Empty Leg Flights to Chicago/West Chicago

Private jet traffic in Chicago/West Chicago (last 30 days)

Arrivals

649

Departures

572

Different jets

414

Most frequent origins: Chicago Midway International Airport (36), Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken Field (26), Teterboro Airport (14), Chicago Executive Airport (13), Spirit of St Louis Airport (9).

Most frequent destinations: Chicago Midway International Airport (39), Naples Municipal Airport (20), New Century Aircenter Airport (17), Teterboro Airport (14), Chicago Executive Airport (13).

Most common aircraft types: Embraer Phenom 300 (102), Pilatus PC-12 (98), Hawker 800/900 (89), Cessna Citation Excel/XLS (86), Bombardier Challenger 350/3500 (83).

Tuesday 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 21 empty leg flights to Chicago/West Chicago available right now; the next one departs on November 4. Prices range from $3,300 (€2,980) to $19,400 (€17,340) for the whole aircraft, including service fee. 7 of them depart within the next 14 days.

Over the last 18 months we recorded 488 empty legs to Chicago/West Chicago. Half of them cost between $7,800 (€7,000) and $17,900 (€16,000), with a median of $11,200 (€10,000).

The most frequent origins were Naples, Chicago, Gallatin, Teterboro and Kansas City.

Private jets here almost always land at Dupage Airport (KDPA). Common aircraft: Learjet 60 (Light Jet), Hawker 800XP (Midsize) and Hawker 750 (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.