The Flight
Private Jet Miami to Exuma
Exuma is a chain rather than a single island. Around three hundred and sixty five cays run about a hundred and thirty miles from the small islands in the north down to George Town in the south. Two hundred and seventy six nautical miles of open water lie between the city and that southern end, and the chain itself is another half day long once you are on it.
Both of those eat hours, and the weather in between decides which of them you get. An afternoon of cloud over the Stream stops a boat and turns a light aircraft back. A jet answers that by going over it. It climbs above the layer that keeps the other aircraft on the ground, holds one altitude the whole way across, and hands back the hours the distance would otherwise take out of the day.
Everything between the two ends is ours: the departure airport, the aircraft and the crew, both border filings and the travel documents the Bahamas wants before you leave Florida. Your party brings passports and a bag. The hour you leave, who sits in the cabin and what is on board are settled before the day rather than at the ramp. It is the most photographed chain in the Bahamas, and it is reached the other four ways as well: by small plane, by seaplane, by private plane and by helicopter, and each of those is a different day.
Plan Your Exuma Charter
How It Works
How a Private Jet Exuma from Miami Flight Actually Works
A jet is the fast way across this water, and speed on its own is not what parties book it for. What they book is a day that happens: above the weather instead of waiting on it, and back with the evening still theirs.
What follows is the whole sequence in order, from the hour you name to the borders and what waits on the ground.
Plan Your Exuma CharterDistance and Flight Level
Two Hundred and Seventy Six Miles from Miami
George Town lies around two hundred and seventy six nautical miles south east of the city, far enough that the weather in between is what decides the day. A jet crosses above that layer rather than through it. The hour you pick is the hour it leaves, because the aircraft has nowhere else to be.
The Whole Aircraft
One Private Cabin, One Party, Nobody Added
The cabin carries your party and nobody else. Seating, the departure hour and what is on board are agreed before the day rather than found at the ramp, which is the part that separates a charter from a good seat on somebody else's aeroplane. Nobody is added to it after you book.
Where the Jet Puts Down
Exuma International at the Southern End
Exuma International outside George Town is the field a jet uses, and it sits at the southern end of the chain. George Town, Elizabeth Harbour and Stocking Island are minutes away from it.
The middle cays are not: Staniel Cay and the water around it lie far enough north that they are a second leg or a second day, and we say which before you book rather than after you land.
Both Borders
Passports, Manifest, and Both Borders into Exuma
The Bahamas is a different country and a jet does not change that. We take the passport details once, at the enquiry, and the travel documents go in from our side rather than yours, for the way out and the way home. Your party brings the passports it already has.
On Board and Ashore
Catering, Celebrations, and a Boat Held in Exuma
Chef catering, a cake for a birthday, snorkelling gear and a cooler: what comes aboard is ordered with the flight rather than asked for on it. Ashore the same applies, and here it matters most for the boat, because the cays are reached by water and a hull is not found in George Town after you land.
How Long the Day Runs
Day Trip to a Week in Exuma
The crossing costs a fraction of the day even at this range, so out in the morning and home in the evening works for the southern end.
For the middle of the chain it is a night, not an afternoon. Stay on, or carry on to Long Island on the way back: the aircraft is yours for as long as the itinerary runs.
Departure Points
Departure Points for a Private Jet to Miami from Exuma
Miami has no single business airport, it has four and the right one is the one closest to where your day starts. Select one to see exactly where it sits.
Opa-locka Executive
Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, OPF
The executive airport north west of the city and the usual Miami departure for a private jet, with private terminal handling on both ends. It is also where a return from the islands clears US customs.
Miami International
Miami International Airport, MIA
The right one when the party is already at MIA, arriving on a commercial flight or connecting to one and the onward leg should leave from the same airport instead of crossing the city first. Arranged per flight rather than held, so it is confirmed with the operator before it is quoted.
Miami Executive
Miami Executive Airport, TMB, Kendall
Kendall-Tamiami, in the south west of the county and the shortest ground leg for Coral Gables, Pinecrest and the south of Miami-Dade. A general aviation field, so the walk from the car to the aircraft is short.
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Fort Lauderdale Executive, FXE
Fort Lauderdale Executive, thirty miles up the coast and the field a Broward or north Miami departure is quoted from. Its federal inspection station is where a US return from the islands is cleared when the day begins and ends in Broward.
How to Charter
How to Book a Private Jet Charter Miami to Exuma
Chartering an aircraft takes four steps, and only the first one is yours.
Plan Your Exuma Charter- 01
Contact Us
Write to us on WhatsApp or by email. Send your dates, how many guests, which airport suits your morning and where you want to travel. Tell us the hour you would like to leave.
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Get Aircraft and Prices Back
We check what is free on your date and send what fits your party. Seats, baggage and flight time for each one. You are pricing the whole airframe rather than a headcount, so a smaller group on the same aircraft costs the same as a full one.
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Confirm and Pay
You pick the aircraft, and we set the departure airport. Then everything around the flight. Catering on board, a boat held at the dock for the afternoon, ground transport to where you are staying. Flowers if the day is a special one. You approve it, you pay, and your boarding time, departure airport and everything included come back to you.
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Just Arrive 30 Minutes Before Departure
You will have no terminal queue to join. Just make sure you are there 30 minutes before. Then you lift off, climb out over the bay, and the day starts.
In the Cays
Where a Private Jet Charter from Miami to Exuma Puts You Down
Exuma is a chain rather than a place. Around three hundred and sixty five cays run about a hundred and thirty miles from the small islands in the north down to Great Exuma and George Town in the south, and the jet puts down at that southern end, where the border desk sits on the same field.
Almost everything parties come for sits in one short stretch around Staniel Cay in the middle, and that stretch is a long way north of the runway: the water between the two is measured in hours, not minutes.
What follows is what parties actually do with the hours in the islands, in the order they ask for it, and where each one sits.
Plan Your Exuma CharterThe Swimming Pigs at Big Major Cay
Most Asked For
This is what most parties book the day around, and it is worth saying plainly: the pigs are wild, they live on an uninhabited cay, and they swim out to meet a boat because people have been feeding them for decades. Big Major Cay is a few minutes by boat from Staniel Cay, in the middle of the chain, and that is around twenty eight miles of water north of the runway the jet uses. By boat from George Town it is most of a day each way, so nobody should promise you the pigs and an evening flight home in the same booking. Say when you send the date whether the pigs are the reason for the trip, because it changes the shape of it rather than the price. It is a night on the islands, or a short second leg on a small plane, a seaplane or a helicopter, which are the aircraft that reach the middle of the chain directly.
Thunderball Grotto
Snorkel Depth
A hollow limestone cay with the roof open above it, so the light drops through in shafts and the fish hang in it. You swim in through a gap that is only comfortable when the current has stopped running. It sits just off Staniel Cay, in the same short stretch of water as the pigs and the sharks, so the three of them are one afternoon rather than three separate outings. The tide decides the hour, and a charter is the one kind of flight that can be pointed at it: slack water is known weeks out, and the aircraft moves to it rather than the other way round.
The Nurse Sharks at Compass Cay
Calm Water
Nurse sharks gather at the marina dock at Compass Cay and people get into the water with them. They are the calm half of the Bahamian shark reputation and the version that works with children along. Compass Cay lies north of Staniel Cay, on the same line as the grotto and the pigs, so one boat runs the three of them as a loop. The marina there takes yachts up to around a hundred and eighty feet, which is why a yacht transfer and a jet fit together on this route: the aircraft brings the party in, the hull is already where the day happens.
Staniel Cay and the Yacht Club
Where the Day Starts
Staniel Cay is the hub of the middle chain: a small settlement, a marina and a handful of golf carts. Nearly every itinerary in the Exumas begins or ends here, whatever brought the party in. It has an airstrip, and it is the wrong one for this aircraft: around three thousand feet, and with no border desk you can count on. That is the practical reason a jet uses the southern field, and it is also why the middle of the chain is a second leg rather than a drive. A golf cart on the dock and a boat for the afternoon are both arranged with the flight rather than found after you land, and a table ashore is a fly and dine day.
The Rock Iguanas on Bitter Guana Cay
A Short Hop
Bahamian rock iguanas live on a handful of cays and nowhere else on earth. Bitter Guana Cay is the one most parties see, and Allen's Cay at the northern end of the chain is the other. Both are beaches you arrive at by water rather than places you book into. They fit a day that is already running the pigs and the grotto, which is the argument for treating the middle of the chain as one afternoon instead of a list of separate stops.
The Plane Wreck off Norman's Cay
Ten Feet Down
A twin engine wreck lies in shallow water off Norman's Cay, wings still on, close enough to the surface that snorkellers and divers are looking at the same thing from different depths. It is the most photographed wreck in the chain. Norman's Cay sits at the northern end, an hour by boat above Staniel Cay and well worth its own morning. On a day that starts in the south it is the furthest thing on the list, and it is the clearest case for an overnight rather than a day trip. A scenic run down the cays is the cheapest way to see the whole line of them at once.
Pipe Creek and the Sandbars
Low Water Only
Pipe Creek is the maze of small cays and channels between Staniel Cay and Compass Cay. At low water the bank around it dries into open sand in the middle of the sea, with nothing on it and nothing around it. That is where a beach picnic goes and where the rays come in shin deep. Add water toys for the afternoon or a dock pickup if a boat is meeting you. Low water sets the hour here, not the one you would prefer, and that is the half of this route an aircraft with a fixed departure cannot serve. North of it the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park runs for miles as a protected reserve, with Warderick Wells and Shroud Cay inside it and nothing to be taken from the water. It is quieter than the cays below because far fewer boats work it in a day.
George Town and Great Exuma
The Southern End
George Town on Great Exuma is where the jet actually stops, and it is a day in its own right rather than only a gateway: a town, Elizabeth Harbour full of cruising boats, Stocking Island across the water and the resorts up the coast from it. The harbour is a port of entry for arrival by water as well as by air, so a hull can meet you on the same paperwork the aircraft cleared on. For a party staying at this end the day ends twenty minutes after the wheels stop, which is the argument for the south over the middle. Onward flying, overnight stays and the flats behind the island are all on the Exuma destination page, a day on the bonefish flats is booked from here, and the packaged version is the Exuma getaway day trip. For anything that will not travel in the cabin there is island logistics.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book a Private Jet Miami to Exuma?
Send the date and the number of guests. You get what is free, what it costs and the hour it can leave, and nothing is held until you say so.
Add-Ons
Private Jet to Miami Add-Ons
Tell us which of these you want when you send your dates and they come back priced with the aircraft.
In Detail
Private Jet from Miami to Exuma: The Weather Below You, the Length of the Chain and George Town
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind it: why a jet is the aircraft that ignores the afternoon at this range, how late the hour can still move, who does the paperwork, and what a date worth marking looks like on a flight to the Bahamas.
Private Jet Exuma from Miami: Flying High and Fast Above the Weather
Above the weather on a private jet from Miami to Exuma
The crossing is not dead time between two airports, and on a run this long it is not the part that usually goes wrong either. The weather is. Two hundred and seventy six nautical miles of open water sit between Miami and George Town, and an afternoon of weather anywhere along them moves the day. A boat waits it out, a light aircraft flies under it or not at all. A jet climbs through the layer and holds one altitude the whole way across, so a front that grounds everything else is usually a non-event. On a chain this long that is the difference between a trip and an expedition. Exuma becomes plannable a week ahead rather than on the morning: the question stops being whether the weather allows it and becomes which end of the cays you want to be standing on, and how much of the chain you mean to see before the light goes. The hours saved are the hours you get back, and the cabin carries your party and nobody else on jets in the fleet of this size. Other private jet routes from Miami are flown the same way.
Private Jet to Miami from Exuma: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a private jet to Exuma
Nobody hands you a timetable on a charter. The day is built around the hour you name. You name the hour you want to lift off, the hour you want to be standing in Exuma and which airport in the city suits your morning. The aircraft belongs to your party for the day, so all three are your decision rather than a departure somebody else set, and a change the week before is a message to us. If the drive is shorter the other way, the same day runs out of Fort Lauderdale. Half an hour before the lift-off is the whole of the check-in. Your party walks from the car to the aircraft, the bags go on in front of you, and the list for that flight carries your names and nobody else's. The hour matters more here than on most routes, because the water does. A boat out of Elizabeth Harbour wants the tide and the light, and both are known weeks out. A charter is the one kind of flight that can be pointed at them, and the return hour moves the same way: a later flight home is a message rather than a new set of tickets.
Private Jet Charter Miami to Exuma: The Crew Files Both Borders, You Carry a Passport
Passports are all your party carries on an Exuma crossing
A private jet from Miami to Exuma crosses an international border twice in a day, and that is the part that goes wrong when nobody files it ahead. Entry asks for a declaration from Florida, clearance at a port of entry on arrival and a US return filed before you leave, which sets where you land coming home. The crew files all three. Your party carries a valid passport and nothing else. Exuma International is itself a port of entry, so the arrival clears on the field the aircraft stops on rather than at a second airport flown first. Further up the chain that is not true: Staniel Cay has no border desk at all, which is why the southern field is the one a jet uses. Passports for everyone, children included, per the travel documents guidance. What may travel sits in the baggage guidance. The landing point coming home comes with the quote, and a departure moved by weather runs under the weather and delays policy. If the party changes, the crew refiles: a name added or dropped is a message to us, not a problem for you.
Private Jet Charter from Miami to Exuma: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day trip, a long weekend or something to celebrate in Exuma
A private jet from Miami to Exuma is booked when the day is worth marking: a birthday, a proposal, a graduation, a weekend away with the people who matter. The cays are empty enough that the occasion, not the crowd, is what the day is about. Some parties fly over for the day and are home the same evening. Others stay on and book the return for the day they want. Both are one charter, and the whole group travels together on one booking. If there is something to celebrate, say so when you book: catering, a private chef, premium beverages and flowers travel with you. Everything is in place before you board in Miami, and out here that is the whole of it: a settlement this size does not hold a table, a boat or a cart for a party that arrives asking. A date that has to look like something cannot afford to move either, and that is the other half of what this aircraft buys you. That is what a Private Jet Charter from Miami to Exuma is for.
Questions
Private Jet Miami to Exuma: Questions Answered
How long is the private jet flight from Miami to Exuma?
George Town sits around two hundred and seventy six nautical miles south east of the city, which makes it one of the longer crossings we fly out of Miami. On a jet that is still a short leg, and the exact block time comes back with the quote rather than as a number on a web page.
What matters more on this route is that the crossing costs so little of the day that a chain this far out is still a day trip if you want it to be.
Why take a jet this far out?
The weather and the distance together. Two hundred and seventy six miles of open water is enough that an afternoon of cloud anywhere along it moves the day, and that is what stops boats and turns light aircraft back.
A jet climbs above the layer and holds one altitude across, so a front that would ground everything else is usually a non-event. It is also the version of this trip that comes back with the evening intact.
Can a private jet land in Exuma?
Yes. Exuma International outside George Town has a paved runway a jet can use, and it is also a port of entry, so the border desk sits on the same field the aircraft stops on.
There is no separate customs airport to fly first. Further north in the chain the strips are small and Staniel Cay has no clearance at all, which is why the southern field is the one this aircraft uses.
Where in the chain does the jet land?
At Exuma International, which sits outside George Town at the southern end. Exuma runs about a hundred and thirty miles from there up to the small cays in the north, and most of what parties come for sits in the middle around Staniel Cay.
Tell us where you are actually staying and the day is built around that, because it decides everything else: George Town and Stocking Island are minutes from the runway, while Staniel Cay and the water around it are hours of boat north of it and are better reached on a second, smaller aircraft.
Which airport does the jet leave from in Miami?
Miami has no single business airport, it has several, and the right one is the shortest ground leg from where your morning starts. The executive field north west of the city is the usual departure and is also where a return from the islands clears US customs.
Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are possible too and have their own pages. Tell us where your party is staying and the airport is picked around that rather than the other way round.
Can we choose our own departure time?
Yes, within daylight and within what the crew is allowed to fly. That is the main thing a charter buys you, and it is worth more here than on most routes: the boat that runs you up the cays wants the tide and the light, and a charter is the one kind of flight that can be pointed at them. The hour is set when you confirm and can still be moved afterwards if your day changes.
Is anyone else on the jet?
No. A charter carries the people you name and nobody else. There is no seat assignment, no other party sharing the cabin, and no risk of the flight leaving without part of your group. The passenger list can also change up to shortly before the flight: a name added or dropped is a refiling on our side rather than a rebooking on yours.
Do I need a passport for Exuma?
Yes, for every passenger including children. The Bahamas is a different country and a jet does not change that. We take the passport details once at the enquiry and file for both sides before departure. The travel documents page lists what each passenger hands over and by when.
How early do we need to be there?
About thirty minutes. There is no terminal queue to join at either end. You arrive, you walk out to the aircraft, and the outbound border filing is already done from our side before you get there, so there is nothing to hand in and nothing to print.
Can we do it as a day trip?
Yes, and the aircraft is what makes it one. The crossing takes a fraction of the day even at this range, both ends are quick, and the return hour stays movable while you are still in the islands. On anything slower the same itinerary is two days with a night in it. That holds for the southern end.
If the pigs and the grotto are the reason for the trip, it is not a day trip on this aircraft alone: that part of the chain is around twenty eight miles of water north of the runway, so it is a night on the islands or a short second leg on a smaller aircraft, and we say which when you send the date.
What if the weather turns on the day?
Less often than on anything else we fly this route with, and that is the point of the aircraft. A jet operates above the layer that grounds the rest, so an afternoon of weather in the middle of the crossing is usually a non-event.
When it is not, the day moves: we would rather rebook a flight than fly it badly, you are told as early as we know, and because the aircraft was held for your party it is a conversation rather than a queue for the next available seat.
How do we start?
Send the date, the number of guests, which airport suits your morning and the hour you would like. You get back what is free, what it costs, the boarding time and what is included, and nothing is held until you say so.
If the day has anything else in it, a boat held at the dock or a table booked for the afternoon, say so at the same time and it comes back priced alongside the aircraft.
Can I bring a pet on a private jet charter?
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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