Private jet & aircraft detailing · Tampa BayTrip-ready between legs.
Turn cleans, exterior dry washes, full interiors and short-notice stain rescue for jets, turboprops and turbine helicopters at Tampa Bay airports. Based in St. Petersburg. A published standard for everything we touch, and a photo report within two hours of every job.
- Same-day response
- On call
- Photo report
- Within 2 hours
- Client roster
- Capped at 12
The service
Priced by aircraft. Quoted before we touch it.
Find your aircraft for the price on a typical one in normal condition. Every job is confirmed in writing from the type and its condition before we arrive. We don't discount, and we don't quote a range and settle it on the invoice.
or pick a size
Prices for
Midsize jet
Typical in this size: Learjet 60, Citation XLS, Hawker 800.
Add-ons: belly and gear-area degrease, carpet extraction, cabin disinfection, leather deep clean ($225 a seat), de-ice boot clean and protect, and a Listing-Ready media package for brokers ($3,500 for a photo set and walkaround video).
How a job runs
Your procedures first. Paperwork every time.
Book with the aircraft and the time
Tell us the type, airport, FBO or hangar and when the crew shows. You get a price before we roll.
Walkaround before we touch it
Photos and a condition record with your crew, and a count of the port covers your maintenance team installed.
Work under your rules
Operator procedures, FBO ramp rules and airport washing rules come first. Products made for aircraft, used as labeled.
Photo report within two hours
Before and after from the same angles, what we did, what we used, and anything we noticed and reported to the crew.
- Walkaround photos with crew24
- Port covers counted by operator maintenance4 / 4
- Pitot, static, AOA and TAT verified clear with crewclear
- Exterior dry wash and protectstart
- Turn clean: cabin, galley, lav, glassdone
- FOD walk and towel count38 / 38
- Report sent to operatorsent
The standard
Written down, so you don't have to take our word for it.
Every horror story in this trade is about an opening, a chemical or a rag — almost never about a dull finish. This is what we do about each of them, on every aircraft, every time. Keep a copy as a PDF, with the forms we use, for your vendor file.
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Openings stay closed
Nothing touches pitot tubes, static ports, AOA vanes, TAT probes, static wicks or drain masts. Covers and plugs are installed and removed by your maintenance staff; we count them in and out with your crew and photograph them at handback.
Tape left on static ports has brought down an airliner. A cover count on paper is how it never happens here. -
No water where water shouldn't go
Exteriors are waterless. No hoses, no pressure washers, nothing sprayed at wheel bearings, windows or the static system. Wet washing only in the airport's designated wash area, arranged in advance.
A teaspoon of wash water in a static line has ended a flight. It also keeps us inside HCAA, PIE and Florida DEP stormwater rules. -
Acrylic gets the acrylic protocol
Ammonia-free window cleaner in the SAE AMS 1535 class, flooded then wiped, straight strokes, cotton or lint-free cloth. No paper, no solvents, no dry wiping, no brushes. Windshields only as your maintenance manual allows.
Glass cleaner crazes acrylic in weeks. It's cheaper to replace a window than to save one. -
Chemistry named, not just "aviation grade"
Products whose manufacturers state they meet Boeing D6-17487 for exteriors and D6-7127 for interiors, and the relevant SAE AMS specifications, used as labeled. Your maintenance manual and approved-materials list win every argument. No wipes on leather, screens or avionics.
The FAA does not approve cleaning products. Anyone who tells you theirs are "FAA-approved" has already told you something untrue. -
Towels in, towels out
Every towel, pad and tool is counted onto the job card and counted off it. A FOD walk of the ramp footprint before we leave. Inlet and exhaust covers stay exactly as your crew set them.
A rag in an inlet is a FOD event with a name on it. -
No machine near a probe, a window or a rivet line
Test spot first. Daylight inspection photos after. Aircraft paint is thin at the rivets and usually has no clear coat, so anything that can burn through never gets near an edge.
A burn-through is a repaint, not a touch-up. -
Your ramp, your rules
FBO ramp rules and airport regulations first. Escorted or badged as the field requires. We never solicit on your ramp, and your customer stays your customer.
FBO managers have to answer for everyone they let on the ramp. We make that an easy answer. -
The same people
The owner leads the first job on every new account. After that you will know the name of everyone who touches the aircraft, and it will be the same names next month.
Every chief pilot who praises a detailer praises the crew that shows up. Nobody praises a revolving door. -
It's written down
Walkaround photos with your crew before we open a bottle. A photo report within two hours after: before and after from the same angles, products used, cover and towel counts, anything we noticed and reported. Nothing goes in a logbook. That is yours.
You shouldn't have to walk out to the ramp to find out whether the job got done.
What touches what
| Surface | What we use | The rule behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Paint and exterior | Waterless wash-and-protect whose maker states it meets Boeing D6-17487 and SAE AMS 1526 / 1530 | Manufacturer's own test data; used as labeled |
| Cabin hard surfaces | Interior cleaner stated to meet Boeing D6-7127 and SAE AMS 1550 | Your maintenance manual first |
| Leather and soft goods | OEM-compatible leather cleaner and conditioner, applied by hand | Leather makers do not support wipes; neither do we |
| Acrylic windows | Ammonia-free cleaner, SAE AMS 1535 class, flood and straight-stroke | FAA AC 43.13-1B para. 3-25 and the window makers' care sheets |
| Brightwork | Aviation metal polish stated to meet Boeing D6-17487, by hand, masked | Machines never near edges or probes |
| De-ice boots | Manufacturer's boot cleaner and treatment, in the manufacturer's sequence, at your request | Collins / Goodrich guidance; no silicone dressings, ever |
| Disinfection | EPA-registered disinfectant stated to meet SAE AMS 1452 / 1453, on request | Material compatibility, not marketing claims |
Safety Data Sheets for everything on the truck, on request. If your approved-materials list says otherwise, your list wins.
Paperwork
The vendor packet, in one email
- Certificate of insuranceAviation general liability and hangarkeepers coverage, placed through an aviation broker. A certificate naming your FBO, airport and flight department as additional insured, with waiver of subrogation, before our first job on your ramp.
- W-9 and Florida LLCRegistered, tax-compliant, invoiced net 15 for accounts on a service agreement.
- Product manifest and SDSEvery product by surface, with the manufacturer's spec statement and its safety data sheet.
- This standard, as a PDFThe nine rules above, with the walkaround, cover-count and towel-count forms we actually use.
- Airport statusWhich fields we work under written authorization and which under an FBO or tenant arrangement, stated plainly before we book.
Who calls us
Built for the people who keep aircraft moving.
Charter and management companies
Turn cleans billed per tail, monthly exteriors, and a crew on call when a trip moves up.
Fleet programsFBOs
Overflow, rush turns, large cabins and stain rescue under your ramp rules. Certificate naming you and the airport, escorted or badged as you require, no water on your ramp, and we never solicit your customers.
Overflow and referralsMaintenance shops
Return-to-service cleans after inspections, paint and interior work, on your schedule and inside your hangar rules.
Return-to-serviceBrokers and owners
Listing-Ready: a full detail, a photo set and a walkaround video in one visit, with a finish that holds up in the sunlight you'll show it in. Owners get the same care, privately.
Listing-ReadyMembership
A standing place on the schedule.
Prices follow the class picked above: Midsize jet. Month to month after the first 90 days. Membership is not a discount on the work — it buys a standing slot and a guaranteed response, and it is capped at twelve aircraft so that response means something.
| Program | What's included | Response | Per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retained |
| 24 hours | $5,650 |
| Private |
| 4 hours | $8,700 |
| House account |
| Same day, on call | $7,800 |
Instant estimate
Price your aircraft in a minute.
Pick the aircraft, airport and services. Send it and you'll have a written price and a confirmed window within two hours, six in the morning to ten at night, seven days a week.
Rather talk it through? Call or text (704) 877-3511.
About Next Leg
Based in St. Petersburg. On call across Tampa Bay.
Next Leg Aircraft Detailing is a mobile detailing company for private jets, turboprops and turbine helicopters. Aaron Pilkington started it in 2026 in St. Petersburg, Florida, on one idea: the people who run aircraft should be able to read exactly how theirs will be treated before anyone touches it. That's why the standard, the prices and the response fees are all published here.
Aaron leads the first job on every new account. After that you get the same crew, the same checklist, and a photo report within two hours, every time.
- Based
- St. Petersburg, Florida. Albert Whitted is our home field.
- Hours
- Six in the morning to ten at night, seven days
- Phone
- (704) 877-3511
Questions operators ask
Before you hand us the keys.
Are you insured, and for how much?
Aviation general liability and hangarkeepers coverage is being placed through an aviation-specialist broker, and the limits will be printed here the day the policy is bound. Before our first job on your ramp you will have a certificate naming your FBO, airport and flight department as additional insured, with a waiver of subrogation. If a limit isn't printed on this page, we haven't bound it yet, and we will say so.
Are you FAA-certified?
Nobody is. The FAA does not certify aircraft detailers and does not approve cleaning products, and any company that says otherwise has told you something untrue on its first page. What actually exists is the manufacturers' material specifications (Boeing D6-17487 and D6-7127, the SAE AMS series), your aircraft's maintenance manual, insurance with the right endorsements, and a written procedure. We work to all four, and the procedure is published above.
Do you wash with water?
Almost never. Our standard exterior is a waterless dry wash with aircraft-spec wash-wax, which keeps us inside HCAA, PIE and Florida DEP rules on ramp runoff. Wet washing only happens in the airport's designated wash area, arranged in advance, with phosphate-free aviation detergents.
Do you touch anything maintenance-related?
No. Your maintenance team installs and removes port covers and does any post-wash checks and lubrication. We count the covers in and out with your crew, photograph them at handback, stay clear of every probe and port, and never make a logbook entry.
Do you do ceramic coatings?
Not as a headline, and never with a years-long promise. Aircraft paint is thin, usually has no clear coat, and takes a beating at altitude, so a coating's real life is measured in flight hours, not years. We offer paint gloss enhancement and coatings on request after the surface has been assessed in daylight, and we will tell you what to expect in hours.
How fast can you get here?
Members get a four-hour response and their dates held. For everyone else we answer within two hours, six in the morning to ten at night, and tell you honestly what we can do. Same day and AOG carry a flat $3,000; under 24 hours, $1,500. Both are printed on the price list, so there is never a number invented on the phone.
Which airports do you work at?
Thirteen around Tampa Bay. Albert Whitted (SPG) is our home field; St. Pete–Clearwater (PIE), Clearwater Executive (CLW), Tampa International (TPA), Peter O. Knight (TPF) and Tampa Executive (VDF) have travel included; Sarasota Bradenton (SRQ), Venice, Lakeland Linder (LAL), Bartow, Brooksville (BKV), Plant City and Zephyrhills are a flat $95. At each we work under the airport's written authorization or an FBO or tenant arrangement, and we tell you which applies to your field before we book, not after. The rules at each airport.
Why are you more expensive than the other quote?
Because of the standard above. Cover counts, towel counts, walkaround photos, a report within two hours, the same crew every time and the owner on the first job all take time that a quote-by-phone detailer isn't spending. We don't discount, and we don't quote a range and settle it on the invoice.
Will you post photos of our aircraft?
Never without written permission. Tail numbers, cabins, crews and customer names stay private by default, and the photo report goes to the contact you name and nobody else.
What if something gets damaged?
We photograph the aircraft with your crew before we start, so every existing mark is on record. If anything happens on our watch, you hear it from us on the ramp, within fifteen minutes, before you find it yourself. Then the insurance does what it is for.