Madrid from above, the city stretching to the sierra
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Madrid

Live empty leg flights to and from Madrid, straight from the charter operators that fly them.

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Availability is re-read from operator sources through the day, and each leg carries its timestamp.

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Empty leg flights from Madrid

Madrid is the corporate and political centre of Spain and the natural hub between Europe and Latin America. That mix puts a wide spread of charter through Barajas, and the repositioning around it is what shows up here as empty leg flights.

The board has recorded Alicante and Amsterdam outbound, Manchester and Fort Lauderdale inbound, and a run to Münster. Note the transatlantic one: Madrid is the European end of a lot of long haul repositioning.

The airports

Madrid sits in the middle of the country, so it is often the shortest total journey even when the coast looks closer on a map.

What an empty leg from Madrid 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.

Spanish and western European sectors here are one to two and a half hours. Common types include the Citation XLS, the Challenger 350 and the Legacy 500. You can also browse the whole list by aircraft type.

Madrid empty legs, by the numbers

Between 31 July and 27 August 2026 we recorded 19 empty leg flights touching Madrid: 7 departing, 12 arriving, across 13 partner airports. The airports that came up most were Nice (3), Amsterdam (2), Fort Lauderdale (2), London Luton (2). 8 different aircraft types appeared, most often the Challenger 3500 (4), the Challenger 601 (4), the Gulfstream V ULR (3).

Nineteen legs, thirteen destinations, one of them Fort Lauderdale. Madrid keeps moving.

These are counts from our own board over that window, so they reflect the operators we read rather than the whole market, and they are a record of what was listed, not a forecast. New legs appear with days of notice, which is what the route alert is for.

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, set a route alert and we email you when a leg on that corridor is listed.

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