The Route
Miami to Eleuthera by Private Jet
Eleuthera Island lies about 196 nautical miles from Miami, narrow and about 110 miles long, and a private jet covers the distance in about 50 minutes to an hour, with no stop in Nassau. Every private jet from Miami to Eleuthera leaves from a Miami airport with a private terminal and lands at the Eleuthera airport closest to your stay, most often North Eleuthera (ELH) for Harbour Island.
Send us the day and the size of your group, and we answer with the jets that are free, each with one total for the whole aircraft. Velvet Air books the Miami to Eleuthera private jet, a licensed carrier flies it, and both border filings are prepared from our side.
Four jet classes are offered from Miami to Eleuthera, from a light jet for six to a heavy jet for twelve where the runway allows it. The choice right below shows the difference at a glance, and hourly rates for each class are on our Miami private jet charter page. For a seaplane, a helicopter or a small plane, our flights from Miami to Eleuthera cover every aircraft.
Plan Your Private Jet
Choose Your Aircraft
Aircraft for Your Miami
to Eleuthera Private Jet
Four classes for a private jet to Eleuthera island, from six seats to twelve where the runway allows it. Each Miami to Eleuthera private jet comes with its own crew, and your group is the only one on board.
Light Jet
Citation CJ3/CJ3+
- Up to 6 passengers
- 3h range
Technical Details
- Manufacturer
- Cessna (Textron Aviation)
- Aircraft Model
- Citation CJ3/CJ3+
- Passengers
- Up to 6
- Range
- 3 hours
- Max. Takeoff Weight
- Up to 13,870 lbs
- Engines
- 2 × Williams FJ44-3A Turbofan Engines
- Max. Cruise Speed
- Up to 416 kts
- Service Ceiling
- 45,000 ft
Technical specifications are based on manufacturer data for the listed aircraft variants. Actual performance and passenger capacity may vary depending on aircraft configuration, payload and operating conditions.
Midsize Jet
Citation Excel/XLS
- Up to 8 passengers
- 4h range
Technical Details
- Manufacturer
- Cessna (Textron Aviation)
- Aircraft Model
- Citation Excel/XLS
- Passengers
- Up to 8
- Range
- 4 hours
- Max. Takeoff Weight
- Up to 20,200 lbs
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545 Series Turbofan Engines
- Max. Cruise Speed
- Up to 441 kts
- Service Ceiling
- 45,000 ft
Technical specifications are based on manufacturer data for the listed aircraft variants. Actual performance and passenger capacity may vary depending on aircraft configuration, payload and operating conditions.
Super Midsize Jet
Citation Sovereign
- Up to 8 passengers
- 7.5h range
Technical Details
- Manufacturer
- Cessna (Textron Aviation)
- Aircraft Model
- Citation Sovereign
- Passengers
- Up to 8
- Range
- 7.5 hours
- Max. Takeoff Weight
- Up to 30,775 lbs
- Engines
- 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306 Series Turbofan Engines
- Max. Cruise Speed
- Up to 460 kts
- Service Ceiling
- 47,000 ft
Technical specifications are based on manufacturer data for the listed aircraft variants. Actual performance and passenger capacity may vary depending on aircraft configuration, payload and operating conditions.
Heavy Jet
Bombardier Challenger 650
- Up to 12 passengers
- 9h range
Technical Details
- Manufacturer
- Bombardier
- Aircraft Model
- Challenger 650
- Passengers
- Up to 12
- Range
- 9 hours
- Max. Takeoff Weight
- 48,200 lbs
- Engines
- 2 × General Electric CF34-3B Turbofan Engines
- Max. Speed
- Mach 0.85
- Service Ceiling
- 41,000 ft
Technical specifications are based on manufacturer data for the listed aircraft variants. Actual performance and passenger capacity may vary depending on aircraft configuration, payload and operating conditions.
How Much Does a Private Jet from Miami to Eleuthera Cost?
| Class | Models | Guests | One way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Jet | Citation CJ3/CJ3+ | Up to 6 | From $7,500 |
| Midsize Jet | Citation Excel/XLS | Up to 8 | From $10,000 |
| Heavy Jet | Challenger 650 | Up to 12 | From $13,500 |
Estimated one-way price for the whole aircraft, before taxes and fees. Hourly rates are on our fleet page. Actual pricing depends on aircraft configuration, passenger and baggage load, weather, routing, operator availability, positioning and airport fees.
Beyond the Cabin
A Better Way to Charter a Private Jet from Miami to Eleuthera
At Velvet Air, the care goes beyond the flight itself, from priority access in the busy season, to secure payment with one year of credit if the weather intervenes, to making sure your pets travel from Miami to Eleuthera in a private jet as comfortably as you do.
Priority Access
Priority access in the busy season and to Eleuthera through our trusted network of licensed operators, helping you secure the right private jet for the dates you want.
Pay Securely, Fly Protected
We offer secure credit card payment for your private jet to Eleuthera, and if weather cancels your flight, we move it to the new date you prefer, with one year of credit, ensuring every booking feels protected from the start.
Pets in the Cabin
We offer pet-friendly private jets from Miami to Eleuthera, ensuring your pet flies right beside you in the cabin, relaxed from takeoff to landing.
How It Works
How a Private Jet to Eleuthera from Miami Works
A private jet from Miami to Eleuthera works the same way in every jet class. Here is what every Miami to Eleuthera private jet includes, from the first message to the landing on Eleuthera.
Plan Your Private JetDistance and Time
About 196 Nautical Miles, 50 Minutes to an Hour
North Eleuthera (ELH) is about 196 nautical miles from Miami International (MIA), and the island itself runs for about 110 miles from north to south. By jet that is about 50 minutes to an hour in the air, depending on the class and the wind, with no stop in Nassau, and the quote gives the planned time for your jet and your date.
Runway
Three Airports, Chosen for Your Stay
Every private jet from Miami to Eleuthera lands at one of three airports: North Eleuthera (ELH) for Harbour Island, with a runway of about 6,000 feet, Governor's Harbour in the middle or Rock Sound in the south. The jet class is checked against the runway and the load before we send the quote.
The Whole Aircraft
Your Group, Your Jet, Your Hour
On board are only the guests you list, with the cabin to yourselves from Miami to the island. The departure hour of your Miami to Eleuthera private jet is yours to choose, within the duty hours of the crew. Six travel in the light jet, eight in the midsize and super midsize classes, twelve in the heavy jet where the runway allows it.
Both Borders
Customs on Eleuthera, Filings Before You Leave
Every passenger needs a valid passport, children included. All three Eleuthera airports are airports of entry, and at North Eleuthera customs and immigration work on site during set hours and on request outside them, so the group clears the border where it lands. We file the names and passport numbers for both borders before you leave Miami.
Bags and Gear
Golf Clubs, Dive Gear and Coolers
Eleuthera is an island for beaches, boats and diving, and golf clubs, dive gear and coolers all fit in the jet, with room for fins and masks as well. The hold is planned by weight, so list what is coming when you write and the quote names a jet that carries it.
On Board and On Arrival
Catering, Celebrations and a Ride to Harbour Island
Food and drinks for the cabin, flowers or a gift for an occasion, a car at North Eleuthera for the short drive to the dock and a yacht waiting for you off Harbour Island can be ordered with the jet. They appear on the same quote, so nothing is left to arrange on the day.
Why Velvet Air
Why Velvet Air for a Private Jet from Miami to Eleuthera?
At Velvet Air, private aviation is planned around your journey. As an independent Miami air charter specialist, we are not tied to one fleet: we work directly with carefully selected, licensed operators and pick the jet that fits your date, your group and the island you are flying to. You keep one point of contact and one total price from the first message until you land.
Plan Your Private JetDeparture Points
Miami Departure Points for Your Private Jet to Eleuthera
A private jet to Eleuthera can leave from three Miami airports, and we suggest the one that is easiest to reach from where you are.
Select a departure point to see the location
Opa-locka Executive lies in the north of Miami and has a runway of about 8,000 feet with US Customs on the field. Its three full-service private terminals are run by Atlantic Aviation, Fontainebleau Aviation and Signature Flight Support. Every jet class for a private jet from Miami to Eleuthera can depart here, and it suits guests from the beaches and the northern neighbourhoods.
In Kendall, southwest of the city centre, Miami Executive is the field for guests who stay in the south. Board the jet to Eleuthera here and skip the drive north across Miami.
If you fly into Miami International on an airline and want to be on Eleuthera the same day, the jet meets you here, with the departure set around the hour you land.
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Contact Us
Send the date, the number of guests and roughly what luggage is coming on WhatsApp or by email, and say whether you come back the same evening or stay on Eleuthera or Harbour Island. A preferred hour of departure helps.
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Get Aircraft and Prices Back
We check which jets are free on your date and come back with the class for your Miami to Eleuthera trip, the Miami airport, the Eleuthera airport, the planned time in the air and one total for the whole aircraft, with what it includes.
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Confirm and Pay Securely
Confirm and pay securely by credit card, and the jet and crew are reserved for you. Add catering, flowers, a car at North Eleuthera or a yacht off Harbour Island at the same time, and send us the names and passport numbers for both borders.
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Just Arrive 30 Minutes Before Departure
Arrive at the private terminal about thirty minutes before the quoted time. Luggage is taken to the jet for you, the filing for the Bahamas is ready, and you board and take off without an airline line or a gate.
In Eleuthera
What to See When Your Private Jet from Miami Lands in Eleuthera
Below are six places to see after a private jet from Miami to Eleuthera, from Pink Sands Beach on Harbour Island to Governor's Harbour in the middle of the island.
Plan Your Private JetSelect a spot to see where it is
Pink Sands Beach runs for about three miles along the Atlantic side of Harbour Island, off the northern tip of Eleuthera, and its pink tint comes from the tiny shells of foraminifera. A private jet to Harbour Island lands at North Eleuthera; from there a short taxi reaches the dock and a water taxi crosses in about five minutes.
Dunmore Town is the only town on Harbour Island, a few minutes by water taxi from the dock near North Eleuthera. Golf carts are the main way to get around, with rental companies in town, so one can be ready when you step off the boat. Pink Sands Beach is a short ride from the centre.
At the Glass Window Bridge, north of Gregory Town, Eleuthera is only about 30 feet wide. The Atlantic lies on one side and the calmer Bight of Eleuthera on the other, and in rough weather Atlantic waves can break over the bridge and the cliffs beside it. It is a drive south from North Eleuthera and an easy stop on a day on the island.
Near Alice Town, off Eleuthera's Queen's Highway, the passages of Hatchet Bay Cave run for about a mile underground. Hatchet Bay itself is a sheltered natural harbour popular with sailors, so a yacht waiting for you can show it from the water on the same day.
Governor's Harbour is the main settlement in the middle of Eleuthera and its administrative centre. Its own airport takes a private jet from Miami right in the middle of the island, and the Queen's Highway runs from here along Eleuthera, about 110 miles in all.
North Eleuthera Airport (ELH) in the north of the island is where most private jets from Miami to Eleuthera land, the closest airport to Harbour Island. Its asphalt runway is about 6,000 feet long, and customs and immigration are handled on site during set hours, at other times on request. Governor's Harbour and Rock Sound are the other two airports of entry.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Charter a Private Jet from Miami to Eleuthera?
Write us the date and the number of guests. The reply names the jet for your Miami to Eleuthera trip, the Miami airport, the island airport and one total.
Add-Ons
Private Jet Miami to Eleuthera Add-Ons
Tell us which ones you want when you send your dates and your preferred jet. Anything beyond these is arranged together with the flight.
In Detail
Private Jet Charter Eleuthera from Miami: Harbour Island and Three Airports
Velvet Air arranges every private jet charter from Miami to Eleuthera with licensed carriers. Your group has the jet to itself, and one person plans it with you from the first message until the landing on Eleuthera. Every other island we reach by jet is on our private jet to the Bahamas page, and every aircraft on our Bahamas flights from Miami page.
Miami to Eleuthera Private Jet: You Decide the Departure Time
Leave Miami on your hour and be on Harbour Island before lunch
Eleuthera is close enough for a morning departure and far enough that the hour you leave decides how much of the day you get on the island, which is why that hour should be yours. On a Miami to Eleuthera private jet you set the departure time when you confirm, within the hours the crew may fly, and it can still move if a meeting in Brickell runs long. Wheels up from Opa-locka at nine, and the jet is down at North Eleuthera around ten; a short taxi and a few minutes on the water taxi later, you are in Dunmore Town on Harbour Island before lunch. Eleuthera keeps the same clock as Miami, so the hours you plan at home are the hours you get on the island. Tell us both hours, and the quote shows both legs, Miami to Eleuthera and Eleuthera to Miami, with the time in the air.
Private Jet to Eleuthera from Miami: Celebrations and Long Weekends
A private jet to Harbour Island for a birthday, an anniversary or a long weekend
Eleuthera suits the trips that deserve more than an ordinary weekend: a birthday dinner in Dunmore Town, an anniversary on Pink Sands Beach, a long weekend in Governor's Harbour with friends. Most of them start with a private jet to Harbour Island, which lands at North Eleuthera, a short taxi and a water taxi away from the island. For a private jet from Miami to Eleuthera we arrange what makes the trip: flowers, champagne or a gift at your seat, catering for the cabin, a car waiting at the airport and, for the days after, a yacht waiting for you off Harbour Island or in Hatchet Bay. Larger groups fit the heavy jet with twelve seats where the runway allows it, golf clubs and dive gear travel in the hold, and pets fly in the cabin with you. Tell us the occasion and the dates when you write, and the quote shows the jet and every add-on together.
FAQ
Miami to Eleuthera Private Jet FAQ
How long does a private jet take from Miami to Eleuthera?
About 50 minutes to an hour in the air for the roughly 196 nautical miles to North Eleuthera, depending on the jet class and the wind, with no stop in Nassau. The quote gives the planned time for your jet and your date.
How much does it cost to charter a private jet to Eleuthera?
From Miami, one way for the whole aircraft, a light jet starts from $7,500, a midsize jet from $10,000 and a heavy jet, where the runway allows it, from $13,500. The final price depends on the aircraft, the date, positioning and availability.
Which airport do private jets use in Eleuthera?
Most land at North Eleuthera (ELH), the closest airport to Harbour Island, with a runway of about 6,000 feet. Governor's Harbour in the middle and Rock Sound in the south are also airports of entry, and the quote names the one for your stay.
How far in advance should I book a private jet to Eleuthera?
Book a few weeks ahead for winter weekends, Christmas and New Year, when jets to Eleuthera and Harbour Island go quickly. At other times a few days are often enough: send your date and we check which jets are free for your Miami to Eleuthera trip.
Do I need a passport to fly from Miami to the Bahamas?
Yes. Every passenger needs a valid passport with at least six months of validity, children included, and a driving licence will not do. Names and passport numbers are filed from our side before you leave Florida.
What is the customs and immigration process on arrival in Eleuthera?
Passengers meet Bahamian immigration and customs requirements, with valid travel documents and declarations. The jet lands first at a designated airport of entry on Eleuthera, most often North Eleuthera, where customs and immigration work on site during set hours. We confirm the procedure before your jet leaves Miami.
How many people fit on a private jet to Eleuthera?
Six on the light jet, eight on the midsize Citation Excel/XLS or the super midsize Citation Sovereign, and twelve on the heavy Challenger 650 where the runway allows it. Tell us the group and the luggage, and the quote names the class that fits.
Can we bring golf clubs and dive gear?
Yes. Golf clubs, dive gear and coolers all fit in the jet, and beach bags and snorkel sets for Harbour Island too. Tell us what you are bringing, and the quote names a jet with room for it in the hold.
How do I get from the airport to my resort in Eleuthera?
For Harbour Island, a short taxi from North Eleuthera reaches the dock and the water taxi crosses in about five minutes, with a golf cart waiting in Dunmore Town if you like. For resorts on Eleuthera itself, a car can wait at the airport.
Can we do Eleuthera as a day trip by private jet?
Yes. With about 50 minutes to an hour each way, the jet can leave Miami in the morning and bring you back in the evening, and it waits for you on Eleuthera. For Harbour Island and a slower pace, a night or two works better.
What happens if the weather is bad on the day?
If conditions are below what is safe, the crew moves or cancels the flight, and you hear early enough to change the departure. Nothing is lost: we move it to a new date agreed with you, and every booking carries one year of credit.
What is the difference between Velvet Air and the operator that flies me?
Velvet Air does not own or fly aircraft; the flight is operated by a licensed carrier. We compare carriers for your route and put forward the best fit, and one person stays with your request until you land.
Next Step
Ready to Book Your Private Jet from Miami to Eleuthera?
Send your date and group size. We come back with the jet, the Miami airport and one total, and the border filings for Eleuthera are handled from our side.
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