or maximum — you fly what you fly, your effective hourly cost drops as utilization rises, and no hours expire. This is true equity co-ownership, not a jet card with a different sticker. Third-party figures based on published examples, for illustration only.

Item	Matrix AirShare Two-aircraft Northeast piston program	PlaneSense PC-12 1/16 share program (example)	NetJets Phenom 300 Share program (example)
Approx. hours per year	60 hours per owner	50 hours per 1/16 share	60 hours per share
Capital / buy-in	$175,000 Includes $25k maintenance reserve	~$350,000–$400,000	~$600,000
Monthly fixed / management	$2,800 / month Management, hangar, insurance, training & program reserves	~$6,450 / month	~$10,500 / month
Hourly operating rate	$600 / occupied hour	~$1,200 / occupied hour	~$4,100+ / occupied hour
Example annual spend (60 hours)	≈ $70,000 / year 60 hrs × $600 + 12 × $2,800	≈ $149,000 / year 60 hrs × $1,200 + 12 × $6,450	≈ $374,000 / year 60 hrs × $4,100 + 12 × $10,500
Effective all-in cost per hour	≈ $1,160 / hr Includes management, hangar, insurance, reserves	≈ $2,450+ / hr Excludes initial buy-in	≈ $6,200+ / hr Excludes initial buy-in
Primary mission profile	NE regional, 2–5 pax, second homes & business hops	Turboprop regional trips, 6–8 pax, longer legs	Light jet, 6–8 pax, regional / national jet travel

Worried about hitting 60 hours? Even at half that — 30 hours / about six medium-length round trips — Matrix AirShare lands at ~$1,720/hr all-in ($51,600/year). At the same 30 hours, PlaneSense runs ~$3,780/hr and NetJets ~$8,300/hr. The Matrix AirShare advantage holds at lower usage and actually grows — because Matrix AirShare's fixed costs are a fraction of the alternatives'.

Cost Comparison: Matrix AirShare vs.

On-Demand Piston Charter

Part 135 charter operators will schedule you a premium piston aircraft for a Northeast trip. In off-peak months the prices look reasonable. In July, when you really need them, they are less so.

Route	Charter Cost Peak season, comparable aircraft	Matrix AirShare Any season, your aircraft
HPN → HYA Westchester to Cape Cod	~$5,400 Cirrus SR22 (premium), July	~$2,400
TEB → JPX Teterboro to East Hampton	~$3,500+ Peak summer Friday	~$1,870
CDW → MVY Caldwell to Martha's Vineyard	~$4,000+ Peak season	~$2,220

What charter can't give you:

Availability disappears on peak summer Fridays — book weeks out or pay more
Unknown carrier, unknown pilot, unknown aircraft condition — assigned at dispatch
A new price decision every single trip — no predictability, no budget certainty
No equity, no ownership, no operational control

Charter figures illustrative based on published and researched peak-season rates. Matrix AirShare figures include repositioning and minimums.

Cost Comparison: Matrix AirShare vs.

Blade and Other Scheduled Flight Options

Blade runs scheduled helicopter and seaplane service from Manhattan heliports to Hamptons destinations. It's slick, it's fast, and it's well-run. It's also a scheduled airline — with an airline's constraints.

Blade pricing, Manhattan → East Hampton (one-way, per published rates):

Scheduled seat: $795 / person
2 passengers: $1,590 — vs. Matrix AirShare ~$1,870 for the whole aircraft
3 passengers: $2,385 — vs. Matrix AirShare ~$1,870. You're paying more for less.
4 passengers: $3,180 — vs. Matrix AirShare ~$1,870. With strangers on Blade's schedule.
Charter the whole helicopter: $4,770+

At three or more passengers, Matrix AirShare is cheaper than Blade every single trip — flying from an airport near you, in your own aircraft, with your own pilot.

What Blade can't give you:

Fixed scheduled departures only — Blade's schedule, not yours
Fixed routes: Manhattan heliports to Hamptons. That's it.
No Cape Cod, no college town, no ski area, no Thanksgiving in Boston or Philadelphia — Blade doesn't go there
Each passenger is a separate charge — did you want to bring the dog?
No equity, no ownership, no operational control

Blade pricing per published seat rates at blade.com. Matrix AirShare figures per published rate structure including repositioning and minimums. All figures illustrative.