Epstein Flight Logs: Lolita Express Passenger Lists & Aircraft Records

The Epstein flight logs are a collection of pilot logbooks, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, and court-subpoenaed passenger manifests documenting flights on aircraft owned or operated by Jeffrey Epstein and entities he controlled. These records span from the mid-1990s through 2019 and represent one of the most significant evidentiary categories in the Epstein case files. The logs were originally maintained by Epstein's pilots, including Larry Visoski and David Rodgers, who were required by FAA regulations to record each flight's date, route, aircraft tail number, and the names of passengers on board.

The most well-known aircraft in Epstein's fleet was the Boeing 727-31, registered as N908JE, which became widely known in media reporting as the "Lolita Express." Epstein acquired this aircraft in the mid-1990s and used it extensively for travel between his properties in New York, Florida, New Mexico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and international destinations. The Boeing 727 was capable of transcontinental and transatlantic flights, and the logs document routes to Paris, London, Morocco, and other overseas locations. Epstein sold the 727 in 2009 following his first criminal conviction.

In addition to the 727, Epstein operated a Gulfstream II registered as N120JE, which was used for shorter domestic flights and Caribbean routes, and a helicopter registered as N212JE, which frequently shuttled passengers between airports and his properties. Additional aircraft, including a Cessna 421 and leased jets, appear in portions of the records. All of these flight records are searchable in our database, with routes, dates, aircraft identifiers, and passenger names cross-referenced to source documents and person profiles.

Analysis of the flight logs reveals a consistent pattern of travel between a core set of destinations. The most frequently recorded airports include Teterboro Airport (TEB)in New Jersey, which served as Epstein's primary hub for New York-area travel; Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) in Florida, near his oceanfront estate on El Brillo Way; and Cyril E. King Airport (STT) in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, the commercial airport nearest to his private island.

From St. Thomas, passengers were typically transported by helicopter (N212JE) or boat to Little St. James Island, the 70-acre private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands that Epstein purchased in 1998. The island, which features prominently in victim testimony and court filings, was the destination or origin for hundreds of recorded flights. Epstein also owned the neighboring Great St. James Island, which he acquired in 2016.

International routes documented in the logs include flights to Le Bourget Airport (LBG) near Paris, where Epstein maintained an apartment on Avenue Foch; London Luton Airport; Santa Fe (SAF), near his Zorro Ranch property in New Mexico; and airports in Morocco, Japan, the Azores, and elsewhere. The flight explorer allows you to filter by origin, destination, date range, and aircraft to trace specific travel patterns across these locations.

The Epstein flight logs name hundreds of individuals across categories that include political figures, business executives, academics, scientists, lawyers, entertainers, and members of Epstein's personal and household staff. Among the most frequently appearing passengers in the records are Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted of sex trafficking conspiracy; Sarah Kellen, identified in court filings as a co-conspirator; and Epstein's pilots, who appear on virtually every recorded flight.

Other individuals named in publicly released flight log pages include figures from finance, law, politics, academia, and the arts. Some of these individuals have confirmed their travel on Epstein's aircraft and stated it was for legitimate business or social purposes. Others have denied flying with Epstein or disputed the accuracy of handwritten log entries. The records also include initials, partial names, and abbreviated entries that have not been definitively identified.

Each passenger name in our database is linked to a person profile where available, showing all recorded flights, document references, network connections, and source citations. The profiles distinguish between flight log appearances, black book entries, email references, and other categories of documentation so that readers can assess the nature and extent of each individual's documented connections.

The Epstein flight logs entered the public record through multiple legal channels over a period spanning more than a decade. The first significant disclosure came during the Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation lawsuit (Case No. 15-cv-07433, SDNY), where flight records were subpoenaed as part of discovery and subsequently included in sealed court filings. When Judge Loretta A. Preska ordered the unsealing of case documents in December 2023 and January 2024, portions of the flight logs were among the materials released to the public.

Additional flight records were obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by journalists and researchers seeking FAA records related to aircraft registered to Epstein and his corporate entities. The federal criminal case against Epstein in the Southern District of New York (2019) also produced flight-related evidence that became part of the public docket. Pilot testimony during the Ghislaine Maxwell trial (2021) provided sworn confirmation of specific flights, passengers, and routes recorded in the logs.

Most recently, the Epstein Files Transparency Act directed federal agencies to review and release government records related to the Epstein investigation, including any flight-related intelligence held by the FBI, Secret Service, and other agencies. The House Oversight Committee has also subpoenaed flight records as part of its congressional investigation into institutional failures surrounding the case.

Epstein Exposed provides several tools for searching and analyzing the flight log data. The primary flight records browser lets you search by passenger name, date, aircraft tail number, or airport code. Results display in both table and card views with pagination, and each flight links to its source document and the profiles of named passengers.

For more advanced analysis, the flight explorer provides interactive filtering by year, aircraft type, origin, and destination, making it possible to isolate specific travel patterns or time periods. The connection path finder traces relationships between individuals based on shared flights, documents, and other evidence, while the cross-reference tool identifies overlapping appearances across flight logs, the black book, emails, and other record categories.

All flight data is sourced from court-filed documents and FAA records. Where handwritten entries are ambiguous, we note the uncertainty in the record. You can also explore the full document archive to view scanned pages of the original pilot logbooks, or use the site-wide search to find any person, flight, or document by keyword.