Empty legs from Carlsbad to Las Vegas

One way empty legs between Carlsbad and Las Vegas, exactly as the operators list them. Prices are the operator's own, not a marked up quote.

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Why this route produces empty legs

Carlsbad has two main corridors in our record and this is one of them. The field produces 35 recorded departures to 23 different destinations, and Las Vegas and Truckee tie at the top with five each. We publish both, and nothing else out of Carlsbad reaches more than two.

Four operators on five legs, which is unusual on a corridor this small. Schubach Aviation, Aircraft Management Group, Jet Methods and Thrive Aviation each listed at least one, and between them they put up four different types: a Beechcraft Beechjet 400A, a Gulfstream G450 twice, an Embraer Phenom 300 and a Bombardier Learjet 60XR. Nothing here is a shuttle.

Half this corridor's record is one aircraft going home twice. Aircraft Management Group listed the same Gulfstream G450 on two consecutive days, 12 and 13 September, both with thirteen seats and both at a 54 minute block. Two of the five legs also fall on the same date, 13 September, on different aircraft from different operators.

The one published price has a counterpart going the other way. Jet Methods listed an Embraer Phenom 300 with nine seats at USD 4,400 from Carlsbad to Las Vegas on 13 September, and the same operator listed the same type at USD 4,900 from Las Vegas to Carlsbad on 10 September. Those are its own two figures for the whole aircraft on the same sector in opposite directions, three days apart.

Recently listed on this corridor

Both directions, up to 20 flights, with the price exactly as the operator published it.

When they show up

Concentrated in September after a single August leg. Four of the five depart between 12 and 26 September 2026 and the fifth flew on 8 August. Two of the five share the date 13 September.

Notice is mostly very short. Two of the legs entered our record on their own departure date, one gave five days and one seventeen. The 8 August leg was already on the board on 31 July when our record begins, so we cannot say how far ahead it appeared. A corridor where two of five listings appear on the morning they fly is one to hold an alert on rather than to check.

The route on a map

Approximate corridor between Carlsbad and Las Vegas. Operators fly the sector direct; the airports each listing uses are shown on the flight itself.

The airports on this route

• Carlsbad McClellan-Palomar (KCRQ): the departure, the general aviation field for north San Diego County, named by ICAO code on three of the five listings.
• San Diego International (SAN) and Gillespie Field (KSEE): the alternatives further south, neither of them used on this corridor in our record.
• Harry Reid International (KLAS): the arrival, and the only Las Vegas airport any listing on this corridor names.
• Henderson Executive (KHND) and North Las Vegas (KVGT): the two general aviation alternatives, quicker on the ground than Harry Reid and neither used here.

Three of the five listings name both ends by ICAO code. The other two, from Schubach Aviation and Thrive Aviation, write Carlsbad, CA and Las Vegas, NV with no code at all. Those two city names pair with McClellan-Palomar and with Harry Reid and with nothing else anywhere in our data, which is why they are counted here, but confirm the field with the operator before you plan the drive.

Every leg we have on record for this route

Between 31 July and 13 September 2026 we recorded 5 empty legs from Carlsbad to Las Vegas. 1 of them carried a published price, at USD 4,400 for the whole aircraft. Three of the five publish a block time, 54 minutes on both Gulfstream G450 legs and 48 minutes on the Embraer Phenom 300, across four aircraft types from four operators.

Departure	Aircraft	Seats	Operator's published price	Status
8 Aug 2026	Beechcraft Beechjet 400A	Not stated	On request	Already flown
12 Sep 2026	Gulfstream G450	13	On request	Already flown
13 Sep 2026	Embraer Phenom 300	9	USD 4,400	No longer listed
13 Sep 2026	Gulfstream G450	13	On request	On the board now
26 Sep 2026	Bombardier Learjet 60XR	Not stated	On request	On the board now

This is a record, not availability. These are the legs we saw on this corridor in that window, kept so the route has a history you can judge it by. None of them is bookable from this table. What is actually open right now is the live list above, and if it is empty the route alert is the way to catch the next one.

Before you book

The price on a card is the operator's figure for the whole aircraft. What that comes to per seat, across every type we see, is in how much an empty leg private jet costs.

One of the five legs carries a published price: USD 4,400 for the whole aircraft on an Embraer Phenom 300 with nine seats, departing 13 September. That is the operator's figure for the aircraft, not a per seat fare.

The other four say price on request, and that is the operators rather than a gap in our collection. Jet Methods publishes a figure on all eleven of its listings in our record, which is why this corridor has a number at all. Schubach Aviation publishes none on any of its 54, Aircraft Management Group none on any of its 91 and Thrive Aviation none on any of its 753.

Seats and block times come from three of the five: thirteen seats and 54 minutes on both Gulfstream G450 legs, nine seats and 48 minutes on the Phenom 300, against a great circle of 205 nautical miles. The Schubach and Thrive legs publish neither, so three columns read Not stated on those two rows.

We have recorded five legs coming back from Las Vegas to Carlsbad, but four of those five come from operators that publish no airport code, no seat count and no block time anywhere in our data, so there is no reverse page yet. Ask the operator three things: whether the departure time can still move, what happens if the paid flight that created this empty leg falls through, and which Las Vegas field the aircraft is actually going to.

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