Darien Private Jet Charter

1. Westchester County Airport, KHPN, HPN, White Plains, NY, United States
2. Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport, KBDR, BDR, Bridgeport, CT, United States
3. Danbury Municipal Airport, KDXR, DXR, Danbury, CT, United States
4. Republic Airport, KFRG, FRG, Farmingdale, NY, United States
5. Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, KISP, ISP, Islip, NY, United States
6. La Guardia Airport, KLGA, LGA, New York, NY, United States
7. Waterbury-Oxford Airport, KOXC, OXC, Waterbury, CT, United States
8. Tweed-New Haven Airport, KHVN, HVN, New Haven, CT, United States
9. John F Kennedy International Airport, KJFK, JFK, New York, NY, United States
10. Teterboro Airport, KTEB, TEB, Teterboro, NJ, United States

Darien, a New York City suburb 40 miles northeast of Manhattan, is synonymous with exclusivity.

The waterfront community is one of five Fairfield County towns among the 100 most expensive towns in the United States with Old Greenwich and Darien being in the top 10.

Darien’s is a town of 13 square miles with 16 miles of coastline on Long Island Sound. It is a 45-minute train ride to New York City and all it has to offer. The highest-priced homes are in the neighborhoods along the shore, including Noroton Neck, Contentment Island, Long Neck Point, and Tokeneke.

Members-only socializing is a hallmark of life in Darien. The town of private beaches, yacht clubs, and mansions has eight members-only clubs where the fabulously wealthy golf, yacht, play and swim. At the top are the highly selective Wee Burn Country Club, which has a 760-word dress code; and the Country Club of Darien, where membership is by invitation only.

In addition to the private clubs, there are nine city-run beaches, hiking, and sports parks.

Darien has long been portrayed as a town of stuffy elitists in Hollywood. A famous reference to the town was made in the 1958 film, “Auntie Mame,” in which Rosalind Russell referred to her nephew’s girlfriend as an “Aryan from Darien.” In 1947, “Gentleman’s Agreement,” based on a book of the same name, portrayed the town as being intolerant and anti-Semitic.

While Darien is no longer the town of those unflattering Hollywood portrayals, U.S. Census data shows it does remain white and wealthy. According to its 2018 estimates, Darien is 91 percent white and 0.7 percent black with five other races making up the remaining 8 percent. The median value of homes is $1.4 million.

Historically Republican, Darien, which was incorporated in 1820, voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, the first Democrat to win in 60 years.

Among Darien’s famous former residents is Charles Lindbergh. The first person to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean docked his seaplane at his Tokeneke Trail seaside cottage.