The Charter
Private Plane Miami to Sun Cay
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 how little of the day is spent waiting for other people.
Sun Cay is a small private island off New Providence, and it has no strip of its own, so the aircraft sets down on the main island and a boat covers the last few miles. That last leg is short and it is arranged with the flight rather than found on arrival, which is the part a chartered aircraft actually buys you here.
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 the same aircraft carries on into the rest of the Bahamas on the same day if you want it to.
Plan Your Sun Cay Charter
How It Works
How a Private Plane to Sun Cay 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 Sun Cay 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 day out to Sun Cay that is what decides whether the island is an afternoon or a whole day, because the boat at the far end runs to your flight rather than to a published departure. If the morning slips, the aircraft waits, because it has nowhere else to be.
The Terminal
You walk out of a private terminal, not through an airport
In Florida you park, walk to the aircraft and go, with the outbound filing already done from the departure point. On the Bahamian side the general aviation side of the field is separate from the airline terminal, so your party clears in and walks out to the car without ever crossing the building the scheduled passengers are in.
The Water Leg
The last few miles are a boat, and it is set up before you fly
Sun Cay has no runway, which means every arrival finishes over water. The difference a charter makes is that the boat is booked around your landing , so there is no published crossing to make and nothing to queue for at a dock.
If you would rather land on the water in the first place, a seaplane to Sun Cay does exactly that and is a different aircraft on a different page.
The Return
The way home from Sun Cay belongs to you the 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 on the island. That is what turns a crossing into a day rather than a schedule to work backwards from: a second snorkel, a long lunch, a boat that comes back late, and the aircraft is still there.
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 Sun Cay
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 Sun Cay
Chartering an aircraft is not booking a seat. There are four steps, and only the first one is yours.
Plan Your Sun Cay 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 you want to travel. Tell us the hour you would like to leave. Say if the island is the whole day or the first stop of one.
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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, the landing site and the boat that runs the last few miles. Then everything around the flight. Catering on board, a car waiting when you land, ground transport to the dock or back to the airport. 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, step onto the boat and the day starts.
On the Island
Where a Private Plane Charter to Sun Cay from Miami Puts You Down
The aircraft sets down on New Providence and the last few miles are water. From the moment the door opens 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 Sun Cay CharterWhere the Wheels Stop and the Boat to Sun Cay Starts
Getting There
The flight finishes on New Providence, on the general aviation side of the field rather than at the airline terminal. Clearing in happens there, and it is the one fixed point of the day. What a charter buys at this step is the morning.
A party on a scheduled flight lands with the rest of an aircraft and joins the back of whatever the hall is doing. A private arrival walks off, clears and is in the car while that is still happening, and the boat is waiting because it was booked around your landing rather than published in advance.
Ask for ground transport at the enquiry and the drive across to the dock is part of the day rather than a taxi you go looking for.
Six Figures Standing Under the Surface at Sun Cay
Worth the Mask
The sculpture garden is the thing most parties come for. Six hand-carved figures stand on the sand in snorkelling depth, close enough to the surface that nobody needs a tank and shallow enough that children get a proper look at them. It is also the clearest case on this island for having your own aircraft.
A day tour gives the garden a slot and moves on. A chartered party swims it at the hour the light is best, comes out, eats, and goes back in afterwards if the water is still worth it, because nothing downstream is booked against you.
The Wreck and the Aircraft on the Sun Cay Reef
A Second Swim
A sunken boat and a small aircraft lie on the reef off the island, in the same shallow water as the statues and usually taken in the same swim. Neither is deep and neither needs a guide.
This is the stop that gets cut when a day is timed by somebody else, because it sits at the far end of the reef and adds half an hour. On a charter it is simply another half hour, and it is the reason parties who have been out here before ask for a later flight home the second time.
The Sun Cay Iguanas and the Guided Walk
On Land
There is an iguana habitat on the island and it is walked with a guide, usually in fifteen or twenty minutes. The animals are used to visitors and the walk is flat, so it suits a mixed group better than anything in the water does.
It works well as the thing you do while lunch is being put out, which is exactly the kind of ordering that falls apart when a boat is leaving at a fixed time. Tell us at the enquiry if part of the party would rather stay dry all day and the afternoon gets built that way.
Three Beaches, Two Pools and Four Bars on Sun Cay
The Middle of the Day
For an island this size the ground is generously laid out: three beaches facing different ways, two pools and four bars between them. Nobody has to agree on one spot, which is what makes it work for a group that wants different things from the same afternoon. Lunch is the point at which most days either settle or start watching the clock.
With the aircraft held there is no clock to watch: the table can run as long as it runs. If the meal is meant to be the occasion rather than a break in one, say so early and it is arranged rather than ordered on the day, the same way catering on board is.
An Afternoon at Sun Cay Nobody Else Timed
Your Clock
Sun Cay is sold almost everywhere as a slot: a boat out of Nassau, a set number of hours, a boat back. That shape decides the whole day before anyone gets wet, and it is the single thing a chartered aircraft removes.
The practical version is small and it matters: you swim when the water is right rather than when the group is scheduled, you leave the reef when you are finished with it, and the flight home is the hour you name that morning.
A party that wants a second island in the afternoon can have one; a party that wants to stay put until the light goes can do that instead. Anything more particular than either is a custom request and we would rather hear it early than well.
The Sun Cay Load Is Yours to Trade
What Comes With You
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 day out to an island that is more practical than philosophical. Masks and fins that actually fit, an underwater camera, a cooler, a case of something for the boat: 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 field, and that is island logistics rather than a charter with extra bags.
One More Island After Sun Cay
The Next Leg
Clearing in on New Providence is what makes a second stop simple: once your party is through, every leg after it is domestic and none of them send you back to a hub first. An aircraft that belongs to you for the day can string those legs together in whatever order suits the weather and the light.
Nassau is minutes away, Harbour Island, Andros and Staniel Cay and the Exumas are all inside an easy afternoon, and Grand Bahama sits north of the whole chain. That is the shape of an island hopping day or a longer Bahamas day; a single island and back is a Sun Cay getaway day trip. The full list is on the Bahamas destinations page.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Book a Private Plane Charter to Sun Cay 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 Sun Cay 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 Sun Cay: Your Names, Your Hour and a Boat at the End
Everything above is the day. What follows is the detail behind it: who is on board, who does the paperwork, which field the aircraft uses, and how late the hour can still move on a flight to the Bahamas.
Private Plane Miami to Sun Cay: Flying Low Over the Reef and the Flats
Room enough and a window each on a Sun Cay 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. Sun Cay is a private island off the north shore of New Providence, about eight nautical miles from Nassau and a mile east of Paradise Island. In practice that means the field on New Providence, though Chub Cay or a field further down the chain can suit a routing better, and the crew files for whichever one the day actually uses. Sun Cay is a small private island off New Providence, and it has no strip of its own, so the aircraft sets down on the main island and a boat covers the last few miles. The cabin holds the same people the whole way across, and so does the boat at the far end, which is booked for your party rather than shared with a tour. 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 Sun Cay from Miami: You Decide the Departure Time
Your hour, your names and a private plane to Sun Cay
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 Sun Cay 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. The payload is yours, so the trade between passengers and weight is too, which is why what you bring is a conversation here instead of a policy printed on a ticket. 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 Sun Cay: The Crew Files Both Borders, You Carry a Passport
Passports are all your party carries on a Sun Cay crossing
A private plane from Miami to Sun Cay crosses an international border twice in a day. It is the part that goes wrong when nobody files it in advance. 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. On a Crown Air charter the crew files all three. 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 Sun Cay: Milestone Days and Bahamas Weekends
A day trip, a weekend or something to celebrate on Sun Cay
A private private plane from Miami to Sun Cay 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 Sun Cay is for. None of them carry a scheduled service worth planning around, and all of them take this aircraft, so a day here can carry on to the next island instead of doubling back to a hub. An anniversary that leaves late enough for everyone to reach the airport without a 5am start. 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 Sun Cay: Questions Answered
What does chartering a private plane to Sun Cay actually include?
The aircraft and the crew for your party, both border filings, and the ground arrangements you ask for at either end, including the boat that covers the last few miles.
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 on arrival and onward transport are added when you ask for them and come back priced with the aircraft.
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.
In practice 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. Tell us 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. The boat at the far end is held for the same list, so the crossing is not a shared one either.
Does the plane land on Sun Cay?
No, and no aircraft on wheels does. Sun Cay is a small private island and it has no runway, so the flight sets down on New Providence and a boat covers the last few miles.
That leg is short and it is arranged around your landing rather than run to a timetable. If you would rather come in from the air all the way, a seaplane sets down on the water beside the island instead, and that is a different aircraft on its own page.
Do I need a passport for Sun Cay?
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 on the Florida side, because the departure is from 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 your party is cleared in, every leg after it is domestic, and the aircraft can carry on down the chain rather than return to a hub first. The fields in the Exumas and the Berry Islands take the same type. 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. Send the date and the headcount and you get real numbers rather than an estimate.
Can the private plane collect us from a marina or a hotel dock?
Not on wheels. A private plane runs airport to airport. If the pickup needs to be a marina, a hotel dock or a beach, the same day runs on a seaplane instead and we can collect you there.
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 car at the airport or a table held 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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