Small Plane Charter Fort Lauderdale

It depends on where you end up. From downtown Fort Lauderdale it is 51 nautical miles to Bimini, 81 to Freeport, 129 to Key West, 164 to Nassau and 191 to North Eleuthera.

The aircraft flies those miles low, so there is no table value to quote: duration depends on the aircraft, the wind and the strip you land on, and it arrives with your boarding time once we have your dates.

Every traveller needs a passport that is still valid, children included, and a visa if their nationality calls for one. We handle the paperwork in both directions, confirm the port of entry and send a checklist after you confirm the booking. Heading down the Florida Keys crosses no border, so photo identification is enough for that trip.

Small planes use short and distant fields that larger aircraft overfly, from island strips up to regional airports. We check every field against your date: length and surface of the runway, obstacles, the load on the day and the operator's own limits all count, and a private strip can require the owner's consent. When an island lacks a strip altogether, a seaplane covers the same route.

Fort Lauderdale Executive is the field our operator partners name for small plane work in Broward, and one partner also works from a private terminal at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. A party staying further south can start from Opa-locka instead. Tell us where the morning begins and the departure point comes back already chosen, with the boarding time.

Your first landing in the Bahamas is a stop at a port of entry where the aircraft is cleared, and the trip carries on after that. On the way home United States customs is cleared before anyone heads off, which Fort Lauderdale Executive can do with its own federal inspection station. You carry none of the paperwork because we lodge both sides before the date.

Yes. Most near-island bookings are exactly that: you leave in the morning, come home in the evening, and the aircraft stays at the far end instead of flying off. What you rent is the entire aircraft with its crew, never a single seat. We lodge both borders ourselves, so the day asks nothing of you beyond the passports.

Usually more than people assume, and that is often why this aircraft gets chosen, though the allowance is worked out for each flight. Passenger count, the fuel needed for the leg and the strip at each end all set it, and soft bags pack best.

Diving gear, rods, coolers and golf clubs normally come too when you tell us at booking, and the allowance is fixed before you fly.

A small plane is flown by eye as much as by instrument, which means low cloud, poor visibility or a strong crosswind at the strip can hold a departure on an otherwise clear morning.

We follow the forecast from the day before and call you early if it turns. Then you choose between a later hour, a different strip or another aircraft. The pilot in command and the operator make the final call on safety.

Florida legs often can, Bahamas legs sometimes can. A border crossing has to be notified and a port of entry confirmed, and a private strip needs the owner's agreement, so those steps decide how late you can still book.

In season it also comes down to which aircraft is free. Send the date and both ends of the trip and a flight planner tells you straight away.

The answer depends on the aircraft for your date. Cessna Grand Caravan, Piper Aztec and Piper Navajo have different cabin sizes, and bags take their share of the same load as people. You charter the aircraft whole, so your party sits on one manifest, and a bigger group travels as a second plane or a second leg agreed ahead of the date.

No. There is no timetable and no seat to buy. A small plane taxi is a private flight on call: the aircraft is chartered whole, it leaves at the hour you name from the field closest to your morning, and the crew takes you straight to the strip you picked. Nobody else is on the manifest.

Yes. All South Florida departure points serve the same islands, and after counting the drive the gap between them is small. Choose the field nearest to your hotel instead of the one nearest the island. Tell us where the morning starts and the answer returns with your boarding time.

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.

Pricing is for the whole aircraft, not per seat, and the figure moves with three things: the aircraft assigned to your date, the number of people once luggage is counted, and how long the plane waits for you. Distance matters too, so we ask for the destination first. Give us those and a single all-in price comes back before any payment is due.