SkyAccess Empty Leg Index: The Busiest Private Jet Repositioning Corridors (October 2026)

The October 2026 SkyAccess Empty Leg Index ranks private jet repositioning corridors by legs recorded across 900+ certified charter operators over the trailing 12 months plus currently scheduled flights, with both directions of each route combined. Las Vegas to Los Angeles is the busiest corridor with 2,946 legs, ahead of Boston to New York (2,167) and Miami to New York (1,902), and London to Paris leads internationally with 1,675. Regional editions count unique empty legs touching London (15,589), Swiss airports (18,981) and the six GCC states (4,873), each over the window stated on its page.

The Empty Leg Index ranks private aviation’s busiest repositioning corridors by repositioning legs listed on the marketplace. The data comes from the SkyAccess marketplace: repositioning legs recorded across our network of 900+ certified charter operators over the trailing twelve months, plus currently scheduled inventory. No estimates, no keyword tools.

The 15 busiest U.S. corridors

Las Vegas to Los Angeles is the busiest U.S. private jet repositioning corridor in the October 2026 Empty Leg Index, with 2,946 legs, followed by Boston to New York (2,167), Miami to New York (1,902), New York to Washington DC (1,618) and Lincoln to Omaha (1,520). Each count is repositioning legs recorded on the SkyAccess marketplace over the trailing 12 months plus currently scheduled flights, both directions combined.

Corridor	Repositioning legs	Months active
Las Vegas → Los Angeles	2,946	16
Boston → New York	2,167	15
Miami → New York	1,902	16
New York → Washington DC	1,618	14
Lincoln → Omaha	1,520	17
Dallas → Houston	1,477	16
Los Angeles → New York	1,361	16
Miami → Nassau	1,139	14
Houston → San Antonio	1,044	15
Fort Lauderdale → Nassau	983	14
Austin → Houston	981	14
Miami → Naples	968	15
Las Vegas → Scottsdale	920	15
Austin → Dallas	865	14
Fort Lauderdale → New York	859	15

The 10 busiest international corridors

London to Paris is the busiest European private jet repositioning corridor in the October 2026 Empty Leg Index, with 1,675 legs, followed by Geneva to Paris (785), Geneva to London (620) and Geneva to Nice (553). The London Empty Leg Index and the Geneva and Switzerland Empty Leg Index break these hubs out by airport: London Luton (4,487), Farnborough (4,438) and Biggin Hill (4,308) lead London, and Geneva (7,052) leads Switzerland.

Corridor	Repositioning legs	Months active
London → Paris	1,675	16
Geneva → Paris	785	15
Geneva → London	620	14
Geneva → Nice	553	15
London → Nice	477	14
Milan → Nice	472	13
Amsterdam → London	405	13
London → Zurich	387	14
Nice → Paris	379	13
Dubai → Riyadh	354	12

How to cite this index

Figures in this edition are sourced from the SkyAccess marketplace. Corridor counts come from the SkyAccess database (trailing 12 months of repositioning flights across our network of 900+ certified charter operators). Attribution: SkyAccess. For custom route-level data for a story, contact us.

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Methodology

Counts cover repositioning legs recorded on the SkyAccess marketplace over the trailing 12 months plus currently listed future flights, aggregated bidirectionally and folded to the metro a traveler would search. Corridors qualify only with activity across at least three distinct months; single-month fleet shuffles are excluded. Figures are citable with attribution to SkyAccess; for custom route-level pulls for a story, contact us and we will run them same day.