182 live empty leg flights departing from Miami / South Florida on SkyAccess, sourced from certified charter operators repositioning aircraft through Opa-Locka (KOPF) and the 80-mile radius around it. Empty legs are priced 25 to 75% below a comparable full charter, with the deepest discounts in the 24 to 72 hour window before departure.
Miami is one of the densest empty-leg departure markets in the country. As South Florida clears out on the back of winter-season charters, operators reposition aircraft north and across the Caribbean, and those one-way legs are what you book here. The corridors below see the most consistent outbound repositioning supply.
| Destination | Typical Jet Type | Avg Price Range | Typical Flight Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York (Teterboro) | Light to Midsize | $8,000 to $22,000 | ~2.5h |
| Atlanta | Light | $4,000 to $10,000 | ~1.5h |
| Nassau, Bahamas | Light | $3,000 to $8,000 | ~45min |
| Cancun | Light to Midsize | $5,000 to $14,000 | ~1.5h |
| Washington D.C. | Midsize to Heavy | $10,000 to $24,000 | ~2.5h |
| Chicago | Midsize to Heavy | $14,000 to $30,000 | ~3h |
| Los Angeles | Heavy to Ultra | $35,000 to $70,000 | ~5.5h |
Miami's private-jet season runs November to April, when snowbirds, events, and the winter social calendar pull heavy inbound charter traffic into South Florida. Every one of those inbound flights creates an outbound repositioning need, so the deepest outbound empty-leg supply sits in that same window, with a spring surge in March and April as aircraft head home for the summer.
Direction matters on the marquee corridor. New York to Miami peaks on Fridays as travelers head south for the weekend, which fills southbound seats and leaves northbound legs open. Miami to New York peaks on Sundays as the same aircraft reposition back north. If your dates flex, aiming for the counter-flow day is where the pricing is softest.
Opa-locka Executive (OPF) is the primary Miami business-jet field, about 8 miles from Brickell with no commercial airline traffic. It handles the bulk of the metro's empty-leg departures and clears international customs, which makes it the default for Bahamas and Caribbean runs.
Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE) is the second-busiest field in the cluster, a strong option when you are north of downtown Miami or already in Broward County. Palm Beach International (PBI) covers the northern edge of the South Florida market and is the closest field for Palm Beach and Jupiter departures. A single SkyAccess search spans all three plus every charter-friendly field inside the search radius.
The short hop from Miami to Nassau is one of the highest-intent empty-leg niches in the market. It is roughly 45 minutes of flight time, so operators reposition light jets across the Straits of Florida constantly through the winter season, and real one-way inventory turns over on this lane more often than almost any international route from the US.
Because OPF and FXE both clear customs, a Miami-to-Bahamas empty leg is a genuine international charter at a repositioning price. The same pattern feeds nearby island destinations like Turks and Caicos, so it is worth setting a saved-search alert if your dates are flexible.