The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Bimini
Bimini is the closest island of the Bahamas to Florida, about fifty nautical miles of open water east of Miami. That makes it the one crossing where every aircraft we fly makes sense. The choice is not whether you can get there, it is which way suits your party, your bags and the part of the island you want to wake up on. A family with bags, a couple going for lunch and friends heading to a boat will not pick the same one, and that is fine.
Charter flights from Miami to Bimini are private: the whole aircraft is yours and nobody else is on board. You name the hour, we set the aircraft, the crew and the field it leaves from, and both border filings are ours. Your party brings passports and a bag, per the travel documents guidance.
Four aircraft fly this route and each has its own page: a seaplane to Alice Town, a small plane to South Bimini, a helicopter that skips the drive and a private jet. The choice right below this block shows you the difference in one look, and if you are still unsure, ask us: we quote them side by side for your date.
Plan Your Bimini Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Bimini: Seaplane, Small Plane, Helicopter or Private Jet
All four fly the same fifty miles. They differ in where they leave from, where they land on Bimini and how much the weather matters on the day. Pick one to see its own route page, or send us your party size and we compare them for your date.
Seaplane
Off Biscayne Bay and down on the water off North Bimini, about 25 minutes in the air and no ferry at the far end: seaplane from Miami to Bimini.
Small Plane
Wheels on the paved runway at South Bimini, where the border desk is, with room for bags and gear: small plane from Miami to Bimini.
Helicopter
Lifts off at the edge of Downtown, so the crossing starts without a drive out to an airport: helicopter from Miami to Bimini.
Private Jet
The fastest way across the Gulf Stream, landing on the paved runway at South Bimini: private jet from Miami to Bimini.
Miami to Bimini Flights
How a Flight from Miami to Bimini Actually Works
Miami to Bimini flights on a charter follow the same six steps whichever aircraft you choose. Here is what every one of them includes, from the first message to the moment you are on the island.
Plan Your Bimini CharterDistance and Aircraft
Fifty Nautical Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Bimini is about fifty nautical miles, almost all of it open water, and it is the shortest crossing to the Bahamas. How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft: the seaplane is about 25 minutes, the others come back with the quote. Either way the flight is the short part of the day.
The Whole Aircraft
One Party on Board and No Seats Sold
Every flight on this page is a charter, so the cabin is yours and the departure time is the one you give us. That is the difference to a scheduled seat, and it holds for all four aircraft. A larger party simply flies a larger aircraft or a second one, and the party still travels on one booking.
Where Each One Lands
Harbour Water for Floats, a Runway for Wheels
A seaplane settles on the water off North Bimini, right where the hotels are. A small plane and a jet land on the runway at South Bimini, a short taxi and ferry from the north island. The helicopter lands at South Bimini as well, so it clears with the others.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and Both Borders Filed for You
Bimini has its own ports of entry, so every aircraft clears on arrival and flies straight in. Passengers carry a passport, children included, and everything else sits on our side. What counts as valid is in the travel documents guidance.
On Board and Ashore
Catering, Transfers and Occasions Set Up With the Flight
Whatever the day is for is organised before you leave: catering on board, a car or a golf cart at the other end, flowers for a birthday. A proposal or an anniversary is planned into the flight as a custom experience rather than around it.
How Long the Day Runs
Same-Day Return or Several Nights on Bimini
Most parties fly over in the morning and home the same evening, and the aircraft waits while you are on the island. Staying longer is the same booking with a later return. Weather and delays is the only thing that moves the plan.
Departure Points
Departure Points and Private Charter Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Bahamas
Where your flight leaves from follows the aircraft you pick and where your party is staying. These are the four fields we use around Miami for a flight to the islands. Select one to see exactly where it sits.
Miami Executive
Miami Executive Airport, TMB, Kendall
Kendall-Tamiami, a general aviation field in the south west of the county, and the easy start for a small plane or a helicopter. Parking sits close to the ramp, so the walk to the aircraft is short. Pick it when your party is staying south or west of downtown.
Opa-locka Executive
Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, OPF
Opa-locka Executive in the north west, with private terminal handling for every aircraft on this page, a private jet included. Most flights to the islands are dispatched from here, and a return from the Bahamas can clear US customs in the same place. If nothing else decides it, this is where the day begins.
Miami International
Miami International Airport, MIA
Miami International as a pickup, for a party arriving on an airline that wants to go straight on to the island. Set up flight by flight and confirmed with the operator before the quote. Allow extra ground time, because a big commercial airport keeps its own pace.
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Fort Lauderdale Executive, FXE
Fort Lauderdale Executive, for a party staying in Broward or further north. It has its own federal inspection station, so a return from the islands can clear there too. The aircraft comes to you rather than you driving south to it.
How to Book
Book Private Flights to Bimini from Miami
Booking a flight takes four steps, and only the first one is yours.
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Contact Us
Write to us on WhatsApp or by email. Send your dates, how many guests, where you are coming from and which aircraft you have in mind, or tell us you are not sure yet. Tell us the hour you would like to leave and whether you come back the same day. That is all we need to start.
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Get the Options Back
We check what is free on your date and send the aircraft that fit your party, side by side: seats, bags, time in the air and the price of each. That is usually where the choice between water and runway makes itself: calm water and a hotel on North Bimini point one way, a load of gear or a windy forecast the other.
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Confirm and Pay
You pick the aircraft, and we fix the departure point and the landing site. Then everything around the flight: catering on board, a golf cart or ground transport on the island, flowers if the day is a special one. You approve it, you pay, and the boarding time comes back to you.
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Be There 30 Minutes Before
There is no terminal queue on a charter. Arrive half an hour before the time we sent, walk to the aircraft with your bags and take off.
On the Island
Where Miami to Bimini Flights Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down on Bimini depends on the aircraft. Floats end on the water off Alice Town, wheels end on the runway at South Bimini, and from either one the island is small enough to cross by golf cart. Below is what waits at each end, and what a day out there can look like.
Plan Your Bimini CharterSouth Bimini Airport for Runway Aircraft
Wheels Down
The small plane, the jet and the helicopter all arrive at South Bimini Airport, a paved strip across the south of the island with the border desk in the one terminal building. Because the airport is a port of entry, the formalities happen where you step out, usually in minutes, since the crew filed everything before departure. The desk keeps daytime hours, so a morning flight is the easier one. Tell us at the enquiry if anyone travels on a passport other than a United States one. From the apron a taxi is waiting if you booked ground transport, and the aircraft stays parked there for your return. On a day trip that means the same walk back in the evening and no check-in at all.
Alice Town Harbour for the Seaplane
On the Water
A seaplane skips the airport altogether. It lands on the water off Alice Town on North Bimini and taxis in towards the dock, a few minutes from the hotels and the marinas. North Bimini Dock sits on the same Bahamian list of ports of entry as the airport, so the border is handled on arrival here too. It is the shortest way from Miami to a Bimini lunch table, and the details are on the seaplane from Miami to Bimini page. The trade is the water. A seaplane needs a calm enough surface to land, so on a rough winter morning the runway is the safer plan, and we tell you that before you book rather than on the day.
The Short Ferry to North Bimini
A Few Minutes
If you land on the runway, the hotels are on the other island. A taxi of five to ten minutes takes you from the airport to the dock, and a small ferry crosses the narrow channel to North Bimini in about the same time. It runs through the day and it is informal. Most guests hardly notice it, and in return the runway works on mornings when the water is too rough for floats. We quote both ends so you can weigh them. A golf cart or a car can wait on either side of the channel, so the whole hop from the aircraft to the hotel is arranged before you land, bags included.
North Bimini and Alice Town
Where the Hotels Are
North Bimini is a long, narrow island with one road along it. The resort and the big marinas are at the north end, the old fishing club and the bars of Alice Town sit along King's Highway, and the ocean beaches are a few minutes from either. Everything is close, so golf cart is the transport and walking works too. What there is to do once you are there is covered on the Bimini destination page. If you want a table waiting when you land, add a fly and dine day, and anything unusual goes to custom requests. For a day trip, the harbour, a beach and lunch fit easily between the morning flight and the evening one. Longer stays pick a hotel on this island, which is why a seaplane landing right here appeals to them.
The Sapona Wreck off South Bimini
Seen From Above
The Sapona is a concrete ship that ran aground off the south end of the island and still stands there in about fifteen feet of water. From a low flying aircraft you see it clearly on a sunny morning. The water is shallow enough for snorkellers and divers to share the same view, and boats run out to it from both islands. It is one of the reasons people ask for scenic flights on the way in. Ask the crew to fly past it on the approach if the day allows, and have a camera ready on the side facing south.
Honeymoon Harbour and Gun Cay
Rays in the Shallows
South of Bimini the chain carries on with Gun Cay and Cat Cay. Honeymoon Harbour on the Gun Cay side is the beach where rays glide in over pale sand in water barely to your knees. Cat Cay is also on the Bahamian ports of entry list, but it is a private club for members and their guests. For everyone else it is a view from the water, and a beach picnic on a sandbar is the more open plan. These cays are a few minutes further by air, so they can be part of the same day, either on the way in or as a short hop after lunch.
Bags, Gear and Payload by Aircraft
What Each One Carries
What you can bring is a question of weight, and every aircraft answers it differently. Floats carry less than wheels, a helicopter less again, and a jet the most. Golf clubs, dive tanks, rods, a cooler for the boat: tell us at the enquiry and the right aircraft comes back with the quote. The baggage guidance explains the trade between passengers and weight. Anything bigger than luggage travels as island logistics instead. The simple rule: the more you carry, the more the runway aircraft make sense, and the lighter you travel, the more the water landing at Alice Town becomes the easy choice.
Onward Through the Bahamas From Bimini
Domestic After Bimini
Bimini also works as the first stop of a longer trip. Once you have cleared in here, every leg after it stays inside the Bahamas. The same charter can carry on to Grand Bahama, Nassau, Harbour Island, Andros or Staniel Cay and the Exumas. That is how one island becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version of a single day is the Bimini getaway day trip, and the rest of the islands are on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights Miami to Bimini?
Send your date, the number of guests and the aircraft you are leaning towards. You get back what is free, what each option costs and when it can leave, and nothing is booked until you say so.
Add-Ons
Charter Flight to Bimini Add-Ons
Name the ones you want when you send your dates and they are priced together with the flight.
In Detail
Flights from Miami to Bimini: Four Aircraft, Two Landing Points, One Border
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Bimini: what the crossing looks like, who sets the hour, who files the border and what people fly over to mark. Other flights to the Bahamas work the same way, only further.
Charter Flights to Bimini from Miami: Four Ways Over the Gulf Stream
The same fifty miles of water seen from four different aircraft
The crossing is not dead time between two airports, whichever aircraft you take. Leaving the coast, the water turns from harbour green to the deep blue of the Gulf Stream, and on the far side the bank comes up turquoise in a single line. How you see it depends on the aircraft. A seaplane and a helicopter stay low enough to read the water, and the helicopter has glass on every side. A small plane gives everybody a window. A private jet climbs over the weather and turns the crossing into a short hop. On a clear morning the wreck of the Sapona shows up off the south end of the island, standing in about fifteen feet of water. That is why charter flights to Bimini from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. The flats and the sandbars on the bank side are just as clear, and so is the dark line where the reef starts. Nobody on board has to lean over a stranger to see it, because the whole cabin belongs to your party.
Miami to Bimini Charter Flights: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Bimini
Miami to Bimini charter flights have no timetable. The day is built around the hour you name, not around a departure board. You pick the hour you want to lift off, the hour you want to be on the island and the one you want to be home, and the whole plan is built backwards from those three times. The aircraft is held for your party, so a change a few days before is a message to us. If your party is staying further north, the same day can start from Fort Lauderdale. Half an hour before departure is the whole check-in. Your party walks from the car to the aircraft, the bags go on in front of you and the only names on the list are yours. The same freedom holds on the way back. If lunch runs long or the water is too good to leave, the aircraft waits, and the hour home moves with you instead of a gate closing on you.
Private Flights to Bimini from Miami: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on a Bimini crossing
Private flights to Bimini from Miami cross an international border twice in one day, and that is the part that goes wrong when nobody prepares it. The Bahamas asks for a declaration filed from Florida, clearance at a port of entry on arrival and a US return filed before you head home. Bimini has ports of entry for water and runway arrivals, so no aircraft on this page has to stop anywhere else first. The crew files all of it. Your party carries a valid passport and nothing else, children included, per the travel documents guidance. What may travel is in the baggage guidance. A name added or dropped before the day is a message to us, and a departure moved by weather runs under the weather and delays policy. Coming home works the same way in reverse. The return is filed before you leave the island, and the aircraft lands where the United States can clear you, which is part of the plan we send with the quote.
Charter Flights Miami to Bimini: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day trip, a long weekend or something to celebrate on Bimini
Most people who fly over mark something. Charter flights Miami to Bimini are booked for a birthday, a proposal, an anniversary or a weekend away with the people who matter, and the flight is short enough that the occasion stays the point of the day. Some parties fly over for the day and are home for dinner, others stay a few nights and book the return for the day they want. The whole party travels together on one booking. If there is something to celebrate, say so when you book: catering, a private chef and flowers travel with you, set up before you board. The date comes first and the aircraft is planned around it, so a dinner booking or a boat leaving at a set hour decides when you fly, not the other way round.
Questions
Charter Flights Miami to Bimini: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to Bimini?
Bimini is about fifty nautical miles east of Miami, the shortest crossing to the Bahamas. A seaplane covers it in about 25 minutes in the air. For a small plane, a helicopter or a jet the time depends on the aircraft and the field you leave from, and it comes back with the quote.
What really sets the length of the day is the border on both sides and how long you stay. On a day trip most parties spend far longer on the island than in the air.
What is the best way to get to Bimini?
It depends on where you want to end up and what you carry. A seaplane puts you on the water at Alice Town, next to the hotels, with no ferry. A small plane or a jet lands on the runway at South Bimini and handles more weight and rougher water.
A helicopter saves the drive to an airport. We quote the options side by side so you can compare. The ferry from Florida exists too, but it takes most of the day each way.
Do I need a passport to fly to Bimini?
Yes, every passenger needs one, children included. The Bahamas is another country, and a private aircraft does not change that. We take the passport details once when you enquire and file the manifest for both sides before departure. The travel documents page lists what each passenger sends and by when, including the cases that need more notice. Nothing else has to be printed or carried.
Can a plane land in Bimini?
Yes, in two ways. South Bimini Airport has a paved runway and a border desk, so a small plane, a jet or a helicopter lands and clears in the same place. A seaplane lands on the water off Alice Town on North Bimini instead, which is also on the Bahamian list of ports of entry.
Either way you clear customs where you arrive, with no extra stop on the way. Which of the two suits your day is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.
Where does the flight land in Bimini?
That depends on the aircraft. Runway aircraft land at South Bimini Airport, and from there it is a short taxi and a ferry of a few minutes across to Alice Town, where most hotels, restaurants and marinas are. A seaplane lands right off Alice Town, so there is no ferry at all. Both options clear customs on arrival.
Can you take a day trip to Bimini?
Yes, and it is the most common way this route is flown. On a charter the aircraft waits for you, so the return is set by you and not by a timetable. Out in the morning, back in the evening, with both borders handled.
If you would rather stay a night, tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for that day. Many guests try a day trip first and come back later for a longer stay.
How much baggage can we take?
It is a question of weight, not of the number of bags, and it differs by aircraft. Floats carry less than wheels, and a jet carries the most. Say what is coming when you enquire, including golf clubs, dive gear, rods and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft.
Fishing gear and golf bags are common on this route, so they are rarely a problem once we know about them. If the load decides it, the aircraft is chosen around what you bring, not the other way round.
Is Bimini good for families?
It suits families well for a day out of Miami: the crossing is short, the water on the bank side is shallow and warm and the island is small enough to see in a day by golf cart.
Children need passports like everybody else. On a charter there is no terminal and no queue, which is usually what makes the difference with small children. The ferry across to North Bimini is short and calm, and a seaplane skips it entirely.
Can we fly on to another island from Bimini afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas at Bimini, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on to Grand Bahama, Nassau or the Exumas, as long as the next island has a place for it to land. Tell us the shape of the whole trip when you enquire and it is quoted as one booking. Where the next island only has water to land on, that leg switches to a seaplane.
What happens if the weather is bad on the day?
Every aircraft handles weather differently. A seaplane needs calm enough water to land, a small plane and a jet use the runway and a jet can climb above much of it.
If conditions are below what is safe, the crew moves or cancels the flight and the weather and delays policy says what that means for your booking. That call is always the crew's, and on this short route a delay of an hour or two often solves it.
Is a charter cheaper than a scheduled flight?
No, and it is not meant to be. A scheduled seat is cheaper because someone else picked the time and you share the aircraft. A charter buys you the aircraft: your departure, your return, your party only. On a day trip that usually means several more hours on the island, and no waiting in a terminal on either side of the water, which is the comparison worth making.
We send the price for the whole aircraft, so you can split it across your party and compare fairly. Tell us what matters most, the time on the island, the landing point or the budget, and we suggest the aircraft that fits it best.
Can I bring a pet on a charter flight?
Yes, pets travel in the cabin with you. The one thing we ask is that you tell us at the enquiry, with the type of animal and its weight, so the seating and the load plan are right from the start.
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