Florida Air Tours Biplane Review: Is It Worth It for a Special Occasion?

Worth It Florida

Aug 31

2 min read

Updated: Sep 21

Worth It Rating

Overall: 9.2/10

❤️ Best for: Birthdays, anniversaries, milestone celebrations, and adventurous couples

💰 Value: 8/10 as a special-occasion splurge

✨ Experience: 10/10

✈️ Company/service: 10/10

🛟 Safety/confidence: 9.5/10

🚗 Worth making a Florida day trip for: Yes—if the occasion feels special enough

💸 We’d pay extra for: The single aerobatic upgrade and the $50 video

❌ Skip it if: You are looking for an inexpensive casual date

✅ We’d go back: Yes for another special occasion

Red vintage biplane used for a Florida Air Tours sightseeing flight — The biplane before our flight with Florida Air Tours.

Why the company itself impressed us

Once we were there, I felt safe. Our pilot was knowledgeable, explained what was happening, and made the experience exciting without making it feel reckless. For something that can look intimidating in photos, I was surprised by how comfortable I felt once we were in the air.

Vintage biplane instrument panel during Florida Air Tours flight — Inside the biplane during our flight.

The views are part of the experience

Even without the aerobatics, flying in an open-cockpit biplane gives you a completely different view of Florida. You are low enough to recognize the coastline, neighborhoods, waterways, and beaches below, but high enough that the landscape feels completely transformed.

Aerial coastline and waterways seen from a Florida Air Tours biplane — The open-cockpit view over the coast.

Is the aerobatic upgrade worth it?

Yes. We paid for the double aerobatic upgrade, which at the time was listed at $149.99. It included four wingovers, two loops, and two rolls. That was incredibly fun—but after doing it, I do not think you need the double package to get the point of the experience.

The single aerobatic upgrade was listed at $99.99 and included two wingovers, one loop, and one roll. If I were booking again, I would choose that and save the extra $50. You still get the big wow moment without paying for essentially a second round.

Florida Air Tours posted aerobatic and video upgrade prices — Upgrade prices posted when we flew. Prices can change.

Is the $50 HD video worth it?

For us, yes. The HD video add-on was $49.99, and I am glad we bought it. I also used my phone during takeoff, which gave us our own point of view, but the professionally captured footage gave us angles we could not have gotten ourselves—especially during the aerobatics.

Passenger smiling during aerobatic biplane flight with Florida Air Tours — The footage captured angles we could not have gotten from a phone alone.

Who should book this

What we would book next time

I would absolutely use Florida Air Tours again. My ideal version would be the regular sightseeing flight plus the single aerobatic upgrade and the HD video. That combination keeps the best parts of what we did while trimming the easiest $50 to save.

Worth It Florida note: Prices listed here are the posted upgrade prices from our flight and may change. This review reflects what we personally paid for and experienced.