The flight manifests in EFTA00167863.pdf document what turns out to be a significant moment in Jeffrey Epstein's travel history. These records show four separate flights on his Gulfstream jet N212JE over three days in January 2016, revealing a pattern that has received less attention than his more famous Caribbean trips.
What the Manifests Show
The document contains four passenger manifests from consecutive flights between January 11-13, 2016. Each follows a similar format: crew initials (LV, DR, NM), departure and arrival airports indicated by airport codes, and a largely blank passenger section. The flights trace a back-and-forth pattern between two locations.
The readable airport codes point to Teterboro Airport in New Jersey (KTEB) and what appears to be a Florida departure point. The flight times range from roughly 2 hours to 3 hours, consistent with the Florida-to-New Jersey corridor that Epstein traveled frequently.
Trip numbers 2733, 2734, and 2735 are visible across the pages, suggesting these were logged as part of a coordinated series rather than isolated flights. The aircraft accumulated between 9 and 12 hours of flight time across these trips, burning thousands of pounds of fuel for what the logs suggest were short-hop East Coast flights.
The Teterboro Connection
Teterboro Airport matters in the Epstein story for a specific reason. This New Jersey airport sits roughly 12 miles from Manhattan and serves as the primary private aviation gateway to New York City. While much attention has focused on flights to Little St. James or Palm Beach International, Teterboro represents something different: access to Epstein's New York operations during a period when he was supposedly keeping a lower profile.
By January 2016, Epstein had been a registered sex offender for seven years. His 2008 plea deal in Florida was public knowledge. He had settled multiple civil suits. Yet these manifests show he was still using his private jet to shuttle between Florida and the New York area with apparent regularity.
Empty Passenger Lines
The most striking feature of these manifests is what they don't show. Each form contains space for twelve passengers. Each form shows those spaces left almost entirely blank. One manifest appears to have a handwritten notation in the first passenger slot, but it's illegible in the scanned document.
This pattern raises questions about record-keeping practices. Were passengers simply not recorded? Were these flights genuinely empty except for crew? Or were passenger names documented elsewhere? The flight logs that have received the most public attention show numerous named passengers, making these blank manifests stand out.
The crew members appear consistently as initials only: LV, DR, and NM. Without the full crew roster, it's impossible to verify who was operating these flights or whether the same individuals staffed all four legs of this January trip.
Operational Details
The technical information recorded on these forms shows careful attention to flight operations. Each manifest includes fuel purchased in gallons, fuel burn in pounds, flight level (altitude), and total airframe time. The aircraft's cumulative hours increased across the flights, documented as 9127 hours, then 9129 hours, tracking the aging of the airframe.
Flight levels ranged from FL156 to FL450, indicating the jet flew between 15,600 and 45,000 feet depending on the leg. The variation suggests different weather conditions or air traffic requirements rather than a standard flight profile.
Why January 2016 Matters
The timing of these flights deserves attention. In January 2016, Epstein was nearly a decade past his initial conviction but still three years away from his final arrest. He was operating in what might be called his post-conviction, pre-2019-charges period.
During this window, Epstein continued to maintain his New York mansion, his Palm Beach estate, and his New Mexico ranch. He met with scientists, philanthropists, and business figures who have since expressed varying degrees of regret or denial about their associations. These flight logs document the logistical infrastructure that made that continued social and business activity possible.
The repeated Florida-to-Teterboro route suggests ongoing business or personal reasons to move between these locations. Epstein maintained a residence on the Upper East Side of Manhattan throughout this period. The flights would have delivered him within a short helicopter or car ride of that property.
The Document's Journey
These manifests entered the public record through a Department of Justice FOIA release, appearing in the archive as part of the DOJ_DS9 document set. The pages bear the identifier EFTA_00017407 through EFTA_00017410, indicating they were part of a larger sequential collection of flight records.
Someone filed these manifests carefully enough that they survived as evidence. Someone at JEGE, LLC (the company that owned N212JE) created these forms, filled them out partially, and maintained them in files that later became subject to federal investigation. The document has been viewed 202 times since being made available in the archive.
What's Missing
The handwritten entries are difficult to read in places where they exist at all. Departure and arrival times appear in some cases but not others. The passenger sections remain largely blank. The comments section at the bottom of each form contains no additional notes or explanations.
This incompleteness makes the document both frustrating and revealing. It shows that even in Epstein's operation, record-keeping was inconsistent. It demonstrates that not every flight generated the kind of detailed passenger manifest that has become public in other cases. And it leaves open questions about why some trips were documented thoroughly while others were not.
The flight logs tell us where the plane went, but not always who was aboard or why the trip was necessary. These January 2016 manifests capture that limitation perfectly. They prove the flights happened while concealing nearly everything else about them.