Remington Ranch, a private community in Bend, Oregon, offers all the amenities
discerning property owners have come to expect: Tom Doak-designed course,
fitness and spa facilities, plus another that is becoming more in demand, a
private jet.“I think it’s very appealing to a lot of people who can live and
work in today’s business climate and telecommute to and from different homes,”
says Remington Ranch project manager Chris Pippin of the community’s Hawker 600.
“Or maybe they want to take the jet to Bandon Dunes for a golf trip. It’s less
than 30 minutes as opposed to five hours by car.”
More and more, as
communities are being built far from population centers and commercial airports,
both owners and prospective buyers are looking for easier, quicker ways to get
to and from these properties. Some communities have more than one jet. Bighorn
Golf Club in Palm Desert, California, offers a fleet of aircraft (two
turboprops and a Hawker 400XP light business jet), while Yellowstone Club
World members have access to three Gulfstream jets at discounted rates for
travel to and from the club’s destinations in Mexico, Scotland, Wyoming, Montana
and California. Lajitas in remote west Texas offers weekly private jet
service from Dallas and
Austin.
While several communities don’t offer
private jet service (yet), they have the next best thing: runways. At Mountain
Air in western North Carolina, about 20 percent of the 400 members are pilots,
while 300 members of Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, visit via private
aircraft.
