The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Inagua
Great Inagua is the southernmost island of the Bahamas, about 461 nautical miles of open water south east of Miami. That makes it the far end of the chain, and every aircraft we fly still reaches it. The choice is not whether you can get there, it is which way suits your party, your bags and how many nights you plan to stay. Birders with scopes, anglers with rods and a couple going for the flamingos will not pick the same one, and that is fine.
Charter flights from Miami to Inagua 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 to the water off Matthew Town, a small plane to the Matthew Town runway, a helicopter that needs no runway 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 Inagua Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Inagua: 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 Inagua 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 Inagua by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to Inagua on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to Inagua on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to Inagua on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to Inagua 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 Inagua CharterDistance and Aircraft
About 461 Nautical Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Inagua is about 461 nautical miles, roughly 531 statute miles, almost all of it open water, to the far south of the Bahamas. How long it takes depends on the aircraft and its range, so for the seaplane and the others the time comes back with the quote. Either way the flight is planned around range.
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 for Floats, a Runway for Wheels
A seaplane settles on the water off Matthew Town, the only settlement on the island. A small plane and a jet land on the runway of just over 7,000 feet beside the town. The helicopter lands there as well, so it clears with the others.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and Both Borders Filed for You
Matthew Town has two ports of entry, the airport and the docks, so every aircraft clears on arrival and flies straight in. 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 car or a guide 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
A Long Day or Several Nights on Inagua
Most parties stay at least a night, because the park is a day of its own, and the aircraft waits or comes back for you. 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 Inagua 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 Inagua 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: calm water and a stay in Matthew Town 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 and the landing site. Then everything around the flight: catering on board, a guide 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 Inagua Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down on Inagua depends on the aircraft, and every one of them ends at the same small town on the west shore. Wheels end on its runway, floats on the water beside it, and the rest of the island is a drive inland. Below is what waits there, and what a stay can look like.
Plan Your Inagua CharterMatthew Town Airport for Runway Aircraft
Wheels Down
The small plane, the jet and the helicopter all arrive at Matthew Town Airport, a paved runway of just over 7,000 feet at the bottom of the island with the border desk in the one terminal building. Because the airport 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 a morning flight 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 or comes back for your return. Either way it is the same short walk to it and no check-in at all.
The Water Off Matthew Town for the Seaplane
On the Water
A seaplane skips the runway altogether. It lands on the water off Matthew Town and taxis in towards the docks, at the edge of the only settlement on the island. Matthew Town Docks sit on the same Bahamian list of ports of entry as the airport, so the border is handled on arrival here too. It is the way to end a long crossing right in town, and the details are on the seaplane from Miami to Inagua page. The trade is the water. A seaplane needs a calm enough surface to land, so on a rough morning the runway is the safer plan, and we tell you that before you book rather than on the day.
Matthew Town Itself
The Only Settlement
Matthew Town is the island's one settlement and it sits beside the airport: a small grid of streets, the harbour and the government dock, and the lighthouse on the rise above it. There is no resort strip and no crowd at the apron, which is why the arrival is calm. Nothing else on Great Inagua is walking distance, so a vehicle is the difference between seeing the island and seeing the town. If you want a table waiting when you land, add a fly and dine day, and anything unusual goes to custom requests. A car or a guide can wait at the terminal through ground transport, so the whole hop from the aircraft to where you stay is arranged before you land, bags included.
Inagua National Park and the Flamingos
Most Asked For
The national park covers 287 square miles, close to half of Great Inagua, and has been protected since 1965. It holds the largest breeding colony of West Indian flamingos in the world: around 70,000 birds by the count of the Bahamas National Trust, which manages it. The birds are why most first-time visitors come. The island carries a list of roughly 140 species, the Bahama parrot survives on two islands in the country and the Inagua woodstar, a hummingbird, is found nowhere else. The park itself is covered on the Inagua destination page. The park is inland and a long way from the apron, so it is a planned day, not an afternoon, which is why parties on this route stay at least a night.
Flying In Over the Salt Ponds
Seen From Above
The last minutes from Miami show the island from above. The salt works behind the town cover something in the order of 300,000 acres, one of the largest solar salt works in North America, and the ponds give this end of the island its colour from the air. The ponds are also why the flamingos are here: the brine shrimp in them are what the birds feed on, so the salt and the colony are one system. It is one of the reasons people ask for scenic flights on the approach. Ask the crew to come in over the ponds if the day allows, and have a camera ready on the side facing the island.
The Lighthouse and Union Creek
Standing Since 1870
The lighthouse above Matthew Town dates from 1870, stands 113 feet and threw its light around seventeen miles out. It was worked by hand for more than a century, which is why it is the thing people photograph. The climb is the view: the salt ponds inland, the harbour below and, on a clear day, Cuba, whose eastern tip lies about 55 miles away. That is the simplest way of explaining where in the world Great Inagua sits. On the north coast, Union Creek Reserve protects a tidal creek of nearly 5,000 acres where green turtles have been studied since the 1970s, and Little Inagua, uninhabited, lies about five miles across the channel.
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. Spotting scopes, dive tanks, rods, a cooler: 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 off Matthew Town becomes the easy choice.
Onward Through the Bahamas From Inagua
Domestic After Inagua
Inagua also works as one end of a longer trip. Once you have cleared in here, every leg after it stays inside the Bahamas. The same charter can carry on to Staniel Cay and the Exumas, Nassau, Andros, Harbour Island or Grand Bahama. That is how one island becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version of a short stay is the Inagua getaway, and the rest of the islands are on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights to Inagua 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 Inagua 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 Inagua: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Inagua: 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, most of them over a shorter crossing.
Miami to Inagua Charter Flights: Four Ways Over the Gulf Stream
The same 461 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 the deep blue of the Gulf Stream, and on the far side the salt ponds of Inagua come up pink and white. 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 holds one altitude the whole way down. On a clear morning the salt ponds behind Matthew Town show up long before the town does, the colour of the island from the air. That is why charter flights to Inagua from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. The flats on the ocean side are just as clear, and so is the lighthouse on its point above the town. Nobody on board has to lean over a stranger to see them, because the whole cabin belongs to your party. An afternoon return shows the same water in a lower light, so the way home is a second view, not a repeat.
Private Flights to Inagua from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Inagua
Private flights to Inagua 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 park takes longer or the birds are 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 birding week 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 trip. A morning departure lands you while the border desk is open, with daylight to spare, and the return is set for the day you name. Every hour in between belongs to your party and to nobody else.
Miami to Inagua Flights: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on an Inagua crossing
Miami to Inagua 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. Matthew Town has ports of entry for water and runway arrivals, so no aircraft on this page has to stop anywhere else 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 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. If a detail changes on the day, the crew updates the filing.
Charter Flights Miami to Inagua: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A long weekend, a birding week or something to celebrate on Inagua
Most people who fly over mark something. Charter flights Miami to Inagua are booked for a birthday, a proposal, an anniversary or a birding week with the people who matter, and the flight is planned so that the occasion stays the point of the trip. Some parties come for a short getaway of a few nights, others stay a week for the birds 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 Inagua from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to Inagua?
Great Inagua is about 461 nautical miles from Miami, roughly 531 statute miles, at the southern end of the Bahamas. How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft, its range and the field you leave from, so the time comes back with the quote for every option.
What really sets the length of the trip is the border on both sides and how long you stay. Most parties stay at least a night, because the park alone is a planned day.
What is the best way to get to Inagua?
It depends on what you carry and how you want to arrive. A seaplane lands on the water off Matthew Town, the only settlement. A small plane or a jet lands on the runway beside the town and handles more weight and rougher water.
A helicopter needs no runway at all. We quote the options side by side so you can compare. On a route this long, range decides as much as comfort, so it is the first thing we check for your date.
Do I need a passport to fly to Inagua?
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 in Inagua?
Yes, in two ways. Matthew Town Airport, IGA and MYIG, has a paved runway of just over 7,000 feet and a border desk, so a small plane, a jet or a helicopter lands and clears in the same place.
A seaplane lands on the water off Matthew Town instead, and the town docks are also on the Bahamian list of ports of entry. Either way you clear customs where you arrive, with no extra stop on the way. Which suits your trip is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.
Where does the flight land in Inagua?
That depends on the aircraft, but every one of them ends at Matthew Town. Runway aircraft land at the airport beside the town, and a seaplane lands on the water off it. Both clear customs on arrival. The national park and the salt ponds are inland, so a car or a guide waiting at the apron turns the landing into a day on the island.
Can you take a day trip to Inagua?
It can be done, but it is not how this route is usually flown. On a charter the aircraft waits for you, so a same-day return is possible, but the island is far and the park is a long way from the apron, so most parties stay at least a night.
Tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for the day you want. Many guests come for a long weekend and stay longer the next time.
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 spotting scopes, dive gear, rods and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft.
Scopes, cameras and fishing gear 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 Inagua good for birdwatching?
It is known as the birdwatching capital of the Bahamas, with roughly 140 species. Inagua National Park holds the largest breeding colony of West Indian flamingos in the world, around 70,000 birds by the count of the Bahamas National Trust.
The Bahama parrot lives here and the Inagua woodstar is found nowhere else. Children need passports like everybody else, and on a charter there is no terminal queue, which is what makes the difference with small children.
Can we fly on to another island from Inagua afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas at Matthew Town, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on to the Exumas, Nassau or Andros, 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 and daylight 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. On this route that usually means more time on the island, 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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