Flights from Miami to Rum Cay

Rum Cay lies about 367 statute miles southeast of Miami, roughly 319 nautical, one of the longest crossings to the Bahamas. Every aircraft also makes a clearance stop at an airport of entry on the way down, because Rum Cay has no customs desk.

The block time depends on the aircraft and the field you leave from, and it comes back with the quote. At this distance most parties stay a few nights rather than fly home the same day.

It depends on where you want to end up and what you carry. A seaplane lands on the water off Port Nelson. A small plane or a jet lands on the asphalt strip at the west end and handles more weight and rougher water, and a jet climbs over the weather on a leg this long.

We quote the options side by side so you can compare. The scheduled way runs through Nassau and on by a domestic connection, which turns a short stay into a day of changes.

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.

Yes. Port Nelson Airport has a paved runway of about forty five hundred feet, so a small plane or a jet lands on the island itself, and a seaplane can land on the water instead.

What Rum Cay does not have is a customs desk, so every aircraft clears into the Bahamas at an airport of entry on the way down and flies the last leg afterwards. Which landing suits your trip is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.

That depends on the aircraft. Runway aircraft land at Port Nelson Airport, the only strip on Rum Cay, at the west end of the island a short run from the settlement, and a cart arranged in advance takes you on. A seaplane lands on the water off Port Nelson. Where a helicopter sets down is agreed with the operator before the day, at a site cleared for it.

It is possible, but rarely the right shape. At 367 statute miles each way with a clearance stop on the way down, a single day leaves only a few hours on the island once the daylight is counted.

Most parties stay at least a night, and divers often a week. If a day is all you have, tell us when you enquire and we plan the hours around the daylight at the far end. The closer islands suit a day trip far better.

It is a question of weight, not of the number of bags, and it differs by aircraft. Floats carry less than wheels, and on a leg this long the fuel comes out of the same weight. 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.

Dive gear is the usual load 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.

It suits families who want quiet: about ninety people live on the whole island, nearly all of them in Port Nelson, the beaches are empty and nothing is busy. 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 flight is long, so most families plan a few nights rather than a day.

Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas on the way down, every leg after it is domestic. San Salvador is about thirty nautical miles away, and Long Island, Cat Island, Crooked Island and Acklins are one short leg on from there.

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.

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 on a leg this long a morning departure leaves the most room to wait it out.

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 Rum Cay that usually means a day saved rather than hours, since the scheduled way runs through Nassau with a change of aircraft, 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.

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.