The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Green Turtle Cay
Green Turtle Cay lies in the Abacos, about 165 nautical miles from Miami, a small Loyalist cay off the coast of Great Abaco. That makes it a crossing where the aircraft shapes the last few miles. The choice is not whether you can get there, it is which way suits your party, your bags and how you want to cross the Sea of Abaco. A family with bags, a couple heading for New Plymouth and friends with dive gear will not pick the same one, and that is fine.
Charter flights from Miami to Green Turtle 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 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 onto the cay, a small plane to Treasure Cay, a helicopter with a view 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 Green Turtle Cay Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle Cay by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to Green Turtle Cay on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to Green Turtle Cay on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to Green Turtle Cay on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to Green Turtle Cay 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 island.
Plan Your Green Turtle Cay CharterDistance and Aircraft
165 Nautical Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Green Turtle Cay is about 165 nautical miles, most of it open water across the Gulf Stream and the banks. How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft: the seaplane and the helicopter stay low, the small plane sits between, and the time for each comes back with the quote. A jet is the fastest.
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
Water for Floats, a Runway for Wheels
A seaplane clears on Great Abaco and then flies the last short leg to Green Turtle Cay, close to where you stay. A small plane and a jet land on the runway at Treasure Cay, five minutes by road and a ferry of about a quarter of an hour from the cay. Where the helicopter sets down is agreed with the operator.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and Both Borders Filed for You
Green Turtle Cay has no port of entry of its own, so every aircraft clears on Great Abaco first, Treasure Cay for runway aircraft. 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 golf cart at the dock, flowers for a birthday. On a cay with no cars to rent that matters more than usual. 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 Green Turtle Cay
A day trip starts early because of the clearance and the ferry, and the aircraft waits while you are on the island. At this distance most parties stay a few nights, which 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 Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle Cay Flights
Booking a flight takes four steps, and only the first one is yours.
Plan Your Green Turtle Cay Charter- 01
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 makes itself: calm water and a house on the cay point to the seaplane, a load of gear or a windy forecast to the runway at Treasure Cay.
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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 Charter Flights Miami to Green Turtle Cay Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down for Green Turtle Cay depends on the aircraft. Wheels end on the runway at Treasure Cay, across the Sea of Abaco, floats clear on Great Abaco and can then end at the cay itself, and from either one the cay is small enough to cross by golf cart. Below is what waits there.
Plan Your Green Turtle Cay CharterTreasure Cay Airport for Runway Aircraft
Wheels Down
The small plane and the jet arrive at Treasure Cay on Great Abaco, a paved runway of 7,001 feet with the border desk on the field. Green Turtle Cay itself has no airstrip. Because Treasure Cay 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 an early slot 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 car is waiting if you booked ground transport, and the aircraft stays parked there for your return. On a day trip that means the same ferry and the same short drive back in the afternoon, and no check-in.
The Last Leg to the Cay for the Seaplane
On the Water
A seaplane cannot make its first Bahamian landing at the cay. It clears on Great Abaco like everybody else, and after that it flies the last short leg across the Sea of Abaco to Green Turtle Cay. That saves the drive and the ferry, which is why parties staying on the cay ask for it. It is the shortest way from Miami to Green Turtle Cay, and the details are on the seaplane from Miami to Green Turtle Cay 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 Ferry Across the Sea of Abaco
A Quarter of an Hour
If you land on the runway, the cay is across the water. Five minutes by road take you from the apron to the government dock, and a ferry of about a quarter of an hour crosses the Sea of Abaco to New Plymouth. The ferry runs in daylight rather than around your booking, so the flight is timed to it. In return the runway aircraft work on mornings when the water is too rough for floats. We quote both ends so you can weigh them. Treasure Cay beach, more than three miles of fine white sand, sits minutes from the apron, so an early landing can start there before the ferry.
New Plymouth and the Loyalist Story
Where the Ferry Ties Up
The ferry comes in at New Plymouth, the settlement on the southern hook of the cay. Loyalists settled it in the seventeen eighties, and the small clapboard houses, the church and the harbour front still shape it. There are no cars to rent on Green Turtle Cay, so golf carts, bicycles and footpaths are the transport, and the village is on foot from the dock. Its heritage festival is twinned with Key West. What there is to do is on the Green Turtle Cay destination page, and the mainland side has its own Treasure Cay page. If you want a table waiting when you land, add a fly and dine day, and anything unusual goes to custom requests.
Flying Over the Reef
Seen From Above
The last minutes from Miami are the best part of the flight. The deep blue of the Gulf Stream breaks into turquoise over the banks, and from a low flying aircraft you see the reef, the sandbars and the flats clearly on a sunny morning. A barrier reef runs the length of the Abacos, and everything behind it is protected water. That is the part of the approach people photograph, and one of the reasons they ask for scenic flights on the way in. Ask the crew to come in low over the reef if the day allows, and have a camera ready on the side facing the ocean.
Coco Bay and the Green Turtles
The North Side
The cay is named after its turtles. Green turtles gather in the shallows of Coco Bay on the north side, close enough in to snorkel alongside, and an adult runs to about four feet. The water around it is a boat ride apart. No Name Cay with its pigs is a couple of miles off, and Manjack Cay to the north has rays and nurse sharks in clear shallows, and a beach picnic fits into the same afternoon. Two harbours cut into the cay, White Sound and Black Sound, and from either one the beaches and the village are minutes apart by golf cart.
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 and the ferry make sense, and the lighter you travel, the more the seaplane to the cay becomes the easy choice.
Onward Through the Bahamas From Green Turtle Cay
Domestic After Abaco
Green Turtle Cay also works as one stop of a longer trip. Once you have cleared in on Great Abaco, every leg after it stays inside the Bahamas. The same charter can carry on across the Abacos or to Nassau, Harbour Island, Andros or Staniel Cay and the Exumas. That is how one cay becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version of a single day is the Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle Cay: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Green Turtle Cay: 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, some shorter, some further.
Miami to Green Turtle Cay Charter Flights: Four Ways Over the Abaco Banks
The same long stretch 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 the banks beyond come up turquoise. 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 shortens the crossing. On a clear morning the line of Abaco cays shows up ahead, with the barrier reef running along the ocean side. That is why charter flights to Green Turtle Cay from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. The flats, the sandbars and the dark line of the reef are just as clear, and nobody leans over a stranger to see them: the whole cabin is your party's. An afternoon return shows the same water in a lower light, a second view rather than a repeat.
Private Flights to Green Turtle Cay from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Green Turtle Cay
Private flights to Green Turtle 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 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 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. A long weekend and a day trip on the island 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 sand before the heat builds, and because the ferry from Treasure Cay sits inside the day, the hours on the cay are planned around it. Every hour in between belongs to your party and to nobody else.
Miami to Green Turtle Cay Flights: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on a Green Turtle Cay crossing
Miami to Green Turtle Cay flights cross a border twice, 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. The cay has none, so every aircraft clears on Great Abaco 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. None of this is paperwork at a counter: your passport list goes with the filings, and a change on the day is the crew's to update.
Charter Flights Miami to Green Turtle Cay: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A long weekend, a day trip or something to celebrate on Green Turtle Cay
Most people who fly over mark something. Charter flights Miami to Green Turtle Cay are booked for a birthday, a proposal, an anniversary or a few quiet days away with the people who matter, and a cay of golf carts keeps the occasion the point. 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. 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 Green Turtle Cay from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to Green Turtle Cay?
Green Turtle Cay is about 165 nautical miles from Miami, out in the Abacos. The time in the air depends on the aircraft and the water. 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.
A jet is over in a fraction of the time. What really sets the length of the day is the border, the ferry across the Sea of Abaco and how long you stay.
What is the best way to get to Green Turtle Cay?
It depends on where you want to end up and what you carry. A small plane or a jet lands on the runway at Treasure Cay and handles the most weight, then a ferry of about a quarter of an hour takes you across.
A seaplane clears on Great Abaco and can then fly the last leg to the cay, with no ferry. A helicopter gives you the view all the way. We quote the options side by side so you can compare.
Do I need a passport to fly to Green Turtle 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 Green Turtle Cay?
Not on a runway. Green Turtle Cay has no airstrip, no bridge and no road to Great Abaco. Small planes and jets land at Treasure Cay across the water, which is also the port of entry and has 7,001 feet of asphalt.
A seaplane clears on Great Abaco first and then flies the last leg to the cay. 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 for Green Turtle Cay?
That depends on the aircraft. Runway aircraft land at Treasure Cay, and from there it is five minutes by road to the government dock and a ferry of about a quarter of an hour across the Sea of Abaco to New Plymouth. A seaplane clears on Great Abaco and then flies the last leg to the cay, so there is no ferry. Both options clear customs on Great Abaco.
Can you take a day trip to Green Turtle Cay?
Yes, although at this distance it is the less common way to fly it. On a charter the aircraft waits for you, so the return is set by you and not by a timetable.
The clearance and the ferry sit inside the day, so a day trip leaves Miami early. If you would rather stay a night, tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for that day. Many guests stay several nights.
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.
Dive gear and fishing rods 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 Green Turtle Cay good for families?
It suits families well: no cars to rent, golf carts on the one road, and the turtles in Coco Bay come close in shallow water. 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 from Treasure Cay is short, and a seaplane skips it entirely.
Can we fly on to another island from Green Turtle Cay afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas on Great Abaco, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on across the Abacos, to 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 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.
To Green Turtle Cay that usually means no connection in Nassau and several more hours on the cay, 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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