The Route
Charter Flights from Miami to South Andros Bahamas
South Andros lies about 172 nautical miles southeast of Miami, almost all of it open water, at the southern end of the largest island in the Bahamas. The ordinary way down is a flight into Nassau and a second one afterwards. A charter skips that: every aircraft we fly on this route goes straight to Congo Town, so the choice is not how to get there, it is which way suits your party, your bags and the part of the island you came for. A fishing party with rods, a family with bags and a couple heading to a lodge will not pick the same one, and that is fine.
Charter flights from Miami to South Andros Bahamas 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 southern flats, a small plane to Congo Town, a helicopter low over the bank 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 South Andros Charter
Choose Your Aircraft
Flights to South Andros Bahamas: 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 South Andros Bahamas 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 South Andros Bahamas by seaplane with exclusive water landings and direct waterfront access.
Small Plane
Fly privately to South Andros Bahamas on aircraft such as the Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec or Piper Navajo.
Helicopter
Fly privately to South Andros Bahamas on helicopters such as the Bell 407, Agusta 109 or Sikorsky S-76.
Private Jet
Fly privately to South Andros Bahamas on Light Jet, Mid Jet or Super Mid Jet aircraft.
How It Works
How Private Charter Flights from Miami to South Andros Bahamas 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 South Andros CharterDistance and Aircraft
172 Nautical Miles and Four Ways to Fly Them
Miami to Congo Town is about 172 nautical miles, roughly 198 statute, and almost all of it is open water. How long it takes in the air depends on the aircraft: the seaplane is a little over an hour, 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 via Nassau, 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
A Runway at Congo Town, Then Water for Floats
A small plane and a jet land on the runway at Congo Town, the working middle of South Andros. The helicopter clears there as well. The seaplane makes its border stop on wheels at the same field and finishes on the water, close to the flats the island is known for.
Both Borders
Passports, the Manifest and Both Borders Filed for You
Congo Town is one of the three airports of entry on Andros and the only one on the southern island, 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 at the other end, a guide booked for the tide. 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 on South Andros
Most parties come for the flats and stay a few nights, and a long day trip works as well, with the aircraft waiting while you are on the island. 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 South Andros Bahamas 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 South Andros Bahamas 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 day on the flats 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 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 South Andros Bahamas Put You Down
Where your flight puts you down on South Andros depends on the aircraft. Wheels end on the runway at Congo Town, floats clear there and finish on the water, and one road runs from Driggs Hill down to Mars Bay. Below is what waits at each end, and what a day out there can look like.
Plan Your South Andros CharterCongo Town Airport for Runway Aircraft
Wheels Down
The small plane, the jet and the helicopter all arrive at Congo Town, the field in the working middle of South Andros and the one airport of entry on the southern island. Because the field 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 for your return. On an island with no rank of taxis at the airport, that is worth arranging before you leave Miami.
The Seaplane After the Border
On the Water
A seaplane on this route clears in on wheels at Congo Town like every other aircraft, and then spends the last minutes on floats, settling on the water on the side of the island your party came for. Guides work out of the settlements between Deep Creek and Mars Bay, minutes from where a seaplane sets you down, so a day that starts at the shore is a day longer on the water. The details are on the seaplane from Miami to South Andros 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.
Driggs Hill and the Road Down the Island
One Road
Almost everything on South Andros sits on a single road running south from Driggs Hill through Congo Town, Deep Creek and The Bluff to Kemps Bay and Mars Bay. Driggs Hill is about six miles north of the field, Mars Bay roughly sixteen miles south. Because the flight is yours, the ground transport is arranged to the hour you actually land rather than to a published arrival time. What there is to do along the road is covered on the South Andros destination page. For a short stay, the lodges near Congo Town and the flats to the south fit easily between the morning flight and the evening one.
Kemps Bay and the Sloop Yard
Halfway Down
Kemps Bay is the largest of the southern settlements, and it still builds boats. The yard where the local sloops are made is there, and so is the house covered in conch shells that everybody photographs. Both are close enough to the road to be an hour rather than an expedition. If you want a table waiting when you land, add a fly and dine day, and anything unusual goes to custom requests. It is the sort of stop a schedule squeezes out. On a charter it is simply a later departure, and a later departure is a message to us.
Blue Holes and the Tongue of the Ocean
Seen From Above
Andros carries more blue holes than anywhere else on earth, well over a hundred and seventy inland and dozens more offshore, and several of the inland ones sit close enough to the road south to be an afternoon. Offshore the reef drops into the Tongue of the Ocean, thousands of feet down within sight of the shallows. From a low flying aircraft the line between the turquoise bank and the deep blue is one of the reasons people ask for scenic flights on the approach. Ask the crew to come in low over the bank if the day allows, and have a camera ready on the side facing the open water.
Bonefishing on the Southern Flats
Tide, Not Timetable
Andros is called the bonefish capital of the world, and the southern end is the part of it anglers name first. The flats run for miles off the eastern shore and the water is shallow enough to wade a long way out. The flats are worked on the tide rather than on the hour, so the departure is set around the water on your date. Days built that way are flats fishing, and a beach picnic fits into the same afternoon. A guide and a skiff are booked with the flight, so the first morning is planned before you leave Miami.
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, dive gear, coolers, a case of something for the lodge: 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 on a crossing of 172 nautical miles the fuel aboard counts against the load as well.
Onward Through the Bahamas From South Andros
Domestic After Congo Town
South Andros also works as the first stop of a longer trip. Once you have cleared in at Congo Town, every leg after it stays inside the Bahamas. The same charter can carry on across the bight to Mangrove Cay, north to Andros, or on to Nassau and Staniel Cay and the Exumas. That is how one island becomes island hopping or a Bahamas day. The ready-made version of a single day is the South Andros getaway day trip, and the rest of the islands are on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book Charter Flights to South Andros Bahamas 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 South Andros Bahamas 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 South Andros Bahamas: What to Know Before You Fly
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind flights from Miami to South Andros: 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, only further.
Miami to South Andros Bahamas Charter Flights: Four Ways Over the Gulf Stream
The same 172 nautical 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 bank comes up turquoise in a single line. 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 the Tongue of the Ocean shows up as a dark edge beside the bank, thousands of feet deep within sight of the shallows. That is why charter flights to South Andros Bahamas from Miami double as scenic flights for anybody sitting by a window. The flats and the sandbars on the bank side are just as clear, and so is the dark line where the reef starts. 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 South Andros Bahamas from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a charter flight to South Andros
Private flights to South Andros Bahamas 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 lunch runs long or the water 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 sand 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 South Andros Bahamas Flights: The Crew Handles Both Borders
Passports are all your party carries on a South Andros crossing
Miami to South Andros Bahamas 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. Congo Town is the airport of entry on the southern island, so no aircraft on this page has to stop in Nassau 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 South Andros Bahamas: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day trip, a long weekend or something to celebrate on South Andros
Most people who fly over mark something. Charter flights Miami to South Andros Bahamas are booked for 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 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 South Andros Bahamas from Miami: Questions Answered
How long is the flight from Miami to South Andros?
Congo Town is about 172 nautical miles from Miami, roughly 198 statute, and almost all of it is open water. A seaplane covers it in a little over an hour 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 on both sides and how long you stay, and that is still far shorter than a connection through Nassau.
What is the best way to get to South Andros?
It depends on what you carry and where you want to start the day. A small plane or a jet lands on the runway at Congo Town and handles the most weight. A seaplane clears at the same field and finishes on the water close to the flats.
A helicopter saves the drive to an airport in Miami. We quote the options side by side so you can compare. Scheduled service goes through Nassau first, which turns a short crossing into most of a day.
Do I need a passport to fly to South Andros?
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 South Andros?
Yes. Congo Town has a paved runway and a border desk, so a small plane, a jet or a helicopter lands and clears in the same place. It is one of the three airports of entry on Andros and the only one on the southern island.
A seaplane clears there on wheels and then lands on the water. Either way you clear customs where you arrive, with no extra stop on the way. Which of the two suits your day is the first thing we answer when you send your dates and your party size.
Where does the flight land in South Andros?
Every aircraft on this route arrives at Congo Town first, because that is where the border is. From there one road runs north to Driggs Hill and south through Deep Creek, The Bluff and Kemps Bay to Mars Bay, so the lodges and the flats are a short drive away.
A seaplane moves to the water after clearing, minutes from where the guides work. A car can be waiting at the field.
Can you take a day trip to South Andros?
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, back in the evening, with both borders handled.
Most guests come for the flats and stay a few nights, so tell us when you enquire and the return is planned for that day. A long day on the water with the aircraft waiting is a good way to try the island first.
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, dive gear, coolers and anything with a battery, and the answer comes back with the quote rather than at the aircraft.
Fishing gear is the most common 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.
Is South Andros good for families?
It suits families who want quiet: the water on the bank side is shallow and warm, the settlements are small and the one road keeps everything simple. Children need passports like everybody else.
On a charter there is no terminal, no queue and no connection through Nassau, which is usually what makes the difference with small children. Tell us the ages when you enquire and the day is planned around them.
Can we fly on to another island from South Andros afterwards?
Yes. Once you have cleared into the Bahamas at Congo Town, every leg after it is domestic. The same aircraft can carry on across the bight to Mangrove Cay, north up Andros, or on to Nassau and 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 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 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 a day trip that usually means several more hours 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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