Season

Empty legs to the Alps, winter

In winter the Alpine airports, Geneva, Zurich, Sion, Samedan, Innsbruck and Chambéry, are the way into the ski resorts by private jet, and every aircraft that drops a party at a resort has to leave again, often empty. This page follows the airports that serve the Alps: what is on the board now and what the record shows.

Snow covered Alpine peaks under a clear blue sky, a forested valley with a village far below, and a lone skier standing on the near slope
The airports on this page serve the valleys under peaks like these. The aircraft that bring people in have to leave again, and that is where the empty legs come from.

What the record can and cannot say. Our record begins on 30 July 2026, so the first winter it covers is 2026/27. What you see below is the year-round traffic to these airports so far, plus any legs already published for the coming winter. The month chart fills in as the season arrives.

 legs on the board now, into or out of the Alps
 legs recorded since 30 July 2026
 of them with a published price
 days before departure a leg is published, on average

On the board now

DateRouteAircraftSeatsPrice
Reading the board.

Prices are the operator's own figure for the whole aircraft, as published. "Price on enquiry" means the operator did not publish one. Every row links to the flight's own page, which shows when we first saw it and when we last checked.

Legs by departure month

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Every leg recorded since 30 July 2026 into or out of these airports, by the month it departs, including legs published for months ahead. Gold marks the winter months. Blank months are months we have no record for.

The airports

AirportLegs inLegs outOn the board nowPricedLast leg seen
Reading the record.

Airports followed: Geneva, Zurich, Sion, Samedan for St. Moritz, Bern, Lugano, Altenrhein for St. Gallen, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Chambéry, Grenoble, Turin, Bolzano and Friedrichshafen. A leg counts for an airport when the operator named that airport or its city. Recorded since 30 July 2026.

Legs by weekday

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

Past departures only, since 30 July 2026, by the weekday the leg departed. Legs listed for future dates are not counted here.

How the winter legs work

An empty leg into the Alps is an aircraft going to collect a party or to reposition for its next charter; a leg out is the aircraft leaving after a drop. Both directions appear in the record, and the weekday chart above shows on which days they have departed so far. Legs published with a price are the minority; most operators ask for an enquiry.

If your dates are loose, set a route alert for the airport pair and let the leg find you. If they are fixed, the live list and a direct enquiry to the operators are the two things that count.