The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Farmer's Cay
Little Farmer's Cay sits in the middle of the Exuma chain, just over 237 nautical miles southeast of Miami, and it is a village rather than a resort: about sixty people on an island under two miles long. It has its own airstrip at the north west end, a sheltered harbour on the bank side and no customs desk. So the real question is not whether an aircraft reaches the cay, but which one suits your day: floats on the harbour water, wheels on the strip, a helicopter at a site agreed before the day, or a jet high over the Gulf Stream with a short hop at the end.
Charter flights from Miami to Farmer's Cay 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 entry stop on the way in, 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 the harbour, a small plane to the cay's own strip, a helicopter low over the cays and a private jet via Norman's Cay. 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 Farmer's Cay Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Farmer's Cay: Seaplane, Small Plane, Helicopter or Private Jet
Your island escape starts with the flight. You can choose between several aircraft for a private journey to Farmer's Cay with breathtaking ocean views. Tell us your travel dates, group size and what you’re bringing. We’ll help you find the perfect aircraft for your needs and preferences.
Seaplane
Fly privately to Farmer's Cay by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to Farmer's Cay on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to Farmer's Cay on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to Farmer's Cay on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to Farmer's Cay Work
Private charter flights from Miami to Farmer's Cay follow the same six steps, whatever the aircraft. Here is what every one of them includes, from the first message to the moment you step ashore in the settlement.
Plan Your Farmer's Cay CharterDistance and Aircraft
237 Nautical Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Farmer's Cay is just over 237 nautical miles, across the Gulf Stream and the bank and down into the middle of the Exuma chain. How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft: the seaplane is about an hour and a half, the others come back with the quote, plus the entry stop on the way.
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, the Cay's Own Strip and Norman's Cay
A seaplane settles on the sheltered water on the bank side, a few minutes' walk from the houses. A small plane lands on the strip at the north west end of the cay. A jet lands at Norman's Cay and a small plane flies the last leg south. Where the helicopter sets down is agreed with the operator ahead of time.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and an Entry Stop on the Way
Farmer's Cay is not a port of entry, so every aircraft clears in first at one on the way, such as Norman's Cay or George Town on Great Exuma, and flies the last leg after. Which one depends on the aircraft and the date and comes back with the quote. Passengers carry a passport, children included. What counts as valid is in the travel documents guidance.
On Board and Ashore
Catering, a Boat and Occasions Set Up With the Flight
Whatever the day is for is organised before you leave: catering on board, because the cay has two small clubs and nothing more, a boat waiting in the harbour, flowers for a birthday. A proposal is planned into the flight as a custom experience rather than around it.
How Long the Day Runs
A Long Day Trip or Several Nights in the Exumas
Many parties fly down in the morning and home the same evening, and the aircraft waits while you are on the cay. Staying longer in the Exumas is the same booking with a later return. Weather and delays is the only thing that moves the plan.
Departure Points
Departure Points for Private Flights to Farmer's Cay from Miami
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. 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 Miami to Farmer's Cay Flights
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: a calm morning and a party that wants to step out in the harbour 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, the entry stop and the landing site. Then everything around the flight: catering on board, a boat in the harbour 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.
In the Exumas
Where Charter Flights Miami to Farmer's Cay Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down for Farmer's Cay depends on the aircraft. Floats end on the sheltered water of the harbour, wheels end on the cay's own airstrip, and from either one the settlement is a short walk. Below is what waits at the other end, and what a day out there can look like.
Plan Your Farmer's Cay CharterTurtles in the Harbour at Farmer's Cay
Most Asked For
The green turtles that feed in the shallow harbour are the thing most parties ask about first, and they are there all year rather than in a season. The water is waist deep and clear and it happens straight off the beach and the dock, not after an hour of boat time, so this is the rare wildlife stop that works with small children along and fits a day trip easily. They are wild animals, so nobody touches or feeds them, and anyone who would rather stay dry sees them just as well from the dock. Say how many are getting in the water when you send the date and add water toys if the afternoon is spent in it.
On the Water at Farmer's Cay
Floats Down
A seaplane skips the runway altogether. It settles on the sheltered water on the bank side of the cay, where the visiting boats lie, a few minutes' walk from the houses. Like every aircraft on this route it clears in first at a port of entry and flies the last leg after. It is the only way from Miami that finishes on the water beside the settlement, and the details are on the seaplane from Miami to Farmer's Cay page. The trade is the water. A seaplane needs a calm enough surface and daylight to land, so on a rough morning the cay's own strip is the safer plan, and we tell you that before you book rather than on the day.
The Farmer's Cay Airstrip
Wheels DownLittle Farmer's Cay is one of the few cays in the Exumas with an airstrip of its own, at the north west end of the island. A small plane lands there on wheels, and the settlement is close enough that the transfer is a walk rather than a boat. It has no customs desk, so by the time you land here your party has already cleared in on the way down. The details are on the small plane from Miami to Farmer's Cay page, and the private jet from Miami to Farmer's Cay flies the long part to Norman's Cay and finishes with the same short hop onto this strip. The aircraft stays parked there for your return. On a day trip that means a short walk back in the afternoon and no check-in at all.
The Settlement on Farmer's Cay
What Makes It
About sixty people live on Little Farmer's Cay, on an island under two miles long. It was settled by a freed slave and her children, who bought the cay and willed it to their descendants, and the families there still build on that land. That explains the look of the place: houses on a hill, a school, a church and two small clubs at the water, no resort strip and no gated compound. What there is to do on the cay itself is on the Farmer's Cay destination page, and anything unusual goes to custom requests.
The First Friday in February
One Weekend a Year
The cay's own festival is the 5Fs, the First Friday in February Farmer's Cay Festival. It is a regatta and a homecoming at once: families come back from Nassau and from abroad and the anchorage fills with visiting boats. The racing is in traditional Bahamian wooden sloops over several days. It is the one date of the year worth asking about early, because a milestone planned around that weekend is a different booking from a Tuesday in October and beds on the island are counted in single figures.
The Sandbar Across Farmer's Cay Cut
Low Water Only
Big Farmer's Cay, five minutes across the cut and uninhabited, carries a sandbar close to a mile long that dries out as the tide falls: open sand in the middle of the sea with nothing on it. That is where a beach picnic goes. The cut itself is one of the few deep passes to Exuma Sound, so deep water and the bonefish flats are both minutes away for flats fishing. Low water sets the hour of the sandbar, so name it with your date.
Black Point and Staniel Cay
Minutes North
Black Point lies about nine miles north on Great Guana Cay and is the largest settlement in the Exumas outside George Town, with a few hundred people and one of the best regarded kitchens in the chain. Staniel Cay is about fifteen miles north, with Thunderball Grotto, the swimming pigs of Big Major Cay and the nurse sharks of Compass Cay a short boat run away. A fly and dine day sets a table waiting at either.
Onward Through the Bahamas From the Exumas
Domestic After Entry
Farmer's Cay also works as the middle of a longer trip. Once you have cleared in, every leg after it stays inside the Bahamas. The same charter can carry on to the rest of the Exumas, Nassau, Harbour Island or Andros. That is how one cay becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version of a single day is the Farmer's Cay getaway day trip, and the rest of the islands are on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights to Farmer's Cay from Miami?
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 Farmer's Cay 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 Farmer's Cay: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Farmer's Cay: what the crossing looks like, who sets the hour, who files the border and what people fly down to mark. Other flights to the Bahamas work the same way, most of them shorter.
Miami to Farmer's Cay Charter Flights: Four Ways Over the Gulf Stream
Gulf Stream, the bank and the Exuma chain seen from four different aircraft
This is a long crossing, and none of it is dead time. The water goes from harbour green to the deep blue of the Gulf Stream, then the pale bank, then the Exuma Cays in turquoise over white sand, laid out end to end. How you see it depends on the aircraft. A seaplane and a helicopter stay low enough to read the cuts between the cays. A small plane gives everybody a window and lands on the cay's own strip. A private jet flies high and connects at Norman's Cay. The last minutes are the reason people ask for a window seat: the cut between Little and Big Farmer's Cay shows as a dark channel through pale water, and at low tide the sandbar off Big Farmer's Cay lies white in the open sea. That is why charter flights to Farmer's Cay from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. Boats lying in the harbour are the first sign you are there, and the whole cabin belongs to your party, every window included.
Private Flights to Farmer's Cay from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Farmer's Cay
Private flights to Farmer's Cay from Miami 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 cay 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. 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 the afternoon on the sandbar runs long or the turtles in the harbour are too good to leave, the aircraft waits, and the hour home moves with you instead of a gate closing on you. A day trip and a long weekend in the Exumas are planned the same way: three times from you, one aircraft held for your party and nobody else's schedule anywhere in the day. An early departure gives you the whole day on the cay, and an evening return has you back in Miami for a late dinner. Every hour in between belongs to your party and to nobody else.
Miami to Farmer's Cay Flights: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on a Farmer's Cay crossing
Miami to Farmer's Cay flights 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. Farmer's Cay is not a port of entry, so every aircraft on this page clears first at one on the way, such as Norman's Cay or George Town on Great Exuma, and which one comes back with the quote. 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 cays, and the aircraft lands where the United States can clear you, which is part of the plan we send with the quote. The passport list is all we need, and the crew updates the filing if a detail changes.
Charter Flights Miami to Farmer's Cay: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day in the village, a long weekend or the February regatta
Most people who fly down mark something. Charter flights Miami to Farmer's Cay are booked for a birthday, a proposal, an anniversary or a family trip the children talk about for years. Some parties fly down for the day and are home late, others stay a few nights in the Exumas 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 the regatta on the First Friday in February, the sandbar at low water or a table at the yacht club decides when you fly, not the other way round. Tell us the occasion and the number of guests with your date, and the quote comes back with the aircraft, the hours and whatever you asked to have on board, ready for you to confirm with one reply.
Questions
Charter Flights to Farmer's Cay from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to Farmer's Cay?
Farmer's Cay is just over 237 nautical miles southeast of Miami, in the middle of the Exuma chain. A seaplane is about an hour and a half in the air; for the other aircraft the time comes back with the quote, together with the entry stop the route needs on the way in.
What really sets the length of the day is the border on both sides and how long you want on the cay. On a day trip most parties spend the middle of the day on the water, not in the air.
What is the best way to get to Farmer's Cay?
It depends on where you want to land and what you carry. A seaplane settles on the sheltered water on the bank side, a few minutes' walk from the houses. A small plane lands on the cay's own airstrip and handles more weight and rougher water.
A private jet flies the long part to Norman's Cay and a small plane does the last leg. A helicopter sets down at a site agreed with the operator first. We quote the options side by side.
Do I need a passport to fly to Farmer's Cay?
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 on Farmer's Cay?
Yes. Little Farmer's Cay has its own airstrip at the north west end, and a small plane on wheels lands there, close enough to the settlement that the transfer is a walk rather than a boat.
The strip is too short for a jet, so a private jet lands at Norman's Cay at the top of the chain and a small plane flies the last leg. A seaplane needs no strip at all and lands on the harbour water when the sea allows it.
Where do you clear customs on the way to Farmer's Cay?
Not on the cay: Farmer's Cay is not a port of entry. Every aircraft lands first at a Bahamian port of entry on the way, such as Norman's Cay or George Town on Great Exuma, clears there and flies the last leg after.
Which one depends on the aircraft and the date and comes back with the quote. The stop is planned into the route and the filings are ours, so for your party it is a short pause with passports in hand, not a second trip.
Can you take a day trip to Farmer's Cay?
Yes. On a charter the aircraft waits for you, so the return is set by you and not by a timetable. Out early, the turtles in the harbour, lunch at one of the two clubs, the sandbar across the cut at low water and back in the evening, with both borders handled.
It is a full day, so many parties stay a night or two in the Exumas instead; tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for that day.
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 helicopter less again.
Say what is coming when you enquire, including snorkel gear, rods, cameras and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft. If the load decides it, the aircraft is chosen around what you bring, not the other way round.
Can we see the turtles at Farmer's Cay with children?
Yes, and it is one of the reasons families come. The green turtles feed in the shallow harbour all year, the water is waist deep and clear, and it happens straight off the beach and the dock rather than after an hour on a boat.
They are wild animals, so nobody touches or feeds them, and anyone who would rather stay dry sees them just as well from the dock. On a charter there is no terminal and no queue, which is what makes a long day work with small children.
Can we fly on to another island from Farmer's Cay afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on to Staniel Cay, Great Exuma, Nassau, Andros or Harbour Island, 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 stop 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 in the harbour, and on a rough morning the cay's own strip can be the plan instead.
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 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. There is no scheduled flight from Miami to Farmer's Cay at all, and reaching the Exumas on scheduled seats usually means a connection and a lost day. A charter buys you the aircraft: your departure, your return, your party only, and the entry stop handled for you.
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 cay, 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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