The Charter
Private Plane Miami to Berry Islands
A charter is not a ticket. You are not buying a seat next to strangers, you are booking the aircraft. That one difference decides who is on board, what hour the day starts, and, in this chain more than anywhere else we fly, which island you step out onto at the far end.
The Berry Islands run roughly thirty miles from top to bottom, and the two fields that can clear you in sit at opposite ends of that run. Great Harbour Cay is the northern one, Chub Cay the southern one. On a scheduled seat the choice is already made for you. On a private plane Miami to Berry Islands it is a line in your enquiry.
Everything between the two ends is ours: the departure point in Miami, 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, and turns up shortly before the boarding time rather than hours ahead of it.
It is one of several small plane routes from Miami and it sits in the middle of the country rather than at its edge, so the same aircraft carries on into the rest of the Bahamas the same afternoon.
Plan Your Berry Islands Charter
How It Works
How a Private Plane to Berry Islands from Miami Actually Works
Six things change the moment the aircraft belongs to one party for the day, and only one of them is about the aircraft itself.
Plan Your Berry Islands CharterWho Is On Board
The passenger list for the Berry Islands is written by you and closed by you
A charter carries the people you name and nobody else. There is no seat map to be assigned around, no stranger in the row behind, and no reason to arrive early to secure anything. The list can still move up to the day before: a name added, a name dropped, a child who turns out to be coming after all. We refile and the flight is the same flight.
Which End You Land On
The chain has two entry fields and you say which one the day starts at
This is the decision that does not exist on a scheduled seat. Great Harbour Cay sits at the top of the chain and Chub Cay at the bottom, roughly thirty miles apart, and both of them can clear you in.
If the house, the boat or the people you are meeting are at the southern end, landing at the northern one costs you a long run in a tender. Tell us where the day actually happens and the aircraft goes to the closer field.
The Hour You Leave
Departure for the Berry Islands is a decision rather than a listing
Scheduled service leaves when it leaves. A charter leaves when you want it to, inside daylight and inside what the crew is legally allowed to fly. That is why a same day return to the Berry Islands works at all: you are back before the afternoon builds rather than waiting on the next available departure. If the morning slips, the aircraft waits, because it has nowhere else to be.
No Terminal at Either End
Neither end of the Berry Islands route has a concourse to walk through
In Florida you park, walk to the aircraft and go, with the outbound filing already done from the departure point. At the far end the border desk stands beside the strip on whichever field you picked. There is no concourse to cross, no queue to join, and nothing for your party to carry further than the door.
The Way Home
The return from the Berry Islands belongs to you the same way the outbound does
A return leg on a scheduled service is the hour somebody else published. On a charter it is the hour you name on the morning, and it can move again while you are still on the island. Lunch can run long, the boat can come back late, and the aircraft is still standing where you left it.
Weather, the One Thing That Does Not Bend
Everything else on a Berry Islands charter bends, and the weather does not
We would rather move a day than fly it badly. You hear from us as early as we know, and the flight is rebooked rather than flown. Because the aircraft was held for your party and nobody else, moving it is a conversation and not a queue for the next available seat.
Departure Points
Departure Points for a Private Plane Charter from Miami to Berry Islands
The aircraft is booked for your party alone, so the departure point is yours to pick rather than something a timetable decides. These are the four we fly from around Miami. Select one to see exactly where it sits.
Miami Executive
Miami Executive Airport, TMB, Kendall
Kendall-Tamiami in the south west of the county, a general aviation field where the distance from the car to the aircraft is measured in steps. Nobody is waiting on a boarding call, because the only people on the flight are the ones who booked it. It is the shortest drive from the south and west of Miami-Dade.
Opa-locka Executive
Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, OPF
The executive airport north west of the city, where your group waits in a private terminal and walks out when it is ready. Most island days leave from here, and the same building clears the return into the United States. There is no check-in queue, so the morning is built around your day.
Miami International
Miami International Airport, MIA
A pickup rather than a base, for a party already off an airline flight that wants the island leg from the same airport. Arranged per flight and confirmed with the operator before it is quoted. It is the one departure point that costs you time, because a commercial field runs to its own order.
Fort Lauderdale Executive
Fort Lauderdale Executive, FXE
Fort Lauderdale Executive, chosen when the group is north of Miami and the drive south would eat the hour the flight saves. The return clears in its own building there, so a day need not end where it began. The aircraft positions to meet you.
How to Charter
How to Book Before Flying Private Plane from Miami to Berry Islands
Chartering an aircraft is not booking a seat. There are four steps, and only the first one is yours.
Plan Your Berry Islands Charter- 01
Contact Us
Write to us on WhatsApp or by email. Send your dates, how many guests, where you are coming from and where in the chain you are actually going. Tell us the hour you would like to leave. The last part matters here: north end or south end changes which field we file for and how long your boat run is once you are down.
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Get Aircraft and Prices Back
We check what is free on your date and send the aircraft that fit 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 pickup point and the landing field. Then everything around the flight. Catering on board, a car or a golf cart waiting when you land, ground transport to the marina or the house. Flowers if the day is a special one. You approve it, you pay, and your boarding time, departure point and everything included come back to you.
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Just Arrive 30 Minutes Before Departure
You will have no terminal and no queue. Just make sure you are there 30 minutes before. Then you take off, land at the end of the chain you chose, and enjoy the day.
On the Islands
Where a Private Plane Charter to Berry Islands from Miami Puts You Down
The aircraft sets down beside the border desk at the end of the chain you picked, and from that moment the day is unscheduled. There is no return departure to work back from and no group to keep together, so what follows is a menu rather than an itinerary.
These are the things parties on this route actually ask for, in the order they ask for them.
Plan Your Berry Islands CharterPicking the End Before You Take Off
Your Decision
Almost nowhere else we fly hands a party this particular choice. The chain runs roughly thirty miles, and the two fields that can take you straight in from Florida sit one at each end of it. Great Harbour Cay is the northern one and Chub Cay the southern one.
Thirty miles is nothing in the air and a long morning in a tender, so the field is worth naming before the flight rather than sorting out after it. Send the address, the marina or the name of the boat with your dates and we file for whichever one your day is closest to.
A seat on a schedule cannot do this. It lands where it lands and the rest of the distance is your problem. Here it is a line in the enquiry.
The Desk Is Beside the Strip, Either Way
No Second LegClearing in is the one fixed point of the day, and in this chain it happens at whichever end you chose. Both fields take arrivals from abroad, so there is no leg before the leg you wanted.
What that buys a private party is the morning. A flight that has to clear somewhere else first loses an hour and a landing to it, and an hour is the difference between a day out and an overnight.
The paperwork is filed before you leave Florida and the desk keeps daytime hours, so the walk from the aircraft to the far side of it is usually a matter of minutes. From there the islands are yours until you say otherwise. Nobody is holding a return time over you.
The North End When It Is a Beach Day
Great Harbour Cay
Great Harbour Cay is the biggest island in the chain and runs about eight miles, which is most of the sand anyone comes here for. Bullocks Harbour is the settlement, and Sugar Beach, Shelling Beach and Sand Dollar Hill are all within a cart ride of it.
Eight miles of island is more than a morning, and that is the argument for having your own aircraft parked at the end of it. A party that has to be back for a published departure sees one beach. A party that does not sees whichever ones the day turns out to deserve.
Ask for ground transport with the flight rather than on arrival. On an island this shape a cart at the strip is worth more than it sounds, and what there actually is to do once you are moving belongs on the Berry Islands destination page.
The South End When It Is a Boat Day
Chub Cay
Chub Cay sits at the bottom of the chain where the bank drops away into deep water, so it is called the Billfish Capital of The Bahamas and why most parties who land there are here for a boat rather than a hotel.
The marina is a short ride from the strip. A charter that lands at ten has people aboard well before lunch, and the boat sets the end of the day rather than an airline does. That is the whole reason to fly into this end instead of the other one.
It is also the end closest to Nassau, which matters if the trip is really two places rather than one. A fishing day by air out of here is a common shape for the request.
The Middle of the Chain, If You Want It
Hoffman's Cay
Between the two ends the chain is mostly uninhabited, and the single most asked-for stop in it is the blue hole on Hoffman's Cay: a round pool inland from the beach with a cliff about twenty feet above the water on one side.
It is a boat run from either end and it is the reason the aircraft waiting for you matters. A detour like this eats two hours out of a day, which is fine when the only clock is yours and impossible when it is not.
Slot it in when you send your dates. The cays with no strip at all are reached on the water, either from the boat you already have or on a seaplane, which is a different aircraft and a different page.
Two Cays at the Top That Are Not Yours
The Cruise End
Great Stirrup Cay and Little Stirrup Cay sit at the northern tip of the chain and both belong to cruise lines. They are private islands with a working day of their own, and they are not a stop on a chartered flight. We say so here rather than let you find out on the day.
It is worth knowing because photographs of this chain often turn out to be those two, and the beaches that are actually open to you are further south. If a cruise call is what the trip is built around, that is a different kind of day and a custom request rather than this page.
What Comes With You
Weighed, Not Counted
When the aircraft carries one party, what goes in the back is a conversation about weight rather than a rule about bag counts. That is a practical difference on this route more than a philosophical one.
Rods and reels for the deep water, a cooler for the boat, dive gear, a case of something for the house: all of it travels, within the payload for the aircraft on the day.
Because nobody else is on board, the trade is between your own passengers and your own load, and you decide where it falls. The baggage guidance sets out how that works. Anything larger than luggage is a different service on the same strip, and that is island logistics rather than a charter with extra bags.
Carrying On the Same Day
Your Itinerary
This chain sits in the middle of the country rather than at its edge, so it is often the first stop rather than the whole trip. Clearing in here is what makes that simple: once your party is through the desk, every leg after it is domestic.
An aircraft that belongs to you for the day can string those legs together in any order you like. Nassau, Andros, Harbour Island, Grand Bahama and Staniel Cay and the Exumas all take the same type, and none of them require going back to a hub first.
That is the shape of an island hopping day or a longer Bahamas day; a single stop and back is a Berry Islands day trip. The full list is on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book a Private Plane Charter to Berry Islands from Miami?
Send the date, the number of guests and which end of the chain you are headed for. You get the aircraft that are free, what each one costs and the hour it can leave, and nothing is held until you say so.
Add-Ons
Private Plane to Berry Islands 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 Plane Charter Miami to Berry Islands: One Party, Two Airports of Entry
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind it: who is on board, who does the paperwork, why the field at the far end is your decision rather than a timetable's, and how late the hour can still move on a flight to the Bahamas.
Private Plane Miami to Berry Islands: Flying Low Over the Reef and the Flats
Room enough and a window each on a Berry Islands private plane
The crossing is not dead time between two airports. The cabin is yours for it, so what is below is part of the day rather than something to sit through. Distance and TimeAbout a hundred and fifty miles of open water, roughly fifty minutes of it in the airDowntown Miami to the chain is roughly 150 statute miles, almost all of it water. Everything between the two ends is ours: the departure point in Miami, the aircraft and the crew, both border filings and the travel documents the Bahamas wants before you leave Florida. Great Harbour Cay and Chub Cay both take the aircraft and both clear you in, and they sit at opposite ends of a run of roughly thirty miles. At the far end the desk sits beside the strip on whichever field you chose, which is the part that keeps a day trip a day trip. The cabin belongs to your party and nobody else, so the crossing is yours to spend as you like. what travels with you is arranged before you board.
Private Plane to Berry Islands from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a private plane to Berry Islands
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 on Berry Islands and which water 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. 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. Nothing about the morning waits on a stranger. Because the aircraft is yours, the field it leaves from is a choice and not a given. And the crossing is a reason in itself. The windows are deep and the aircraft crosses low, so there is room for everybody to sit and watch the water change instead of taking turns at one of them.
Private Plane Charter from Miami to Berry Islands: The Crew Files Both Borders, You Carry a Passport
Passports are all your party carries on a Berry Islands crossing
A private plane from Miami to Berry Islands crosses an international border twice in a day. Entry into the Bahamas asks for a declaration filed from Florida, clearance at a port of entry on arrival and a US return filed before you leave, which is what sets where you may land coming home. Passports for everyone, children included, per the travel documents guidance. What may travel sits in the baggage guidance. That same filing sets where you land coming home: a return from the islands clears at None, so a day that began on the water finishes on a ramp and a departure moved by weather runs under the weather and delays policy. If the party changes before the flight, the crew refiles. A name added, a name dropped: that is a message to us rather than a problem for you.
Flying Private Plane from Miami to Berry Islands: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day trip, a weekend or something to celebrate on Berry Islands
A private private plane from Miami to Berry Islands is booked when the day is worth marking: a birthday, a proposal, a graduation, a weekend away with the people who matter. The flight is short enough that the occasion, not the travelling, is what the day is about. That is what a private plane from Miami to Berry Islands is for. At the far end the desk sits beside the strip on whichever field you chose, which is the part that keeps a day trip a day trip. Send the date, the number of guests and which end of the chain you are headed for. 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 the same 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.
Questions
Private Plane Miami to Berry Islands: Questions Answered
What does chartering a private plane to the Berry Islands actually include?
The aircraft and the crew for your party, both border filings, and the ground arrangements you ask for at either end. You are booking the airframe rather than seats on it, so the price covers the flight whether four people travel or eight. Catering, a car or a golf cart on arrival and onward transport are added when you ask for them and come back priced with the aircraft.
Which end of the chain should we land at?
Whichever end your day is actually at. Great Harbour Cay sits at the top of the chain and Chub Cay at the bottom, roughly thirty miles apart, and both of them can clear you in from Florida. If the house or the boat is at the southern end, landing in the north means a long tender run before the day starts.
Tell us the address, the marina or the name of the boat at the enquiry and we file for the closer field. This is the one decision a scheduled seat makes for you and a charter hands back.
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 on this route. The hour is set when you confirm and can still be moved afterwards if your day changes, because the aircraft is not going anywhere else and there are no other passengers to inconvenience.
Most parties leave in the morning and come back in the afternoon, but an early departure and a late return are both normal requests rather than exceptions.
Is anyone else on the private plane?
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 aircraft leaving without part of your group because a connection did not hold. 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 we have to connect through Nassau to reach the Berry Islands?
No. Both fields in the chain have their own border desk, so the aircraft flies straight there and clears in where it lands. Connecting through a larger airport is what scheduled travel into the out islands usually requires, and it is the step a private charter removes.
The same holds afterwards: once you are cleared in here, an onward leg to another island is domestic and does not send you back to a hub first.
Do I need a passport for the Berry Islands?
Yes, for every passenger including children. The Bahamas is a different country and a private aircraft 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 at the airport?
About thirty minutes. There is no terminal to cross and no queue to join at either end, because both ends of this route are general aviation. You park, walk to the aircraft and go. The outbound border filing is already done from our side before you arrive, so there is nothing to hand in and nothing to print.
Can we change the passenger list after booking?
Yes, up to the day before in most cases. A name added or dropped means we refile the manifest, and the flight is otherwise unchanged. Tell us as early as you can, because the paperwork is what needs the notice, not the aircraft.
Can we fly on to another island the same day?
Often yes. Once the aircraft is yours it can carry on rather than return to a hub first, and the strips in the Abacos and the Exumas take the same type.
This chain sits in the middle of the country rather than at its edge, which is why it works well as a first stop. Send the whole itinerary at the enquiry and it comes back as one day rather than two flights.
What if the weather turns on the day?
The day moves. Weather is the one thing a charter does not make flexible, and we would rather move a flight than fly it badly.
You are told as early as we know, and the aircraft is rebooked to a date that works for your party. Because the aircraft was held for you and nobody else, moving it is a conversation rather than a queue for the next available seat.
Is a private charter cheaper than scheduled flights for a group?
It depends on the size of the party and what the day is worth to you. The aircraft costs the same whether it is full or not, so the cost per person falls as the group grows, and a party of six or eight is where the comparison usually turns.
What does not show up in a fare comparison is the hour you get back at each end of the day, and on this route the tender run you do not have to make. Send the date and the headcount and you get real numbers rather than an estimate.
How do we start?
Send the date, the number of guests, where you are leaving from and which end of the chain you are headed for. You get back the aircraft that are free, what each one 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 cart at the strip 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 plane 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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