Case studies from the mission files.
Real routes, real aircraft, real prices, real timelines — documented missions with client-identifying details removed. No composites, no marketing numbers. This is what the desk actually does at 10 PM, midnight, and 6 AM.
Airline AOG
Charlotte → Birmingham before first departure
Baron 58 airborne 75 minutes from the call. Just under $6,000. Morning saved.
One of four laptops in the fleet, round trip
Irreplaceable diagnostic gear + two techs to Wichita and home. Under $16,000.
Mechanic + part missions
Three mechanics overnight, Akron → Shreveport
Four aircraft quoted in 30 minutes — $11,000 to $27,500 — client chose the $15,100 King Air 90.
Hazmat & after-hours
Two aircraft batteries at midnight
Will-carry King Air 90, under 5 hours call-to-delivery, $7,900, installed by 6 AM.
Heavy & oversized
Two 747 doors on a DC-9, same day
144-inch freight, Northern Michigan → Texas, at the hangar 2.5 hrs from go, $58,000.
DFW ground stop — diverted to Alliance
Six-hour flow time beaten by an airport switch. Falcon 20, ~$25,000, price unchanged.
Manufacturing line-down
Auto-plant part, NC → Alabama, door to door
Quoted in 15 minutes, Baron 58 + trucks both ends, under $7,000.
International & cross-border
South Carolina → Toronto, booked in 30 minutes
CANPASS crew, Canada ops specs, house airway bill in-house. $13,250 same-day.
How to read these numbers
Every study follows the same 10-field mission record: problem, route, payload, options considered, selected solution, blockers, timeline, price, outcome — documented in OnFly mission files with client names, tail numbers, and identifying details removed. Prices are what the client actually paid. Timelines are measured, not marketed. Where we recommended against our own cheapest quote, the study says so — a desk you can trust at 2 AM is worth more to us than any single charter.
Your mission will look like one of these.
Call the desk with the lane and the deadline — quoting starts immediately.