When you’re booking your airline tickets for your vacation you’re likely to only have a handful of airports to choose from that are within reasonable distance of your home as there are only around 300 such airports across Europe. However, if you were to fly by private jet, you’d have a lot more options as there are more than 3000 airports Europe wide that are suitable for private jet use. Check below the list of private jet airports in Europe.
The busiest private jet airports in Europe
Based on the number of take offs and landings last year, Paris Le Bourget airport tops the charts as the busiest private jet airport in Europe with 50,684 movements. Le Bourget airport is dedicated solely to private aviation.
Private jets are big business
There’s something about private jets that offers that sense of luxury that you can’t get even with a first class ticket for any airline. Privacy and discretion can be highly important to such passengers and this of course is something a private jet can truly offer.
More popular airports for private jet use
Nice Cote d’Azur is second in the list of the busiest private jet airports with 34,536 movements in 2017. Traffic to this airport increases massively in the summer months with wealthy holiday makers visiting Nice.
Geneva is next on the list with 33,812 movements. A popular destination both for business and leisure, the route from Paris to Geneva is the busiest route of all for private jets.
In fourth place is London’s Luton airport with 28,890 movements last year. While Paris Le Bourget has the most traffic, London has the most by city, with Luton being just the first of three London airports in the top 10.
Next up, in 5th is Zurich airport. Zurich saw 24,596 movements over 2017 then in 6th is the second London airport on our list, London Farnborough with 24,502 movements.
The cost of private jet charter
Fancy a trip on a private jet? The average spend per charter on PrivateFly is $8,435 for a small prop aircraft, $13,719 for a small jet, $44,593 for a medium jet, $63,329 for a large airliner and $84,572 for a long-range jet. So hire a prop plane or small jet and you’re looking at prices that aren’t too much of a leap from a first class ticket with a large airline. It’s certainly flying in style!
Emily is an avid writer with a passion for the travel industry. She also loves learning and writing about nutrition and healthy living. Emily is based in the UK.
