Empty Leg Flights to Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling

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

Arrivals

1,688

Departures

1,484

Different jets

1,003

Most frequent origins: Teterboro Airport (88), Ohio State University Airport (58), Chicago Midway International Airport (34), Austin Straubel International Airport (21), Centennial Airport (19).

Most frequent destinations: Teterboro Airport (63), Ohio State University Airport (62), Chicago Midway International Airport (35), Naples Municipal Airport (30), Oakland County International Airport (22).

Most common aircraft types: Cessna Citation Latitude (256), Embraer Phenom 300 (218), Bombardier Challenger 350/3500 (211), Cessna Citation Excel/XLS (194), Pilatus PC-12 (194).

Thursday is the busiest day.

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 44 empty leg flights to Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling available right now; the next one departs on November 5. Prices range from $4,400 (€3,890) to $25,200 (€22,440) for the whole aircraft, including service fee. 19 of them depart within the next 14 days.

Over the last 18 months we recorded 1,018 empty legs to Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling. Half of them cost between $7,500 (€6,700) and $17,300 (€15,400), 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.