Amsterdam

Empty leg flights from Amsterdam

Amsterdam sits on one of the densest short-haul charter corridors in Europe, which is what puts empty leg flights on the board here. The city is close enough to London, Brussels and Paris that aircraft reposition between them constantly, and every paid charter out of Schiphol leaves a one-way sector behind it. That returning flight is the empty leg — crew, fuel and handling already paid for, offered at a reduced one-way price rather than flown empty.

We keep dedicated pages for the corridors that recur, including Amsterdam to London and London to Amsterdam. What is actually on the board changes week to week — recent sectors have run south to Olbia, Palma and Malaga, east to Salzburg, and north to Reykjavik. The live figures under “Where these flights go” below are counted from the current board rather than from a fixed list.

Which Amsterdam airport

Most listings here mean Schiphol, but it is worth checking which field before you commit:

• Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) handles the great majority of business aviation traffic, through a dedicated general aviation terminal separate from the main piers.
• Rotterdam The Hague (RTM) appears occasionally and is often quicker on the ground, and closer if you are heading for The Hague or the south of the Randstad.

Because the Netherlands is compact, the airport in the listing matters less here than it does in London. A Rotterdam arrival is usually inside an hour of central Amsterdam.

What an empty leg from Amsterdam costs

Where an operator publishes a price it is shown exactly as listed, as a whole-aircraft figure rather than a per-seat fare. On the Amsterdam board most operators currently list availability without a price, so those cards read Price on enquiry — we would rather say that than estimate a number. Our guide to the most affordable way to charter a private jet sets out the options, and the private jet cost per hour breakdown gives the standard-charter comparison.

The types that turn up on these routes are mostly light and midsize — the Citation XLS, Citation CJ2+ and Citation Latitude — with heavier metal such as the Legacy 650 when the sector runs further. If cabin size matters more than the exact date, browsing by aircraft type is usually faster.

What to know before you enquire

An empty leg exists because of the paid charter around it, so it can be sold or moved without notice. Every listing here is recorded from what the operator published, with the date we last saw it. Treat it as a strong indication rather than a guarantee, and confirm with the operator before planning around it.

Empty Leg List is a listing service. We are not a broker, not an operator, and not party to any booking, and we take no commission. Your enquiry goes to the operator covering the route, who confirms availability and final price with you directly. If nothing matches, request a charter quote and we forward it to operators flying that corridor.

Where these flights go

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What flies here

Working out which aircraft show up…

Airports

Where the aircraft actually go

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