The Aircraft
Fort Lauderdale Jet Charter
A charter hires the whole jet, so the size of your party and the runway at the far end decide which cabin flies your date. Four cabins, each matched to the runway, cover the crossings out of Fort Lauderdale, and the price is for the aircraft, never for a single seat.
Light Jet
Our smallest cabin, right for a short hop with a small group. Around 4,000 feet of paved runway is all it asks, and every field behind these routes offers more.
Midsize Jet
More cabin and more range than the light jet, and it still lands on every field these routes use, Key West included.
Super Midsize Jet
A wider cabin and longer legs for a bigger group or more bags. How much runway the island has settles where it lands, so we confirm the field before we quote.
Heavy Jet
The biggest cabin on the list, for a full group or the longest legs. It needs the most runway, which is why the far field is checked first, and why a short island strip calls for a different aircraft.
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Private Jet Company Fort Lauderdale: Popular Routes
Fort Lauderdale Private Jet Charter
Private Jet Charter Fort Lauderdale: How It Actually Works
The crossing is only one part of a charter out of Fort Lauderdale. Six things come with every flight, from the first message to the steps of the aircraft at the far end.
Plan Your Private Jet CharterHow Far
Fifty-Five Nautical Miles to Bimini, Eighty-Five to Freeport
Measured in a straight line from Fort Lauderdale Executive, Bimini is around 55 nautical miles away and Freeport on Grand Bahama around 85. Naples lies about 85 across the state, Nassau about 160, Marsh Harbour about 165, North Eleuthera about 190 and Key West about 130 down the coast.
These are distances, not times: the time in the air depends on the cabin and the wind and arrives with the quote. The whole list is on all private jet routes.
The Cabin
One Party in the Cabin and Nobody Else on Board
The aircraft is hired for your party alone and leaves at the hour you name. Seats, bags and what is served are settled with the enquiry, not discovered at the steps. A group too large for one cabin takes a second jet from the same jets, flying alongside the first.
The Runway
The Runway at the Far End Decides the Cabin
A jet lands on paved runway only, and the smallest cabin asks for around 4,000 feet. The fields behind the crossings on this page run from 5,076 feet at Key West to 11,107 at Nassau, and the departure field itself, Fort Lauderdale Executive, measures 6,002.
Where an island keeps only a short strip, a small plane is the aircraft that lands on it, and where there is no strip at all a helicopter or a seaplane takes the last leg.
The Border
Passports, the Party List and Both Borders Filed Ahead
Every passenger on a Bahamas leg needs a valid passport, children included. The names exactly as printed, the head count, the field and the hour come to us first, and the filings out and back are ours to make.
The Bahamian fields on these routes are airports of entry, so the border desk sits wherever the jet parks. What each guest has to carry for a flight from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas is in the travel documents guidance.
Catering and the Car
Catering, Celebrations and a Car at the Foot of the Steps
Catering or a private chef is loaded before the jet leaves instead of being hunted down on the island, and a car waits at the aircraft on arrival through ground transport. For a birthday, a proposal or an anniversary the flight becomes part of the occasion, arranged as a custom experience.
The Length of the Stay
A Lunch in Naples or a Week in Nassau
Naples, Bimini and Key West fit inside one day with hours to spend on the ground, and the departure follows the hour you pick.
A week in Nassau, or on Harbour Island, is the other end of the range, and the same aircraft brings you back on the date you choose. Longer stays change the baggage, never the route.
Departure Points
Departure Points for a Fort Lauderdale Private Jet Charter Service
Broward County has two fields that take a charter jet, and where your morning starts decides between them. Both are confirmed with our operator partners, and neither is more than the aircraft's own doorstep.
Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE)
The business airport and the field our operator partners quote a Broward departure from, with 6,002 feet of asphalt and private handling of its own. Its federal inspection station is also where a return from the islands clears United States Customs, so a day that begins and ends in Broward lands, clears and leaves from one place.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL)
The county's airline airport, with a private terminal of its own on SW 34th Street. It suits a party that arrives on a commercial flight and wants the onward leg to start on the same site. It is arranged per flight rather than held, and confirmed with the operator before it is quoted.
Further along the coast
A morning that starts south of Broward leaves from Miami and one that starts further north from West Palm Beach. The cabins and the filings are the same, only the field changes.
How to Charter
How to Book a Private Jet from Fort Lauderdale
Four steps take you from a first message to the aircraft, and only the first one is yours.
Plan Your Private Jet Charter- 01
Contact Us
Message us on WhatsApp or by email with your dates, the number of guests, the Broward field that suits your morning and where you want to land. Tell us the hour you would like to leave.
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Get Aircraft and Prices Back
Within your dates we check which cabins are free and send back the ones that fit your party, each with its seats, its baggage allowance and the time it needs for the crossing. A charter is priced per aircraft, not per head, so a party of four and a party of eight on one jet pay the same.
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Confirm and Pay
You choose the cabin and we fix the departure field. The rest of the day is added around it: catering on board, a car at the aircraft through ground transport, a dock pickup when a boat is meeting you, flowers for a special day. Once you approve and pay, the boarding time, the field and everything included come back.
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Just Arrive 30 Minutes Before Departure
No terminal queue stands between you and the cabin. Arrive half an hour ahead, walk out to the jet, and the trip begins as the wheels leave the runway.
Where It Lands
Rent a Private Jet in Fort Lauderdale: Where the Jet Sets You Down
Every one of these crossings starts on the Broward coast, and the runway at the far end decides where it finishes: Bimini, Freeport, Nassau, Key West, Naples and the rest, each on a paved field the jet can use. Where your day ends is the only open question.
Plan Your Private Jet CharterBimini
Nearest LandingThe nearest landing in the Bahamas, around 55 nautical miles from Fort Lauderdale Executive and the shortest hop a jet makes out of Broward. South Bimini keeps 5,409 feet of asphalt and is an airport of entry, which puts the border desk beside the aircraft. The crossing is set out on the page for the private jet to Bimini, a day that moves between islands is island hopping, and a longer day across is a Bahamas day trip.
Nassau and Paradise Island
The CapitalAround 160 nautical miles east. Lynden Pindling offers 11,107 feet of asphalt, the longest runway on this page, so every cabin can land there, and it is an airport of entry, so flight and formalities finish at one stop. The private jet to Nassau page carries the crossing. Paradise Island is a short drive across the bridge, and a boat that meets you at the marina is a yacht transfer.
Harbour Island and Eleuthera
Pink SandAbout 190 nautical miles, and Harbour Island has no airstrip of its own. The jet lands at North Eleuthera, 6,020 feet of asphalt and an airport of entry, and a short taxi plus a water taxi cover the last stretch across the harbour. The details are on the page for the private jet to Harbour Island, and the rest of the island sits under the private jet to Eleuthera.
Exuma
The ChainAround 280 nautical miles south east, the longest crossing on this page and the one with the most water to show for it. Exuma International has 7,051 feet of asphalt and is an airport of entry, so the jet lands at George Town and clears there. The small cays further up the chain have short strips, so the last leg goes by boat or by a smaller aircraft from that field. The crossing is on the private jet to Exuma page, and a day between cays is island hopping.
Key West
The Last Key
About 130 nautical miles south west, with no border to cross. Key West International has 5,076 feet of asphalt, enough for a cabin up to midsize, and the jet lands on the island itself instead of somewhere up the chain. The private jet to Key West page carries the crossing, the middle of the Keys is reached through the private jet to Marathon and Islamorada, and the whole region sits on private jet charter to the Florida Keys.
Naples
Gulf Coast
Around 85 nautical miles across the state, coast to coast, with no border to clear. Naples Municipal has 6,600 feet of asphalt close to the Old Town, so the jet lands in the city and the airline airport further north never enters the day. The private jet to Naples page carries the crossing, and a table waiting at the far end is a fly and dine day.
Marsh Harbour and the Abacos
Cruising Ground
Sailing country, around 165 nautical miles across the Gulf Stream and the bank. Marsh Harbour has a paved airport that takes a jet and is a port of entry, so the border desk is where the aircraft stops. The crossing is set out on the private jet to Marsh Harbour page, the wider island group is under the private jet to the Abacos, and a boat meeting the aircraft is a yacht transfer.
Grand Bahama and Freeport
The Big Island
Around 85 nautical miles of open water, which makes Grand Bahama the nearest big island from Broward after Bimini. Grand Bahama International lies on the east side of Freeport and is an airport of entry, so no second airport is flown first and no hour is spent on it. The crossing is on the private jet to Freeport page, and the island as a whole is private jet charter to Grand Bahama.
Everywhere Else We Arrange Flights
Same Aircraft
These eight are the places asked for most, not the limit. The same cabins reach every other paved field in the Bahamas and the Keys, and the full list with distances sits on all private jet routes. Where an island has no runway at all, the final stretch is a helicopter or small plane leg on the same booking, and a wider crossing is a Bahamas day.
Ready When You Are
Book a Private Jet Fort Lauderdale: Dates In, Aircraft and Price Back
Tell us the Broward field you prefer, how many are travelling and the dates. We reply with the cabins that are free, the boarding time and the cost of the day, before anything is booked.
Add-Ons
Private Jet Rental Fort Lauderdale: Add-Ons
Anything else you have in mind is arranged with the flight.
In Detail
Fort Lauderdale Private Jet Charter: Two Broward Fields, the Gulf Stream and a Runway at the Far End
The sections above describe the day. What follows is the detail behind it: which of the two Broward fields the jet leaves from, what the Gulf Stream does to a short crossing, how both borders are filed, and what hiring a cabin instead of buying a seat changes about a flight to the Bahamas.
The same crossings are also flown from Fort Lauderdale as a seaplane charter, a helicopter charter and a small plane charter. By jet, an easy way into the route list is the private jet to Nassau, the private jet to Bimini or the private jet to Naples.
Fort Lauderdale Jet Charter: Flying High and Fast Over the Gulf Stream
The cabin above the weather and the shortest way across
A jet climbs above the layer that keeps the other aircraft on the ground, so an afternoon of weather over the Stream is a delay for a boat and rarely one for a jet. Cloud builds along the Stream from the middle of most days, and it is what holds lower aircraft down. A jet crosses over it at one steady altitude, and the airport at the far end stays open in weather that closes a small strip. The crossing is brief, so the hours belong to the island instead of to the journey. Your party fills the cabin on one of the jets, with seating, catering and the departure hour settled beforehand. Every landing made from Broward is listed on all private jet routes, and an island without a runway is reached by helicopter or seaplane on the same booking.
Private Jet Company Fort Lauderdale: You Decide the Departure Time
Book a private jet Fort Lauderdale around your hour and your party
Nobody else is on the passenger list, so the hour is the one you name and not the one a timetable prints. An airline seat leaves on the airline's clock. A chartered jet leaves on yours: if breakfast runs long, the departure moves with it and the aircraft stays yours. The field follows your ground time, Fort Lauderdale Executive for a morning in Broward and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood when the party lands on a commercial flight. A morning that starts south of Broward leaves from Miami and one further north from West Palm Beach. A departure that slips by an hour is a re-filing, never a new booking. What travels with you is set out in the baggage guidance, and a delay is judged under the weather and delays policy. Check-in is the half hour before the wheels.
Private Jet Charter Fort Lauderdale: We Take Care of Both Borders
One passport per guest and nothing else to carry on the day
A day in the Bahamas crosses an international border twice. That is the step that goes wrong when nobody files it ahead, and on this trip it sits on our side of the desk, not yours. The party list goes in before the jet moves, the departure is filed on the way out, and the aircraft clears at an airport of entry on arrival. Every Bahamian field on these routes is one, so the border desk is on the ramp where the jet parks and no second airport is flown first. Passports for all, children included, as the travel documents guidance sets out. The way home is filed with United States Customs before you leave and clears at the federal inspection station of the Broward field. The Bahamian desks are open 09:00 to 17:30 daily, so the hour of the crossing is chosen against them. Naples and Key West have no border at all. On the day your party hands over its passports and boards again.
Fort Lauderdale Private Jet Charter Service: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
Milestone days, quiet weekends and a boat waiting at the far end
A private jet out of Broward is booked when the date cannot move: a birthday, a quiet weekend, a crew joining a boat. You set the hour and the length of the stay. A proposal or a milestone pushes the return into the evening light, a party joining a vessel goes alongside it on a yacht transfer, and a wedding or an elopement moves the aircraft instead of the guests. Add a private chef or catering and the day is composed rather than booked. Most of these trips go out and back on one date, because the near islands are close enough that a morning departure leaves an afternoon on the ground. A Bahamas day trip and a long weekend use the same aircraft with different bags. Say what the day is for when you send the dates, since that shapes the hour more than the distance does.
Questions
Private Jet from Fort Lauderdale: Questions Answered
How far is a private jet flight from Fort Lauderdale?
That depends on where the day ends. In a straight line from Fort Lauderdale Executive, Bimini is around 55 nautical miles, Freeport and Naples around 85, Key West around 130, Nassau around 160, Marsh Harbour around 165, Harbour Island around 190 and Exuma around 280. Time in the air follows from the cabin and the wind, so it comes with the quote.
Do I need a passport for a private jet charter from Fort Lauderdale?
For any Bahamas destination, yes: the flight is international, and each passenger needs a valid passport, infants and children too. Full names and passport numbers reach us when you book, because both border filings are made ahead of time on our side. Naples and Key West cross no border, so a photo ID is enough there.
Which airports does a charter jet use around Fort Lauderdale?
Fort Lauderdale Executive is the usual Broward departure, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is the other, with a private terminal of its own. The choice follows your ground time. A party that begins south or north of Broward can leave from Miami or West Palm Beach instead, with the same cabins and filings.
Where can a private jet actually land?
Only on a paved runway, and the smallest cabin needs around 4,000 feet. Every field behind the crossings on this page offers more, from 5,076 feet at Key West to 11,107 at Nassau. Many small cays have a short strip or none, and there a small plane, a helicopter or a seaplane flies the last leg on the same booking.
How is customs handled on a flight from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas?
The jet clears at a Bahamian airport of entry on its first landing, and the desks there are open 09:00 to 17:30 daily.
Nassau, Bimini, North Eleuthera for Harbour Island, Marsh Harbour, Exuma and Grand Bahama are all airports of entry, so the officer comes to the ramp where the jet parks. The return is filed with United States Customs before you leave.
Can the Bahamas be done as a day trip by private jet?
For the near islands, yes. Bimini, Freeport and Nassau are close enough that a morning departure leaves hours on the ground and brings you home the same evening, and with the filings made ahead the border adds no queue. A night or a week away is the other shape of the trip, on the same aircraft.
How late can we fly home on the same day?
As late as the far airport is open and its border desk is working. The Bahamian desks run 09:00 to 17:30, so the crossing is timed against those hours and not against the clock.
The hour of the return is agreed when you book, and a party that stays longer on the island moves the departure rather than losing the aircraft.
How many people fit on one jet?
That depends on the cabin, which is why the size of the party is the first thing we ask. The light jet is the smallest, midsize and super midsize step up, and the heavy jet takes the biggest group.
A party larger than one cabin flies on a second jet or a second leg, agreed before the date and not at the ramp.
Can we bring golf clubs, dive gear and coolers?
Usually, though the hold of a light jet is smaller than that of a heavy one, so tell us what is travelling when you enquire. The baggage guidance lists what each aircraft takes, and a party with more luggage than a light jet carries moves up a class instead of leaving things on the ramp.
What happens if the weather stops the flight?
A jet climbs above the layer that holds other aircraft on the ground, so an afternoon of cloud over the Gulf Stream is rarely a reason to stay put. When weather does decide the day, the call comes early enough to move the departure instead of losing it, under the weather and delays policy.
Can we fly straight to a resort or onto a yacht?
A jet lands on a runway, so the last stretch is built around it: a car at the aircraft, a water taxi across the harbour, or a boat waiting at the marina through a yacht transfer. Where an island has no runway at all, a helicopter or a seaplane flies the final leg on the same booking.
Can you fly from Miami or West Palm Beach instead?
Yes. If your morning starts south or north of Broward, the same routes leave from Miami or West Palm Beach with the same filings and the same cabins, and each has a page of its own. Tell us where you are staying and the departure field comes back already chosen.
Can I bring a pet on a private jet charter?
Yes, pets travel in the cabin with you. We only ask that you mention it when you enquire, with the kind of animal and its weight, so the seating and the load plan are right from the beginning.
What does a private jet charter from Fort Lauderdale cost?
A charter is priced as a whole aircraft, not per seat, so the figure depends on three things: which cabin flies your date, how many of you there are once bags are aboard, and how long the aircraft waits for you.
The distance moves it too, which is why we ask for the destination first. Give us those and you get one all-in number before anything is due.
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