Flights from Miami to Iguana Island

Iguana Island lies about 228 nautical miles from downtown Miami, in the middle of the Exuma chain. By seaplane that is roughly an hour and a half 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 we send it with the quote. The customs stop on the way down, the border on the way home and the hours on the beach shape the day far more than the flying does.

That depends on where you want to step out and how much you bring. A seaplane lands in the shallows off the beach, so there is no boat in between.

A small plane uses the runway on Staniel Cay three miles north, carries more and copes with rougher water, and a short boat ride finishes it. A helicopter flies low with glass all round and ends with the same boat. We send the options next to each other so you can choose.

Yes, every guest needs one, children as well. The Bahamas is a separate country, and flying privately does not change that. We collect the passport details once when you get in touch and file the manifest on both sides ahead of departure. The travel documents page sets out what each guest sends and by when, including the cases that take longer. There is nothing else to print or carry on the day.

Only on the water, by seaplane. The cay has no jetty, no marina and no strip, so the floats come down in the shallows along the western beach. A small plane lands about three miles north on Staniel Cay, on 3,030 feet of asphalt, and a boat takes you the rest of the way.

Which of the two fits your plans is the first thing we answer once you send your dates and the size of your group, because it sets the shape of the whole morning.

A private aircraft has to make its first Bahamian landing at an airport of entry, and an empty cay cannot be one. Staniel Cay does not clear aircraft either. So the flight clears first, at Norman's Cay up the chain or at Fresh Creek on Andros, and then flies the final leg. The paperwork stays with us.

Yes, and most people fly it that way. On a charter the aircraft waits, so you decide when to head home rather than a timetable. Down in the morning, home in the evening, both borders taken care of.

If you want a night or two in the Exumas, say so when you get in touch and we plan the return for that day. Plenty of guests start with a day trip and come back for longer.

It comes down to weight rather than the number of bags, and every aircraft is different. Floats take less than wheels, and a helicopter less again. Tell us what is coming when you get in touch, snorkel gear, a cooler, fishing rods, anything with a battery, and the answer arrives with the quote instead of at the aircraft.

Beach bags and picnic boxes are normal on this route, so once we know about them they rarely cause a problem. When the load decides it, the aircraft is picked around what you bring, never the reverse.

Nothing at all. Iguana Island has no people, one beach, a white limestone wall at its southern end and low scrub behind the sand. There is no bar, no toilet, no fresh water and hardly any shade by midday.

Whatever your group wants ashore comes with the flight, food, drinks, shade, and a boat from Staniel Cay if you want the pigs or the grotto as well. On a charter all of it is set up before you leave Miami, not on the beach.

Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas on the way down, every flight after that is domestic. The same aircraft can go on to Nassau, Grand Bahama or further along the Exumas, provided the next island has somewhere for it to land.

Describe the whole trip when you get in touch and we price it as a single booking. Where the next stop has only water to land on, that leg moves to a seaplane.

Each aircraft copes with weather in its own way. A seaplane needs water calm enough to land on and flies only by daylight, while a small plane uses the runway on Staniel Cay.

If conditions fall below what is safe, the crew postpones or cancels, and the weather and delays policy explains what that means for your booking. That decision always rests with the crew, and waiting an hour or two often settles it.

No, and that is not the idea. A scheduled seat costs less because someone else chose the time and you share the cabin. A charter gets you the whole aircraft: your departure, your return and only your party. On a day trip that usually adds hours on the island and removes the waiting in terminals on both sides, which is the comparison that actually counts.

We price the whole aircraft, so you can divide it across your group and compare like with like. Tell us what matters most, the time on the beach, where you land or the budget, and we suggest the aircraft that suits it best.

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.