Empty legs from Kahului to Van Nuys

One way empty legs between Kahului and Van Nuys, exactly as the operators list them. The operator confirms availability and the price with you directly.

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Why this route produces empty legs

Kahului to Van Nuys is about 2,155 nautical miles of open Pacific, which makes it the longest corridor with a page on this site, ahead of Van Nuys to Teterboro at 2,130. The two listings here that publish a block time give five hours and five hours 18 minutes.

Nothing comes back empty. We hold six legs from Kahului to Van Nuys and not a single record in the other direction. Aircraft fly clients to Maui with a full cabin and reposition home to the Los Angeles basin empty, and that one way asymmetry is the entire reason this corridor shows up on an empty leg board.

Three operators, three different aeroplanes, and not one published price. Sun Air Jets lists three legs on a Gulfstream GIV-SP with 13 seats, Silver Air two on a Bombardier Challenger 350 with nine, and Global Air Charters one on a Gulfstream GV with 16. None of the three publishes a figure on any listing we hold from them.

Kahului is a rare departure on our board, and almost everything it does produce comes here. The remainder goes to Boeing Field in Seattle. There is no Hawaiian hub behind this route, just a handful of mainland aircraft going home.

Recently listed on this corridor

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

When they show up

Six legs on six dates: three consecutive days from 23 to 25 September 2026, two consecutive days on 3 and 4 October, and one on 22 November. The September three are the same operator on the same aircraft type three days running, which is one aeroplane working a week rather than three unrelated flights.

Nothing on this corridor was live when this page was built. Five have flown and the 22 November listing has been withdrawn. A route that appears in short bursts and then goes quiet for weeks is exactly the case for the route alert rather than for refreshing this page.

The route on a map

Approximate corridor between Kahului and Van Nuys. Operators fly the sector direct; the airports each listing uses are shown on the flight itself.

The airports on this route

• Kahului (PHOG): the departure on all six legs, the main Maui field, and the pair the computed distance on this page uses.
• Kapalua (PHJH): in west Maui, much smaller, and the departure on none of these listings.
• Van Nuys (KVNY): the arrival on all six legs, in the San Fernando Valley, one of the busiest general aviation airports anywhere.
• Hollywood Burbank (BUR) and Los Angeles International (LAX): the two alternatives on the Los Angeles side, named on none of these legs.

A five hour overwater sector is a different proposition from a domestic hop and the aircraft reflect it: two Gulfstreams and a Challenger 350 rather than the light jets that fill the short corridors on this board. At the far end, Van Nuys is quick for the Valley and the west side of Los Angeles and slow for anywhere south of downtown.

Every leg we have on record for this route

Between 31 July and 15 October 2026 we recorded 6 empty legs from Kahului to Van Nuys. None of them carried a published price: every operator on this corridor lists it on request. Two of the six publish a block time, five hours and five hours 18 minutes. All six publish a seat count, 13 on the Gulfstream GIV-SP legs, nine on the Challenger 350s and 16 on the Gulfstream GV, and none publishes a tail number.

Departure	Aircraft	Seats	Operator's published price	Status
23 Sep 2026	Gulfstream GIV-SP	13	On request	Already flown
24 Sep 2026	Gulfstream GIV-SP	13	On request	Already flown
25 Sep 2026	Gulfstream GIV-SP	13	On request	Already flown
03 Oct 2026	Bombardier Challenger 350	9	On request	Already flown
04 Oct 2026	Bombardier Challenger 350	9	On request	Already flown
22 Nov 2026	Gulfstream GV	16	On request	No longer listed

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

Not one of the six legs carries a published price. All three operators here list every flight on request: Sun Air Jets across 92 listings, Silver Air across 263 and Global Air Charters across 233, none of them with a figure. The price comes from the operator when you ask, and we show nothing rather than guess.

What the listings do give is the cabin: 13 seats on the three Gulfstream GIV-SP legs, nine on the two Challenger 350s and 16 on the Gulfstream GV. Two of the six publish a block time, five hours and five hours 18 minutes, and none publishes a tail number.

The 22 November listing reached us twice, once as a 16 seat GV and once as a 14 seat GV, same operator and same date. We count it as one leg and show the seat count the operator published more often. A Gulfstream V cabin can be either depending on the interior, so treat the number as the operator's description and ask.

Whatever the price turns out to be it is for the whole aircraft and not a seat, and the operator sets it. Ask whether the departure time can still move, what happens if the paid flight that created this empty leg falls through, and which Los Angeles field you are landing at.

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