Cape Town

Empty leg flights from Cape Town

Cape Town runs on the southern hemisphere summer. From November to March the city absorbs far more charter than it sends out, and the board reflects that — arrivals outnumber departures, because aircraft are flown down full and repositioned back empty. Those outbound sectors are the empty leg flights here.

The domestic network dominates: Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg to Cape Town and back, and Mpumalanga for the Kruger reserves. Longer legs reach Nairobi and Port Louis. The live counts below are read from the current board.

The airport

• Cape Town International (CPT) — the single field, with a general aviation terminal on the eastern side, around twenty-five minutes from the city.
• Port Elizabeth, George and Mossel Bay — cover the Garden Route and appear as separate listings.

Cape Town is famously windy in summer; the south-easter can move slots by hours, so confirm timings on the day.

What an empty leg from Cape Town costs

Where an operator publishes a price it is shown exactly as listed, as a whole-aircraft figure rather than a per-seat fare. Where none is published the card says so rather than estimating. Our guide to the most affordable way to charter a private jet compares the options, and the private jet cost per hour breakdown gives the standard-charter benchmark.

Domestic South African sectors are flown by a mix of light jets and turboprops, including the Pilatus PC-12 NGX and Citation CJ4. Browse by aircraft type if cabin size matters more than the exact date.

Where these flights go

Working out the busiest corridors…

What flies here

Working out which aircraft show up…

Airports

Where the aircraft actually go

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