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15 cities 13 countries 20 routes

Private Jet Charterto Caribbean

Short international sectors with disproportionate paperwork. Most legs are inside light jet range, and the constraint is runway length and customs hours rather than distance.

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Destination cities

Nassau, Exuma and Eleuthera

Countries

Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Saint Barthelemy

Published routes

20 inbound, 12 outbound

Heavy jet nonstop

100%

Share of inbound routes a G450 covers without stopping

Caribbean

Flying to Caribbean

Short international sectors with disproportionate paperwork. Most legs are inside light jet range, and the constraint is runway length and customs hours rather than distance.

We publish 20 inbound routes into Caribbean across 15 cities in Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Maarten and US Virgin Islands and others. Sectors run from 161 to 2,195 nautical miles, which is a wide enough spread that aircraft class is decided route by route rather than by the region as a whole.

On 100 percent of those routes a heavy jet makes it nonstop with margin for a full cabin. On the rest you are choosing between an ultra long range airframe and a technical stop, and the honest answer is that the stop is frequently the better value. A cheaper aircraft plus an hour on the ground can beat the largest cabin on total cost, and the bid comparison shows you whether it does on your specific date.

What to confirm before committing

Customs hours at the arrival field, because outside them an officer may need calling out with notice and a fee. Permit lead times for the specific routing, since some take working days. Ramp and overnight parking availability, which at popular fields in season is the constraint people forget. And crew qualification for any terrain constrained airport on the itinerary.

Ask the operator to confirm all four against your date rather than in general. The general answer is almost always yes and the specific answer occasionally is not.

Cities

Where we fly in Caribbean

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Routes

Published sectors into Caribbean

Route	Distance	Heavy jet	Block time	Nonstop
New York to Nassau	964 nm	2h 25m	2h 22m	Nonstop
New York to Turks and Caicos	1,149 nm	2h 49m	2h 45m	Nonstop
New York to St Barths	1,494 nm	3h 33m	3h 28m	Nonstop
Miami to Turks and Caicos	505 nm	1h 26m	1h 24m	Nonstop
Miami to St Barths	1,082 nm	2h 40m	2h 37m	Nonstop
Miami to Punta Cana	795 nm	2h 03m	2h 01m	Nonstop
Atlanta to Nassau	639 nm	1h 43m	1h 41m	Nonstop
Miami to Grand Cayman	402 nm	1h 13m	1h 11m	Nonstop
Miami to Nassau	161 nm	48m	47m	Nonstop
Palm Beach to Nassau	173 nm	49m	48m	Nonstop
New York to Punta Cana	1,370 nm	3h 17m	3h 13m	Nonstop
Washington DC to Nassau	835 nm	2h 08m	2h 06m	Nonstop
New York to St Maarten	1,481 nm	3h 31m	3h 27m	Nonstop
Washington DC to Turks and Caicos	1,065 nm	2h 38m	2h 35m	Nonstop
New York to San Juan	1,408 nm	3h 22m	3h 18m	Nonstop
Denver to Nassau	1,631 nm	3h 51m	3h 45m	Nonstop
Palm Beach to Turks and Caicos	520 nm	1h 28m	1h 26m	Nonstop
New York to St Thomas	1,430 nm	3h 25m	3h 20m	Nonstop
Dallas to Nassau	1,119 nm	2h 45m	2h 41m	Nonstop
Los Angeles to Nassau	2,195 nm	5h 03m	4h 56m	Nonstop

Heavy jet column is a Gulfstream G450, block time column a Gulfstream G650ER. Both still air, winds excluded.

Questions

Charter to Caribbean

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Which airports serve Caribbean for private charter?

We track 15 metro markets across 13 countries and territories in Caribbean: Nassau (MYNN), Exuma (MYEF), Eleuthera (MYEH), Turks and Caicos (MBPV), Punta Cana (MDPC), St Barths (TFFJ), St Maarten (TNCM), St Thomas (TIST), San Juan (TJSJ) and Antigua (TAPA), among others. Each city page lists the alternates and the operating constraints that decide which field you actually use.

How far is Caribbean by private jet?

Across the routes we publish into Caribbean, the shortest sector is 161 nautical miles and the longest is 2,195. In a heavy jet that spans roughly 48m to 5h 03m of airborne time, before winds and before any fuel stop the longer sectors require.

Can a heavy jet reach Caribbean nonstop?

On 100 percent of the routes we publish into Caribbean, a Gulfstream G450 covers the sector nonstop with comfortable margin. On the remainder the distance forces either an ultra long range aircraft or a technical stop. Every route page states which applies and names the smallest class that makes it without stopping.

Do I clear customs on an international private flight?

Yes, at both ends, and flying privately changes the venue rather than the requirement. Clearance happens at the private terminal instead of a public arrivals hall and usually takes minutes. The operator files the passenger manifest in advance, which is why passport details are needed before departure rather than presented on arrival.

How far in advance does an international charter need to be booked?

Longer than a domestic leg. Landing and overflight permits are the binding constraint on some routings and several take working days to issue. Customs notification, crew duty planning and handling agent arrangements stack on top. Tell us the target date early and we will tell you what the routing actually requires.

Which aircraft can cross an ocean?

Far fewer than the marketing suggests. Of the 43 aircraft we track, the ones that reliably cross the North Atlantic with a full cabin sit in the heavy and ultra long range classes. A Gulfstream G450 manages 4,350 nm of book range and a Gulfstream G650ER manages 7,500 nm, and real missions run at roughly 80 percent of those figures once the cabin fills and the winds turn.

Why is the westbound flight longer than the eastbound one?

The jet stream. Crossing the North Atlantic eastbound you are usually flying with it and westbound you are flying into it, and on the same city pair that difference can run to an hour or more. Our block time estimates deliberately exclude winds, so treat the published figure as a still air baseline and expect the return to be the slower one.

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