Private Jet from Miami to North Eleuthera

The field lies a little over a hundred and ninety nautical miles east of the city, at the top of Eleuthera. The block time comes with the quote rather than as a figure on a web page, because it depends on the aircraft and on which Miami airport you leave from.

On a jet it is a short leg either way, and that is the point: the time on the island is what you are paying for. What we can say is where it lands: at the top of the island, not at the far end of it.

The weather. Cloud and squalls build over the Gulf Stream through the afternoon, and that is what shifts days on this route. A boat waits for it to clear and a light aircraft flies below it or stays on the ground.

A jet climbs above the layer and cruises level. On a date picked for a reason, that is the gap between the day going ahead and the day moving. The same holds for the flight home, which is the leg people forget to plan for.

Yes. The top of the island has a paved field that takes a jet, and it is a Bahamian airport of entry. Not every island in the country can say that.

It is why a party can come down at the north end directly rather than at another field with a long drive up the island afterwards. The officers who clear you work on the same field, so landing and arriving are one step.

On the field you land on. North Eleuthera is an airport of entry, so the officers work on the same apron the aircraft parks on. There is no separate customs airport to visit first and no second flight to reach a desk.

The crew files the Bahamas declaration from Florida and the US return before you leave, and your party carries a valid passport and nothing else. None of it needs a separate booking.

Three Island Dock, where the boats leave for Harbour Island, is about a mile from the field, and the crossing takes around ten minutes. Gene's Bay, where they leave for Spanish Wells, is a few miles west.

A car can be waiting at the aircraft and run you to either one, booked with the flight rather than looked for when you land. If the day ends on Harbour Island, the boat back and the car to the aircraft are timed together.

The part of the island where the Bahamas began. Preacher's Cave at the very top is where the settlers of 1648 sheltered after their wreck on the reef, and the Glass Window Bridge to the south crosses a strip of rock with the Atlantic on one side and the calm bank on the other.

The Bluff, the Bogues, Current and Gregory Town are the settlements, and Current Cut is one of the fastest drift dives anywhere. Most of it is a short drive from the field.

Miami has no single business airport, it has several, and the right one is the shortest drive 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 work too and have their own pages. Tell us where your party is staying and the airport is chosen around that. The same choice applies on the way home, so the car waiting in Florida is booked at the same time.

Yes, within daylight and within what the crew may legally fly. That is the heart of what a charter buys. The hour is fixed when you confirm and can still move afterwards if your plans change, because the aircraft is not needed anywhere else and there are no other passengers to wait on.

Two extra hours at the top of the island is the difference between seeing the bridge and seeing the bridge and the cave. Tell us the hour with the dates and it is built in from the start.

No. A charter carries the people you name and no one else. There is no seat allocation, no second party in the cabin, and no chance of the flight leaving without part of your group. The passenger list can change until shortly before departure: a name added or dropped is a refiling on our side, not a rebooking on yours. It is your party's aircraft from the first message to the flight home.

Yes, for every passenger including children. The Bahamas is another country and a private 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. Nothing else is asked of your party at the desk, because the crew has already filed the rest.

Yes. The flying takes a small share of the day, both ends are quick, and the return hour stays open while you are still on the island. The north end suits it well: the bridge, the cave and the dock are all short drives from the field, so a morning arrival leaves a full afternoon. Harbour Island adds a boat ride each way, and that is worth building into the return time.

Less often than with anything else flown on this route, and that is the reason for the aircraft. A jet cruises above the layer that grounds the rest, so an afternoon of Gulf Stream weather rarely matters.

When it does, the day moves: we would rather rebook a flight than fly it badly, you hear as soon as we know, and because the aircraft was held for your party it is a conversation rather than a wait for the next free seat. The return leg is timed and filed the same way.

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.