Paris Empty Legs

Empty leg flights from Paris

Paris is one of the two poles of European business aviation, and Le Bourget is the single busiest dedicated business airport on the continent. Volume on that scale produces a steady supply of empty leg flights: every charter that arrives has to leave again, and every one that departs has to come home. Those empty legs are published one-way at a reduced price rather than flown empty.

The steadiest corridor on this board is Paris to London and London to Paris, which runs in both directions all year. Beyond it the pattern is seasonal: south to Toulon, Montpellier and Cagliari through the summer, east to Salzburg and Bolzano through the winter, and Paris to Brussels and Antwerp year-round. The live counts under “Where these flights go” are read from the current board.

Paris looking west toward La Défense. Le Bourget sits north-east of the city, roughly thirty minutes from the centre outside peak traffic.

Which Paris airport

Four are used, and only one of them is really about private aviation:

Paris Le Bourget (LBG) is the business aviation airport, north-east of the city, with multiple FBOs and no scheduled traffic. Almost every listing on this page means Le Bourget.
Toussus-le-Noble (TNF) and Pontoise (POX) handle lighter aircraft and appear occasionally, and suit the western and northern suburbs respectively.
Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) only make sense if you are connecting to a scheduled long-haul sector; otherwise expect slower ground handling.

Le Bourget is the fastest arrival for central Paris and for the business districts, and it is where the ground infrastructure is set up for the handover to a car.

Early morning on the Seine. The London corridor is short enough that a Paris day trip on an empty leg is realistic when the timings line up.

What an empty leg from Paris 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 reads Price on enquiry — we would rather say that than estimate. 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.

Short European sectors dominate here, so the types skew light and midsize — the Citation XLS and Citation CJ4 recur most, with the Falcon 7X and Global 6000 appearing on intercontinental repositioning. Browse by aircraft type if cabin size matters more than the exact date.

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

Working out the busiest corridors…

What flies here

Working out which aircraft show up…

Airports

Paris Le Bourget LBG Charles de Gaulle CDG Paris Orly ORY

Where the aircraft actually go

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