Passion Airplane Tours operates private fixed-wing aerial tours over the New York City skyline from Linden Airport (KLDJ) in New Jersey. Hudson River corridor, Statue of Liberty, Manhattan skyline, Verrazano Bridge — in a Piper Cherokee, with a Certified Flight Instructor next to you, in a private cabin you don't share with strangers.
Most NYC aerial tours leave from rooftop helipads in Manhattan — short flights, pooled cabins, no lounge. Passion Airplane Tours flies from Linden Airport (KLDJ) on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, twenty minutes from the Holland Tunnel. You get a real airport experience, a private hangar to wait in, free parking, and the kind of relaxed pre-flight you can't get on a rooftop pad.
The aircraft is yours and your group's only. Never pooled with strangers like most NYC helicopter tours do.
Three times the air time of an average NYC helicopter tour. More time to actually absorb the skyline.
Every pilot is a Certified Flight Instructor. On a discovery flight you legally fly the airplane yourself under direct supervision.
Pre-flight in our hangar and lounge at Linden Airport. Settle in. Take photos before the flight. No rushed rooftop walkthrough.
Starting at $150 per person. A comparable NYC helicopter tour starts around $199 and is significantly shorter.
Operated by Azzurra City Tours LLC under FAA Part 91 with a Letter of Authorization for the NYC Special Flight Rules Area.
Takeoff from Linden Airport. Climb out south along the Jersey coastline. Cross over to the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Follow the Upper New York Bay past the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Cruise the Hudson River corridor with the full Manhattan skyline to your right — Freedom Tower, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, Central Park, and the George Washington Bridge. Return south along the same corridor. Touch down back at Linden.
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Passion Airplane Tours is operated by Azzurra City Tours LLC, a licensed aerial tour company based at Linden Airport. Founded by a retired U.S. Army Engineer Officer with twenty years of active duty service. Every pilot on the team is a Certified Flight Instructor. Every flight follows military-grade Standard Operating Procedures. Same aircraft, same pilots, same hangar.
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