The Charter
Private Plane Miami to Little San Salvador
A charter is not a ticket. You are not buying a seat next to strangers, you are booking the aircraft. That one difference decides everything else about the day: who is on board, what hour it leaves, and which field it uses at the far end.
Little San Salvador sits 240 nautical miles out, on the bank between Eleuthera and Cat Island, and it has no runway of its own. So the aircraft is not flying to a strip on the cay. It is flying to the field you choose on the islands either side of it, and that choice is the reason to have the aircraft to yourself in the first place.
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. The same aircraft carries on from the field it lands at to the rest of the Bahamas without going back through a hub first.
Plan Your Little San Salvador Charter
How It Works
How a Private Plane to Little San Salvador from Miami Actually Works
Six things change the moment the aircraft belongs to one party for the day, and none of them are about the aircraft itself.
Plan Your Little San Salvador CharterThe Manifest
The passenger list is written by you and nobody adds to it
A charter carries the people you name and no one 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.
It also means the party can change 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.
The Clock
The departure time 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.
On a run this far out that is what makes the day work at all: a crossing of 240 nautical miles and a boat ride at the end need a morning start to come back the same afternoon, and the morning start is yours to name. If the party is slow getting to the field, the aircraft waits, because it has nowhere else to be.
The Terminal
You walk out of a private terminal, not through an airport
The Florida end of this route is general aviation. You park, walk to the aircraft and go, with the outbound filing already done from the departure point. The Bahamian end is a small field with the border desk in the building beside the apron. There is no terminal to cross, no queue to join, and nothing for your party to carry further than the door.
The Field
Which island you land on is part of the booking, not a given
Because nobody else is flying, nobody else has a say in where the aircraft puts down. The cay itself has no strip, so the useful question is which neighbour you want to be standing on when the wheels stop: south Eleuthera, or the north end of Cat Island.
They are different mornings and different boat rides, and you pick one when you send the dates rather than being handed one.
The Return
The way home belongs to you in the same way the way out 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 out on the water.
That is what turns a crossing into a day rather than a schedule to work backwards from: the boat can come back late and the aircraft is still on the apron where you left it.
The Weather
Weather is the one thing a charter does not make more flexible
Everything else on this page bends. Weather does not, and 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 Little San Salvador
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 Little San Salvador
Chartering an aircraft is not booking a seat. There are 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 where you want to travel. Tell us the hour you would like to leave. On a run this far out the morning hour is what decides whether the day works, so name it.
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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 field at the far end. Then everything around the flight. Catering on board, a car or a golf cart waiting when you land, ground transport onward from the apron. 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 field you picked, and enjoy the day.
On the Island
Where a Private Plane Charter to Little San Salvador from Miami Puts You Down
The aircraft sets down at the field you picked, beside the border desk, 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 Little San Salvador CharterChoosing the Field Before You Choose the Day
Your First DecisionFour fields sit within reach of the cay and a charter lets you name one of them. Rock Sound at the bottom of Eleuthera is the nearest. New Bight sits on Cat Island to the southeast. Arthur's Town is the northern field on that same island, and Governor's Harbour is halfway up Eleuthera.
A scheduled traveller does not get this question asked of them. They are routed through whichever airport the timetable serves and the rest of the day is built backwards from it. Here the question comes first, and the answer changes how long you are on the water and how early you have to leave Florida.
Tell us at the enquiry where the boat is picking you up or where the house is, and we will say which field makes the day shortest. It is a five minute conversation that usually saves an hour.
Governor's Harbour, Halfway Up Eleuthera
The Wider Choice
Most parties heading for the cay look only at the southern end of the island. Governor's Harbour sits well north of it, and it is the right answer whenever the day has something on Eleuthera in it as well as the water. A charter can use it because a charter is not routed.
If lunch is booked somewhere in the middle of the island, or the house is nearer the settlement than the point, landing here turns two long drives into none. The trade is a longer run down to the water at the far end, and that trade is yours to make rather than an airline's.
The rest of what there is around here belongs on the Eleuthera page and on the small plane route into central Eleuthera rather than on this one.
Arthur's Town at the Top of Cat Island
The Other Side
Cat Island has a field at each end. New Bight is the one everybody names; Arthur's Town sits at the north, closer to the top of the island and to the water that runs back towards the cay. Nothing about a schedule would ever put you here.
It exists on this page because a chartered aircraft can be told to use it, and because a party staying at the north end of Cat Island would otherwise spend the first hour of the holiday in a car. Ask for it by name at the enquiry.
A Boat That Is Already Waiting
The Last Stretch
The last miles to the cay are over water whichever field you use, so the boat is not an afterthought on this route. It is the second half of the journey and it is booked at the same time as the aircraft. That is the practical reason to arrange it with the flight rather than on arrival.
A boat that is told your landing time is at the dock when you get there; a boat found on the morning is a phone call and a wait in the sun. Ask for ground transport from the apron at the enquiry and the two halves are handed over as one day.
What the water itself looks like once you are on it belongs to the seaplane page, which puts you on it directly.
Staying Out Until the Light Goes
Your Own Clock
This is the single thing parties notice most, and it has nothing to do with the aircraft. Nobody is waiting for your seat, so the afternoon ends when you decide it ends rather than when a departure was published. The real limit is daylight, because the boat leg has to happen in it.
Inside that, the return hour is a message: an extra two hours on the water, a later dinner, a decision made at four rather than at booking. The crew is holding the aircraft for your party and for nobody else, so there is nothing for a late departure to disrupt.
Putting a Second Stop in the Day
On the Way Home
Once your party is cleared into the Bahamas, every leg after that is domestic. That turns the trip home into a choice rather than a reverse of the trip out. Parties use it in two ways. Either the aircraft lifts from the field it landed at and drops somewhere else for the evening, or it takes a longer way back over the chain because the light is worth it.
Both are a line in the booking rather than a new flight, and both cost hours rather than a second charter. A day built around lunch somewhere specific is a fly and dine day. Anything more particular than that is a custom request and we would rather hear it early than well.
Loading for the Water, Not for a Locker
Your Payload
When the aircraft carries one party, what goes in the back is a conversation about weight rather than a rule about bag counts. On a run that ends on a boat, that changes what the day can include.
Coolers, fins and masks, a case of something for the house, a bag that is going straight onto a yacht: 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 apron, and that is island logistics rather than a charter with extra bags.
Stringing Islands Together in One Day
Your Itinerary
The cay is rarely the whole trip. It is a morning or an afternoon inside something larger, and an aircraft that belongs to you for the day can put those pieces in any order you like. Nassau, Harbour Island, Andros 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 island and back is a Little San Salvador getaway day trip. The full list is on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book a Private Plane Charter to Little San Salvador from Miami?
Send the date and the number of guests. 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 Little San Salvador 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 Little San Salvador: The Aircraft Is Yours, the Island Is Not
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind it: who is on board, who does the paperwork, which field you send the aircraft to, and how late the hour can still move on a flight to the Bahamas.
The cay at the end of the name belongs to a cruise line, so the honest version of this page is about the flight and the choice of field, not about a beach we cannot promise you.
Private Plane Miami to Little San Salvador: Flying Low Over the Reef and the Flats
A window each on a Miami to Little San Salvador 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. On a run this far out that is what makes the day work at all: a crossing of 240 nautical miles and a boat ride at the end need a morning start to come back the same afternoon, and the morning start is yours to name. A party going out to the bank between Eleuthera and Cat Island is usually travelling together for a reason: a family, a crew joining a yacht at anchor, six people who booked one house between them for the week. The cay at the end of the name belongs to a cruise line, so the honest version of this page is about the flight and the choice of field, not about a beach we cannot promise you. A proposal that needs the boat to be in the right place at the right hour. 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 Little San Salvador from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a private plane to Little San Salvador
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 Little San Salvador 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 Little San Salvador: The Crew Files Both Borders, You Carry a Passport
Passports are all your party carries on a Little San Salvador crossing
A private plane from Miami to Little San Salvador 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 Little San Salvador: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day trip, a weekend or a celebration on Little San Salvador
A private private plane from Miami to Little San Salvador 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 Little San Salvador is for. We hold the aircraft, the hour, the field and the extras you asked for, and what happens on the water is yours to arrange. An anniversary where the catering on board is part of the surprise rather than an afterthought. 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 Little San Salvador: Questions Answered
What does chartering a private plane to Little San Salvador 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 the boat onward are added when you ask for them and come back priced with the aircraft.
Can the plane land on Little San Salvador itself?
No. The cay has no airstrip, so an aircraft on wheels cannot land there. The charter flies to a field on Eleuthera or Cat Island and the last stretch is by water.
If you want to set down on the water itself, that is a seaplane rather than a private plane, and it has its own page. We say this plainly rather than letting you find out on the day, because the choice of field is the part of this booking you actually decide.
Which airport will we land at?
The one you pick. Rock Sound at the south end of Eleuthera is the closest to the cay. New Bight puts you on Cat Island, Arthur's Town is the field further north on the same island, and Governor's Harbour is the one halfway up Eleuthera.
They are different mornings and different boat rides, so tell us what the rest of the trip looks like and we will say which one makes the day shortest.
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.
On a crossing of this length the morning hour is what decides whether you are back the same day, so name the hour you actually want rather than the one you think is on offer.
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 flight leaving without part of your group because a connection did not hold.
It also means the passenger list can 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?
No. The aircraft flies straight to the field you chose and clears in where it lands. Connecting through a larger airport is what scheduled travel to the out islands usually requires, and it is the step a private charter removes. Once you are cleared in, an onward leg to another island is domestic and does not send you back to a hub first.
Do I need a passport?
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 the Florida end, because it is 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 down the chain rather than return to a hub first, and the fields on Eleuthera, Cat Island and further south take the same type. Send the whole itinerary at the enquiry and it comes back as one day rather than three separate flights.
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 hours you get back at each end of a route this long. 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 the hour you would like. 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 boat waiting 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 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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