The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to Sandy Point
Sandy Point is the last settlement on Great Abaco, about 152 nautical miles of mostly open water east of Miami. Every aircraft we fly lands at the point itself, so nobody spends an hour on the road from Marsh Harbour. The choice is not whether you can get there, it is which way suits your party, your bags and the day you have in mind. Anglers with rods, a couple going for a long weekend and friends heading for the flats will not pick the same one, and that is fine.
Charter flights from Miami to Sandy Point 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 onto the water, a small plane to Sandy Point Airport, a helicopter that skips the road 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 Sandy Point Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to Sandy Point: 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 Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to Sandy Point on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to Sandy Point on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to Sandy Point on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point CharterDistance and Aircraft
152 Nautical Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Sandy Point is about 152 nautical miles, roughly 175 statute, almost all of it open water. How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft: the seaplane is about 70 minutes, the others come back with the quote. Either way the flight is the short part of the day.
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 for Floats, a Paved Strip for Wheels
A seaplane settles on the water off the settlement at Sandy Point, where the flats begin. A small plane and a jet land on the asphalt strip a mile south of the houses. Where the helicopter sets down is agreed with the operator before the day, at a site cleared for it.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and Both Borders Filed for You
Sandy Point clears arrivals on request, so the officers are booked with your date, or the aircraft clears at Marsh Harbour first. 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 and a guide booked for the tide at the other end, rods declared with the bags. A proposal or an anniversary is planned into the flight as a custom experience rather than around it.
How Long the Day Runs
Same-Day Return or Several Nights at Sandy Point
A day on the flats works: out in the morning, home the same evening, and the aircraft waits on the tide. Fishing parties often stay two or three nights, 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 Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point Flights
Booking a flight takes four steps, and only the first one is yours.
Plan Your Sandy Point Charter- 01
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. If anyone is fishing, say so and the guide is booked for the tide. 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 by the settlement point one way, rods, coolers 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 golf cart 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 Sandy Point Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down at Sandy Point depends on the aircraft. Wheels end on the asphalt a mile south of the settlement, floats end on the water beside it, and from either one the flats are close. Below is what waits at each end, and what a day out there can look like.
Plan Your Sandy Point CharterSandy Point Airport for Runway Aircraft
Wheels Down
The small plane and the jet both arrive at Sandy Point Airport, one asphalt runway of about forty five hundred feet a mile south of the settlement, with sea on one side and pine forest on the other. That mile of road is the whole transfer, so there is no boat and no long drive at this end. A car booked in advance waits at the apron, and the aircraft stays parked there for your return. The details for each aircraft are on the small plane from Miami to Sandy Point and the private jet to Sandy Point pages.
The Water Beside the Settlement
On the Water
A seaplane does not need the strip. It comes down on the water off the settlement and taxis in, so the party steps out at the shore rather than at a ramp a mile away. Water landings run in daylight only, from about half an hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset, so the departure from Miami is set with the far end in mind. How that works is on the seaplane from Miami to Sandy Point 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.
Customs at Sandy Point on Request
Into the Bahamas
Sandy Point appears on the Bahamian list of ports of entry twice, the airport and the public dock, and both clear arrivals on request rather than at staffed hours. So the officers are booked together with your date. Where that cannot be done for your hour, the aircraft clears at Marsh Harbour first and flies the last leg south. Your side of it is a passport per guest, sent once with the travel documents when you enquire. Either way the filing is ours, and the answer on which of the two applies comes back with the quote rather than on the day.
Fishing the Flats
Most Asked For
Sandy Point is a fishing village first, and the flats begin where the houses end. Most guests who fly down come for a day on the shallow water with a guide and a skiff. The useful hours are set by the tide, so the guide is booked before you land and the aircraft is held for your block rather than a published slot. More on the day itself is under flats fishing. Rods and wading boots travel with the bags, and the rest of the point is on the Sandy Point destination page.
Flying Over the Flats
Seen From Above
The last minutes from Miami are the best part of the flight. The deep blue of the Gulf Stream gives way to the bank, the water shallows, and the flats open out pale green around the bottom of Great Abaco. From a low flying aircraft the channels, the sand and the line of roofs on the point all read clearly on a sunny morning. It is one of the reasons people ask for scenic flights on the approach. Ask the crew to come in low over the flats if the day allows, and have a camera ready on the side facing the island.
The Settlement at the End of the Road
Where You Stay
Sandy Point is a working village of a few hundred people, with the boats, the dock and the houses along one stretch of shore. There is no resort strip and almost no restaurant trade. A room at one of the small lodges, a vehicle for the days and food for the boat are arranged before you land, because none of it is found on arrival. Anything unusual goes to custom requests. The road north runs about an hour to Marsh Harbour through the pine forest, which is exactly the drive a flight to the point leaves out.
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. Rods, coolers, wading boots, food 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 beside the settlement becomes the easy choice.
Onward Up the Abacos
Domestic After Clearance
Sandy Point also works as one stop of a longer trip. Once you have cleared in, every leg after it stays inside the Bahamas. The same charter can carry on up the island group to Marsh Harbour, Elbow Cay or Green Turtle Cay, or across to Nassau. That is how one island becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version of a stay is the Sandy Point getaway, and the rest of the islands are on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights to Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point 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 Sandy Point: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to Sandy Point: 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 over different water.
Miami to Sandy Point Charter Flights: Four Ways Over the Gulf Stream
The same 152 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 flats come up pale green around the bottom of Great Abaco. 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 turns the crossing into a short hop. On a clear morning every channel cut into the flats south of the settlement shows from the air, pale sand against paler water. That is why charter flights to Sandy Point from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. The pine forest running north up Great Abaco is just as clear, and so is the dark line where the bank drops away. Nobody on board has to lean over a stranger to see it, 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 Sandy Point from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to Sandy Point
Private flights to Sandy Point 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 fishing runs long or the tide is too good to leave, the aircraft waits, and the hour home moves with you instead of a gate closing on you. A day trip and a long weekend 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 day. A morning departure puts you on the flats before the heat builds, and an evening return has you back in Miami for dinner. Every hour in between belongs to your party and to nobody else.
Miami to Sandy Point Flights: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on a Sandy Point crossing
Miami to Sandy Point flights cross an international border twice in one day, 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. Sandy Point is a port of entry on request, at the airport and at the public dock, so the officers are booked with the date, and otherwise the first landing is Marsh Harbour. 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 Sandy Point: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day on the flats, a long weekend or something to celebrate at Sandy Point
Most people who fly over mark something. Charter flights Miami to Sandy Point are booked for a fishing trip, a birthday, a proposal, an anniversary or a weekend away with the people who matter, and the flight is short enough that the occasion stays the point of the day. Some parties fly over for the day and are home for dinner, 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 guide booked for the tide 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 Sandy Point from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to Sandy Point?
Sandy Point is about 152 nautical miles from Miami, roughly 175 statute, and almost all of it is open water. A seaplane covers it in about 70 minutes 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. What really sets the length of the day is the border and how long you stay. Most fishing parties spend far longer on the flats than in the air.
What is the best way to get to Sandy Point?
It depends on where you want to end up and what you carry. A seaplane puts you on the water beside the settlement. A small plane or a jet lands on the asphalt strip a mile south of the houses and handles more weight and rougher water.
A helicopter sets down at a site agreed with the operator. We quote the options side by side so you can compare. The usual way in runs through Marsh Harbour and then an hour of road south each way.
Do I need a passport to fly to Sandy Point?
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 Sandy Point?
Yes. Sandy Point Airport has an asphalt runway of about forty five hundred feet a mile south of the settlement, so a small plane or a jet lands at the point itself, and a seaplane can land on the water instead.
Sandy Point is a port of entry on request, at the airport and at the public dock, so the officers are booked with your date, and if they cannot be, the aircraft clears at Marsh Harbour first. Which landing suits your day is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.
Where does the flight land at Sandy Point?
That depends on the aircraft. Runway aircraft land at Sandy Point Airport, a mile south of the settlement, and a car arranged in advance covers that mile. A seaplane lands on the water off the settlement itself, so there is no road at all. Where a helicopter sets down is agreed with the operator before the day, at a site cleared for it.
Can you take a day trip to Sandy Point?
Yes. On a charter the aircraft waits for you, so the return is set by you and not by a timetable. Out in the morning, a tide on the flats, back in the evening, with both borders handled.
Fishing parties often stay two or three nights, so if you would rather stay, tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for that day. A seaplane needs daylight at both ends, so the hours follow the sun as well.
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, wading boots and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft.
Rods and tackle are the usual load 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 Sandy Point good for families?
It suits families who want quiet: a fishing village of a few hundred people, warm shallow water on the flats and nothing busy anywhere. 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 settlement has almost no restaurant trade, so food for the day flies out of Miami with you.
Can we fly on to another island from Sandy Point afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on up the Abacos to Marsh Harbour, Elbow Cay or Green Turtle Cay, or across to Nassau, 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 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 this route 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.
To Sandy Point that usually means no hour of road from Marsh Harbour each way, 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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