The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Florida Keys
The Florida Keys are a chain of islands running south and west from the tip of the mainland, 113 miles of Overseas Highway and 42 bridges from Key Largo down to Key West. Every aircraft we fly makes sense on this route, and the question is less how to get there than which end of the chain you want. Key West and Marathon take every aircraft, Ocean Reef at the top takes a small plane, and the hours you save against the drive grow the further down you go. A family with bags, a couple going for a long weekend and friends heading to a boat will not pick the same one.
Charter flights from Miami to Florida Keys are private: the whole aircraft is yours and nobody else is on board. You name the hour, we set the aircraft, the crew, the field it leaves from and the car at the other end. Your party brings a bag, per the baggage guidance.
Four aircraft fly this route and each has its own page: a seaplane, a small plane to the Keys, a helicopter that skips the Overseas Highway and a private jet. The single keys have their own pages too, from Key West to Key Largo. 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 Florida Keys Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Florida Keys: 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 Florida Keys 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 Florida Keys by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to Florida Keys on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to Florida Keys on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to Florida Keys on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to Florida Keys Work
Private charter flights from Miami follow the same six steps, whatever the aircraft. Here is what every one of them includes, from the first message to the moment you are on the ground.
Plan Your Florida Keys CharterDistance and Aircraft
A Hundred and Thirteen Nautical Miles to Key West
Miami to Key West, the far end of the chain, is about 113 nautical miles in a straight line, roughly 130 statute miles, against the Overseas Highway that takes three and a half to four and a half hours by car without long stops.
How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft and on the key: the small plane and 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
Two Public Runways Down the Chain and Ocean Reef
A small plane and a jet land at Key West International, two miles east of the old town of Key West, or at Florida Keys Marathon International on the Overseas Highway, the two public fields Monroe County runs in the chain.
At the top, a small plane can use the private strip of the Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo. Where the helicopter sets down is settled with the operator when you book.
Nothing to File
Nothing to File and Nothing to Carry Beyond Your Bags
The whole route stays inside Florida, so your party fills in nothing. The flight plan, the slot at the field and the car at the far end sit on our side. What may travel is in the baggage 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 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 in the Keys
Most parties fly down 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 for Private Flights to Florida Keys 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. 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 Florida Keys 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, which key you are going to 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 makes itself: Key West at the far end points to a jet or a small plane, a short hop to the upper keys with a view of the bridges points to a helicopter.
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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 car on the apron or ground transport down the highway, 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 Ground
Where Charter Flights Miami to Florida Keys Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down in the Florida Keys depends on the aircraft and on the key. Wheels end on the runway at Key West or Marathon, a small plane can also take the private strip at Ocean Reef on Key Largo, and from every one of them the Overseas Highway runs on to the rest of the chain. Below is what waits at each end, and what a day there can look like.
Plan Your Florida Keys CharterKey West International for Runway Aircraft
Wheels Down
The small plane and the jet land at Key West International, two miles east of the old town, with an asphalt runway of 5,076 feet. Monroe County runs it, and private aircraft stop on their own apron rather than at the airline gates, so you are beside the aircraft with your bags. Everything about the island itself is on the flight to Key West page. The car is waiting on the apron if you booked ground transport, and the aircraft stays parked for your return. On a day trip that means the same short walk back in the evening and no check-in at all.
Marathon in the Middle of the Chain
The Second Runway
Florida Keys Marathon International lies on the Overseas Highway in the middle of the chain, the second public field Monroe County runs in the Keys. It is the runway for the middle and lower keys. The flight to Marathon has its own page, and so do the flights to Big Pine Key and to Little Palm Island further down. A jet lands here too, so a party heading for a hotel between Marathon and Key West does not have to drive the whole highway back from the end of it.
Ocean Reef and Key Largo at the Top
The Private Strip
The Ocean Reef Club sits at the north end of Key Largo behind its own gate, with a private airstrip for members and their guests. For a small plane that is the shortest way into the upper keys. The flight to Key Largo and the flight to Islamorada have their own pages, and both sit close to the top of the chain. Access is a permission rather than a booking, so tell us at the enquiry who in your party is a member or invited, and the strip goes into the plan only then.
Flying Down the Chain
Seen From Above
The whole flight from Miami follows the islands south and west. Biscayne Bay falls behind, the reef line runs beside the keys, and the Overseas Highway threads 42 bridges from one island to the next. West of Marathon the Seven Mile Bridge, the longest of them, crosses open water. It is one of the reasons people ask for scenic flights on the way down. Ask the crew to stay low along the chain if the day allows, and keep a camera on the ocean side.
The Seven Mile Bridge and the Middle Keys
Why Parties Fly Down
The Seven Mile Bridge starts at the western end of Marathon and is the longest crossing on the Overseas Highway. Many of these flights end at a boat. Give us the marina when you send the date, and the car from the runway is timed to the boat rather than to a hotel. A yacht transfer goes into the same plan. Kit rather than luggage is the same charter with a different manifest, and anything that will not go in the cabin moves as island logistics.
The Dry Tortugas Beyond Key West
Where the Road Ends
About 70 miles west of Key West lie the Dry Tortugas, with no road and no bridge out to them. They are the far end of any trip down the chain, and the flight to the Dry Tortugas has its own page, because it is a different day from the one on this page. A party staying in Key West can fit them into the same trip. Tell us when you send your dates and both days go into one plan.
The Highway Leg and the Bags You Carry
What Each One Carries
Wherever the aircraft lands, the last leg is on the Overseas Highway, so we build the drive from the apron to your hotel or your boat into the timing rather than guess. What you can bring is a question of weight, and every aircraft answers it differently. A helicopter carries less than a small plane, and a jet the most. Tell us at the enquiry and the right aircraft comes back with the quote. The baggage guidance explains the trade between passengers and weight. The simple rule: the more you carry and the further down the chain you go, the more the runway at Key West or Marathon makes sense.
Onward Along the Chain
Same Aircraft
The Keys also work as one stop of a longer trip. The same aircraft can hop from the upper keys down to Key West or fly back up the coast to Fort Lauderdale. The same charter can carry on to Key West, to Marathon or out to the Dry Tortugas. That is how one stop becomes island hopping. The ready-made version of a single day is the Florida Keys getaway day trip, and the rest of the region is on the Florida Keys destination page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights to Florida Keys 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 Florida Keys 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 Florida Keys: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Florida Keys: what the route looks like, who sets the hour, what is arranged for you and what people fly down to mark. The flight to Key West works the same way, only to one island.
Miami to Florida Keys Charter Flights: Four Ways Down the Bridges
The same chain of islands down to Key West seen from four aircraft
The flight down is not dead time between two airports, whichever aircraft you take. Leaving Miami, Biscayne Bay falls behind and the reef line runs south beside the islands. 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 afternoon weather and turns the chain into a short hop. On a clear morning the Seven Mile Bridge shows up west of Marathon, the longest of the 42. That is why charter flights to Florida Keys from Miami double as scenic flights. The approach to Key West is just as clear: the old town on one side, open water toward the Dry Tortugas on the other. An afternoon return shows the same islands in a lower light, so the way home is a second view, not a repeat. Ask for the ocean side on the way back and the whole reef line runs past your window again.
Private Flights to Florida Keys from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Florida Keys
Private flights to Florida Keys 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 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. 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 boat runs long or lunch in Key West turns into dinner, 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 Keys are planned the same way: three times from you, one aircraft held for your party and nobody else's schedule anywhere in the day. A morning departure puts you on the water before the heat builds, and an evening return has you back in Miami for dinner. Every hour in between belongs to your party and to nobody else.
Miami to Florida Keys Flights: Nothing to File, Nothing to Carry
No paperwork and no check-in desk on a Florida Keys charter
Miami to Florida Keys flights stay inside Florida from start to finish, so the work before the day is about the aircraft and the ground, not about your party. The crew plans the flight, books the slot at the field and checks the runway at the far end. For a small plane or a jet that end is Key West or Marathon, and the car onto the Overseas Highway is booked with the flight. Your party brings its bags and nothing else. 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 hour is set before you leave the island and the aircraft is held for it, which is part of the plan we send with the quote. None of this is paperwork your party fills in at a counter. The headcount and the names are all we need from you, and if a detail changes on the day, the crew updates the plan.
Charter Flights Miami to Florida Keys: Milestone Days and Florida Weekends
A day trip, a weekend or a celebration in the Florida Keys
Most people who fly down mark something. Charter flights Miami to Florida Keys 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 down 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. 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. A table in Key West or a boat out of Marathon goes into the same plan, so the evening is settled before anybody boards. A sunset at the far end of the chain fits the same day.
Questions
Charter Flights to Florida Keys from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to the Florida Keys?
It depends on the key. Miami to Key West, the far end of the chain, is about 113 nautical miles in a straight line, roughly 130 statute, and the upper keys are much closer. 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.
By road the Overseas Highway to Key West takes three and a half to four and a half hours without long stops, so on a day trip most parties spend far longer on the island than in the air.
What is the best way to get to the Florida Keys?
It depends on which key you want and what you carry. A small plane or a jet lands on the runway at Key West or Marathon, handles more weight and takes heavy bags easily, and a small plane can also use the private strip at the Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo.
A helicopter comes down at an approved site or an airport, settled with the operator when you book. We quote the options side by side so you can compare. Driving from Miami works too, but the highway is one road with 42 bridges and nobody can tell you in advance how long it will take.
Is there anything to file before flying to the Florida Keys?
No. The whole route stays inside Florida, so your party fills in nothing and carries nothing beyond its bags. We take the headcount and the names once when you enquire, and the flight plan, the slot and the car at the far end sit on our side. The baggage guidance lists what may travel and what needs to be mentioned in advance. Nothing has to be printed or carried.
Is there an airport for private flights in the Florida Keys?
Yes, two public ones. Key West International sits two miles east of the old town with an asphalt runway of 5,076 feet, and Florida Keys Marathon International lies on the Overseas Highway in the middle of the chain. Monroe County runs both.
At the top of the chain the Ocean Reef Club on Key Largo has its own private strip behind its own gate. Which of these suits your day is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.
Where does the flight land in the Florida Keys?
That depends on the aircraft and on the key. Runway aircraft land at Key West International or at Marathon, and the car waits where the aircraft stops and takes you down the highway to your hotel or your boat. A small plane can also land at Ocean Reef for the top of the chain. Where the helicopter sets down is settled with the operator when you book.
Can you take a day trip to the Florida Keys?
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. If you would rather stay a night, 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. A helicopter carries less than a small plane, and a jet carries the most.
Say what is coming when you enquire, including fishing gear, dive kit 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.
When is the busiest time to fly to the Florida Keys?
In season, when one road carries everybody down the chain and the drive to Key West gets longer just when most parties want to go. That is exactly when a fixed departure time is worth having. Dates inside that window are worth sending early, together with the number of guests and the luggage.
Can we fly on along the chain afterwards?
Yes. The same aircraft can hop from the upper keys down to Key West, carry on to the Dry Tortugas about 70 miles further west by a separate flight, or fly back up the coast to Fort Lauderdale. Tell us the shape of the whole trip when you enquire and it is quoted as one booking. A trip that ends somewhere other than where it started is one movement, not two charters.
What happens if the weather is bad on the day?
Every aircraft handles weather differently. A helicopter needs good visibility, 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 at either end, 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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