Empty Leg Flights to Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling

Private jet traffic in Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling (last 30 days)

Arrivals

1,701

Departures

1,477

Different jets

1,014

Most frequent origins: Teterboro Airport (88), Ohio State University Airport (57), Chicago Midway International Airport (33), Austin Straubel International Airport (22), General Mitchell International Airport (19).

Most frequent destinations: Teterboro Airport (65), Ohio State University Airport (59), Chicago Midway International Airport (37), Naples Municipal Airport (33), Austin Straubel International Airport (21).

Most common aircraft types: Cessna Citation Latitude (259), Embraer Phenom 300 (216), Bombardier Challenger 350/3500 (202), Cessna Citation Excel/XLS (196), Pilatus PC-12 (191).

Our own analysis of public ADS-B signals from business jets. Not every flight is received, and jets with a removal request are excluded.

There are 40 empty leg flights to Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling available right now; the next one departs on November 4. Prices range from $3,700 (€3,280) to $23,100 (€20,660) for the whole aircraft, including service fee. 18 of them depart within the next 14 days.

Over the last 18 months we recorded 994 empty legs to Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling. Half of them cost between $7,500 (€6,700) and $17,100 (€15,300), with a median of $11,200 (€10,000).

The most frequent origins were Teterboro, Naples, St Louis, Indianapolis and Minneapolis.

Private jets here almost always land at Chicago Executive Airport (KPWK). Common aircraft: Learjet 60 (Light Jet), Citation XLS+ (Midsize) and Challenger 300 (Super Midsize).

An empty leg is a repositioning flight: the private jet has to fly without passengers to its next job or back to base, and the operator sells that flight at a steep discount. Date, time and route are set by the operator, so empty legs suit travellers with flexible plans.