Flights from Miami to Little San Salvador

Little San Salvador is about 240 nautical miles southeast of Miami, roughly 277 statute miles, halfway between Eleuthera and Cat Island. How long that takes in the air depends on the aircraft and the field you leave from, and the time comes back with the quote and the boarding time.

What really sets the length of the day is the clearance stop on the way in and how long you stay. On a day out most parties spend far longer on the water than in the air.

It depends on how you want the day to end and what you carry. A seaplane can be cleared to set down in Half Moon Bay itself, which suits a yacht waiting there.

A small plane lands at Rock Sound on Eleuthera or New Bight on Cat Island, the nearest runways, and handles more weight. A helicopter is the view with glass on every side. We quote the options side by side so you can compare them for your date.

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.

Not on land: the cay has no runway and no airfield. A seaplane can set down on the water in Half Moon Bay once the Civil Aviation Authority has approved the landing, which we request in advance. Runway aircraft land at Rock Sound, about 23 nautical miles away, or New Bight, about 31.

Both are airports of entry, so the border is cleared there before anything flies on to the bay. Which of these suits your day is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.

No, and we say so before you book. The 2,400 acres ashore belong to a cruise line, and the beach is open only to guests arriving by tender from its own ships.

There is no day pass and no permit anyone can apply for. What is open is the water: Half Moon Bay is Bahamian water and a listed anchorage, and Eleuthera and Cat Island on either side welcome visitors.

Yes, as a day on the water rather than on the beach. On a charter the aircraft waits for you, so the return is set by you and not by a timetable.

Out in the morning, over the bay, back in the evening, with both borders handled. Because the route is long, many guests add a night on Eleuthera or Cat Island. Tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for that day.

It is a question of weight, not of the number of bags, and it differs by aircraft. Floats carry less than wheels, and a helicopter less again. Say what is coming when you enquire, including dive gear, rods, a cooler for the boat and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft.

On a route this long, weight also decides how much fuel fits, so tell us early. If the load decides it, the aircraft is chosen around what you bring, not the other way round.

Yes. Little San Salvador is the island's name on the chart, Half Moon Cay is the name its owner uses, and the Lucayans called it Guateo, distant land.

It should not be confused with San Salvador, a different island further east with its own airport. Whichever name you search, the flight is the same one, and so is the rule that the land is private and the water is not.

Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas at Rock Sound or New Bight, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on to Eleuthera, Cat Island, 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 stop only has water to land on, that leg switches to a seaplane.

Every aircraft handles weather differently. A seaplane needs calm enough water in the bay to land, a small plane uses the runway at Rock Sound or New Bight, and on a route of 240 miles the forecast along the whole way counts.

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 moving the day is usually the better answer.

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 Little San Salvador there is no scheduled seat at all, and a charter is what turns the bay into a day out, 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 in the bay, the island next door or the budget, and we suggest the aircraft that fits 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.