The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Hawks Nest
Hawks Nest is the south west point of Cat Island, about two hundred and seventy nautical miles of open water and shallow banks east of Miami. Every aircraft we fly reaches it, so the choice is not whether you can get there. It is which way suits your party, your bags and how much of the day you want to spend in the air. A fishing group with rods and coolers, a couple going for the weekend and a family heading for the marina will not pick the same one, and that is fine.
Charter flights from Miami to Hawks Nest 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 clearance stop on the way, 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 point, a small plane to the private strip, a helicopter with glass on every side 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 Hawks Nest Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Hawks Nest: 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 Hawks Nest 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 Hawks Nest by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to Hawks Nest on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to Hawks Nest on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to Hawks Nest on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to Hawks Nest 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 Hawks Nest CharterDistance and Aircraft
Two Hundred and Seventy Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Hawks Nest is about two hundred and seventy nautical miles, a little over three hundred statute miles, most of it open water and shallow banks. How long it takes depends on the aircraft: the seaplane is about an hour and three quarters, the others come back with the quote, clearance stop included.
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 by the Point, a Paved Strip for Wheels
A seaplane sets down by the creek and the marina at Hawks Nest or on the strip beside them, as the operator decides on the morning. A small plane and a jet land on the paved private strip, a short walk from the rooms. Where the helicopter sets down is settled with the operator when you book.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and a Clearance Stop on the Way
Hawks Nest is not a port of entry, so every aircraft clears at one on the routing, New Bight further up Cat Island or George Town on Great Exuma, and flies the last leg afterwards. Passengers carry a passport, children included. 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 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 Trip Runs
A Weekend at the Point or a Long Day There and Back
Close to two hours in the air each way and a clearance stop on the way in make a weekend the natural length for this trip, and the return is the day you choose. A long day there and back works too, with the aircraft waiting while you are ashore. Weather and delays is the only thing that moves the plan.
Departure Points
Departure Points for Private Flights to Hawks Nest 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 Hawks Nest 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 the day you want to come back. 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 room by the marina point one way, a load of fishing 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 clearance stop and the landing site. Then everything around the flight: catering on board, a car 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 Hawks Nest Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down at Hawks Nest depends on the aircraft. Floats end on the water by the creek and the marina, wheels end on the paved strip a short walk from the rooms, and every aircraft clears at a port of entry on the way in. Below is what waits at each end, and what a few days out there can look like.
Plan Your Hawks Nest CharterThe Private Strip at Hawks Nest
Wheels Down
The small plane and the jet land on the paved strip at the south west point of Cat Island, owned by the resort and the marina it serves and set at sea level a short walk from the rooms. Hawks Nest is not a port of entry, so by the time you land here the border is already behind you: the aircraft cleared on the way in, and the crew filed everything before departure. Tell us at the enquiry if anyone travels on a passport other than a United States one. The aircraft stays parked at the strip for your return. Where the helicopter sets down is settled with the operator when you book, and it comes back to you.
The Creek and the Marina for the Seaplane
On the Water
A seaplane can skip the runway altogether. It sets down by the creek and the marina at the point, or on the strip beside them when the water says otherwise, and the operator makes that call on the morning. Either way you step out a few minutes from the rooms and the dock, with no road in between. The details of the water landing are on the seaplane from Miami to Hawks Nest page. The trade is the water. A seaplane needs a calm enough surface to land, so on a rough winter morning the strip is the safer plan, and we tell you that before you book rather than on the day.
The Clearance Stop on the Way In
New Bight or George Town
Because Hawks Nest is not on the Bahamian list of ports of entry, the first landing in the country is at one that lies on the routing. New Bight is about eleven nautical miles north on the same island, and Exuma International at George Town is about forty one nautical miles away. Which one is used depends on the aircraft, the routing and the date, and it comes with the quote. The stop is short, since the crew filed the manifest before departure, and the last leg to the point follows. Nothing about it is your job. A car or a golf cart can wait at Hawks Nest for the moment you land, so the whole way from the aircraft to the room is arranged before you leave Miami, bags included.
Hawks Nest and the South of Cat Island
Where You Stay
Hawks Nest is the south west point of Cat Island, with the resort, the marina and the creek on the point itself. Port Howe and Old Bight lie to the east, New Bight and Smith's Bay further north. Everything at the point is close enough to walk. What there is to do once you are there is covered on the Hawks Nest destination page. If you want a table waiting when you land, add a fly and dine day, and anything unusual goes to custom requests. Up the island at New Bight, the Hermitage stands on Mount Alvernia, at 63 metres the highest point in the Bahamas, built in 1939 by Father Jerome with a stone stair and carved Stations of the Cross.
Flying Over the Reef
Seen From Above
The last minutes from Miami are the best part of the flight. The pale turquoise of the banks gives way to the deep blue of Exuma Sound, and from a low flying aircraft you see the flats and the reef off the point clearly on a sunny morning. Off Cat Island the wall starts at about thirty metres and drops past a hundred, and from the air it shows as a sharp line between shallow and deep water. It is one of the reasons people ask for scenic flights on the approach. Ask the crew to come in low over the point if the day allows, and have a camera ready on the side facing the island.
Bonefish Flats and Offshore Fishing
Hawks Nest's Fishing Grounds
The bonefish flats of Cat Island are at their strongest at the north and south ends of the island, and Hawks Nest at the south west point is a base for them, with the marina right beside the strip. Offshore, Exuma Sound and the current between Cat Island and Long Island hold tuna and dorado. A day on the flats and a day offshore fit into the same long weekend. Rods and coolers are the usual cargo on this route, so say what you bring when you enquire and the aircraft is chosen around it.
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. Fishing rods, dive tanks, golf clubs, 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 the point becomes the easy choice.
Onward Through the Bahamas From Hawks Nest
Domestic After Clearance
Hawks Nest also works as one stop of a longer trip. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas on the way in, every leg after it stays inside the country. The same charter can carry on to the Exumas, Staniel Cay, Nassau, Harbour Island or Andros. That is how one island becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version is the Hawks Nest getaway, and the rest of the islands are on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights to Hawks Nest 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 Hawks Nest 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 Hawks Nest: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Hawks Nest: 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 of them shorter.
Miami to Hawks Nest Charter Flights: Four Ways to the Point of Cat Island
The same two hundred and seventy 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 Gulf Stream blue, then to the turquoise of the banks, and Exuma Sound is the last stretch before the point. 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 turns the longest part of the trip into the shortest one. On a clear morning the wall off Cat Island shows as a sharp line where the shallows end and the water drops away to deep blue. That is why charter flights to Hawks Nest from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. The flats and the creek by the marina are just as clear. Nobody on board has to lean over a stranger to see them, because the whole cabin belongs to your party. The flight home in the afternoon light is a second view, not a repeat.
Private Flights to Hawks Nest from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Hawks Nest
Private flights to Hawks Nest from Miami have no timetable. The trip 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 day you want to be home, and the whole plan is built backwards from those 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 fishing runs long or the water is too good to leave, the hour home moves with you instead of a gate closing on you. A weekend at the point and a long day out are planned the same way: times from you, one aircraft held for your party and nobody else's schedule anywhere in the trip. A morning departure puts you on the water at the point by lunch, and an evening return has you back in Miami the same night. Every hour in between belongs to your party and to nobody else.
Miami to Hawks Nest Flights: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on a Hawks Nest crossing
Miami to Hawks Nest flights cross an international border twice, 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. Hawks Nest is not one, so the aircraft first lands at a port of entry on the routing, New Bight or George Town, and flies the last leg after. 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 your party fills in at a counter. The passport list is all we need from you, and we send it on with the filings before the day, so nothing waits for you at the desk.
Charter Flights Miami to Hawks Nest: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A long weekend, a fishing trip or something to celebrate at Hawks Nest
Most people who fly over mark something. Charter flights Miami to Hawks Nest are booked for a birthday, a proposal, an anniversary, a fishing weekend or a few days away with the people who matter, and the flight is planned so the occasion stays the point of the trip. Some parties fly over for a long day and are home the same night, 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 Hawks Nest from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to Hawks Nest?
Hawks Nest is about two hundred and seventy nautical miles from Miami, a little over three hundred statute miles. A seaplane covers it in about an hour and three quarters 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. The clearance stop on the way in sits inside that plan. What really sets the length of the trip is how long you stay at the point.
What is the best way to get to Hawks Nest?
It depends on what you carry and how you want the flight to feel. A seaplane sets down by the creek and the marina at the point. A small plane or a jet lands on the paved private strip a short walk from the rooms and handles more weight.
A helicopter gives you glass on every side. We quote the options side by side so you can compare. A scheduled ticket goes to New Bight instead, and from there it is roughly forty minutes by road.
Do I need a passport to fly to Hawks Nest?
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 at Hawks Nest?
Yes. The point has its own paved strip at sea level, owned by the resort and the marina it serves, so a small plane or a jet lands where you are staying. A seaplane can use the water by the creek or the strip.
Hawks Nest is not a port of entry, so the first landing in the Bahamas is a clearance stop at a field on the routing, and the last leg follows. Which aircraft suits your trip is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.
Where does the flight clear customs on the way to Hawks Nest?
At a port of entry that lies on the routing. New Bight is about eleven nautical miles north on the same island, and Exuma International at George Town is about forty one nautical miles away. Which one is used depends on the aircraft, the routing and the date, and it comes with the quote. The stop is short and the crew has filed everything before departure.
Can you take a day trip to Hawks Nest?
Yes, as a long day. 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 at night, with both borders handled.
With close to two hours each way, most trips here are planned with a night or more, and if you would rather stay, 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 jet carries the most. Say what is coming when you enquire, including rods, coolers, dive gear and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft.
Fishing gear is common on this route, so it is rarely a problem once we know about it. If the load decides it, the aircraft is chosen around what you bring, not the other way round.
Is Hawks Nest good for fishing?
Yes. The bonefish flats of Cat Island are at their strongest at the north and south ends of the island, and Hawks Nest at the south west point is a base for them. Offshore, Exuma Sound and the current between Cat Island and Long Island hold tuna and dorado. Tell us what you want to fish when you enquire, and the gear is planned into the aircraft.
Can we fly on to another island from Hawks Nest afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on to the Exumas, Nassau or Eleuthera, 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 out of 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 move 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 Hawks Nest that also means landing at the point instead of a connection and a drive, 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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