The Route
Miami to Freeport by Private Jet
Freeport, the main town on Grand Bahama Island, lies about 97 nautical miles from Miami, and a private jet covers the distance in about 45 minutes, with no stop on the way. Every private jet from Miami to Freeport leaves from a Miami airport with a private terminal and lands at Grand Bahama International (FPO), about 15 minutes from Port Lucaya.
Tell us the day and how many of you are going, and the reply lists the jets free on that date, each priced as one total for the whole aircraft. Velvet Air arranges your Miami to Freeport private jet, a licensed carrier operates it, and the paperwork for both borders comes from us.
Four jet classes are offered from Miami to Freeport, from a light jet for six to a heavy jet for twelve. The four classes below compare seats and cabin side by side, and hourly rates for the light, midsize and heavy jet are on our Miami private jet charter page. For a seaplane, a helicopter or a small plane, our Bahamas flights from Miami cover every aircraft.
Plan Your Private Jet
Choose Your Aircraft
Aircraft for Your Miami
to Freeport Private Jet
Four classes for a private jet to Freeport on Grand Bahama, from six seats to twelve. On every Miami to Freeport private jet the crew flies only your group, with no other passengers 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 Freeport Cost?
| Class | Models | Guests | One way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Jet | Citation CJ3/CJ3+ | Up to 6 | From $6,000 |
| Midsize Jet | Citation Excel/XLS | Up to 8 | From $9,000 |
| Heavy Jet | Challenger 650 | Up to 12 | From $12,500 |
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 Freeport
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 Freeport in a private jet as comfortably as you do.
Priority Access
Priority access in the busy season and to Freeport 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 Freeport, 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 Freeport, ensuring your pet flies right beside you in the cabin, relaxed from takeoff to landing.
How It Works
How a Private Jet to Freeport from Miami Works
Whichever class you choose, a private jet from Miami to Freeport runs the same way. These are the parts of every Miami to Freeport private jet, from your first message to the landing at Grand Bahama International.
Plan Your Private JetDistance and Time
About 97 Nautical Miles and 45 Minutes
Grand Bahama International (FPO) in Freeport is about 97 nautical miles from Miami International (MIA). By jet that is about 45 minutes in the air, depending on the class and the wind, with no stop on the way, and the quote gives the planned time for your jet and your date.
Runway
About 11,000 Feet at Grand Bahama International
Every private jet from Miami to Freeport lands at Grand Bahama International, whose runway of about 11,000 feet is one of the longest in the Bahamas. Every class lands there, from the light jet to the heavy Challenger 650, so the choice comes down to your group and your luggage.
The Whole Aircraft
One Group, One Jet, One Departure Hour
Only the guests on your list fly, and the cabin is yours from Miami to Grand Bahama. You pick the hour your Miami to Freeport private jet leaves, within the hours the crew may fly. Six travel in the light jet, eight in the midsize and super midsize classes and twelve in the heavy jet.
Both Borders
Customs at Grand Bahama International, Filings Before You Leave
Every passenger needs a valid passport, children included. Grand Bahama International is an airport of entry with customs and immigration on site, 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
Grand Bahama draws golfers, divers and boaters alike, and golf clubs, dive gear and coolers all fit in the jet. The hold is loaded by weight, so mention what you bring when you write, and the quote names a jet with room for it.
On Board and On Arrival
Catering, Celebrations and a Car to Port Lucaya
Food and drinks for the cabin, flowers or a gift for an occasion, a car at the airport for the short drive to Port Lucaya and a yacht waiting for you at the marina 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 Freeport?
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 Freeport
Three Miami airports can send a private jet to Freeport, and we suggest the one closest to where you are staying.
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. All four jet classes for a private jet from Miami to Freeport leave from here, the easy choice from Miami Beach, Aventura and the north of the city.
Miami Executive sits in Kendall, southwest of the city centre, and suits guests staying in the south of Miami. The jet to Freeport boards here, without the drive north through the city.
Arriving at Miami International on an airline and heading to Grand Bahama the same day? The jet waits for you here, and its departure is set around your landing.
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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 Grand Bahama. 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 Freeport trip, the Miami 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 Grand Bahama International or a yacht at Port Lucaya 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 Freeport
What to See When Your Private Jet from Miami Lands in Freeport
Below are six places to see after a private jet from Miami to Freeport, from the marina at Port Lucaya to the caves and beach of Lucayan National Park.
Plan Your Private JetSelect a spot to see where it is
Port Lucaya, with its marina, its marketplace of shops and restaurants and the beach beside it, is about 15 minutes by car from Grand Bahama International. It is where most guests spend the first evening after a private jet from Miami to Freeport, and a yacht can wait for you at the marina.
About 25 miles east of Freeport, Lucayan National Park has protected Grand Bahama's pine forest, mangroves and caves since 1982. Ben's Cave and Burial Mound Cave open onto one of the largest underwater cave systems in the world, with more than six miles of tunnels charted, and stairs lead down to viewing platforms above the water.
Gold Rock Beach lies inside Lucayan National Park, reached by a boardwalk through the mangroves of Gold Rock Creek. Locals call it the Welcome Mat of Grand Bahama, and a healthy reef lies offshore. With a car waiting at the airport, it is an easy day out after a private jet from Miami to Freeport.
Peterson Cay is a small cay off the south shore of Grand Bahama, east of Port Lucaya, protected as a national park and reached by boat. A yacht waiting for you at Port Lucaya can take the group out for an afternoon on the water and be back at the marina for dinner.
The Garden of the Groves is a botanical garden on Grand Bahama, with paths among tropical plants and water. It lies a few miles east of Port Lucaya on Midshipman Road, easy to fit into the first day after the jet lands, and a car can take you there straight from the airport.
Grand Bahama International Airport (FPO) in Freeport is where every private jet from Miami to Freeport lands. Its runway is about 11,000 feet long, long enough for every jet class, and customs and immigration are on site, so the group clears the border on arrival. Port Lucaya is about 15 minutes away.
Ready When You Are
Ready to Charter a Private Jet from Miami to Freeport?
Send the date and how many are travelling. You get back the jet for your Miami to Freeport trip, the Miami airport, Grand Bahama International and one total.
Add-Ons
Private Jet Miami to Freeport Add-Ons
Name the add-ons you want together with your dates and your jet. Anything else for Grand Bahama is arranged on the same booking.
In Detail
Private Jet Charter Freeport from Miami: Grand Bahama International
Every private jet charter from Miami to Freeport is arranged by Velvet Air and flown by a licensed carrier. The jet carries only your group, and the same person plans it with you from the first message until you land at Grand Bahama International. Every other island we reach by jet is on our private jet to the Bahamas page.
Miami to Freeport Private Jet: You Decide the Departure Time
Leave Miami on your hour and be at Port Lucaya before lunch
Freeport is close enough that the jet spends less time in the air than you spend getting to the airport, which is why the hour you leave should be yours. On a Miami to Freeport private jet the departure time is set by you when you confirm, inside the crew's flying hours, and it can still shift if lunch in Coral Gables runs over. Wheels up from Opa-locka at ten, and the jet is down at Grand Bahama International well before eleven; fifteen minutes in a car later, you are at the marina in Port Lucaya before lunch. Grand Bahama 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 Freeport and Freeport to Miami, with the planned time in the air and the jet for each leg.
Private Jet to Freeport from Miami: Celebrations and Long Weekends
A private jet to Grand Bahama for a birthday, an anniversary or a long weekend
Grand Bahama suits the trips that deserve more than an ordinary weekend: a birthday dinner at Port Lucaya, an anniversary on Gold Rock Beach, a long weekend of golf and diving with friends. Because the jet is down in well under an hour, a private jet to Grand Bahama even works for a single night away. For a private jet from Miami to Freeport 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 at the marina in Port Lucaya. Larger groups fit the heavy jet with twelve seats, 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, on one page and with one total.
FAQ
Miami to Freeport Private Jet FAQ
How long does a private jet take from Miami to Freeport?
About 45 minutes in the air for the roughly 97 nautical miles to Grand Bahama International, depending on the jet class and the wind, with no stop on the way. The quote gives the planned time for your jet and your date.
How much does it cost to charter a private jet to Freeport?
From Miami, one way for the whole aircraft, a light jet starts from $6,000, a midsize jet from $9,000 and a heavy jet from $12,500. The final price depends on the aircraft, the date, positioning and availability.
Which airport do private jets use in Freeport?
Grand Bahama International (FPO) in Freeport, with a runway of about 11,000 feet that takes every jet class, the heavy Challenger 650 included. Customs and immigration are on site, and Port Lucaya is about 15 minutes away by car.
How far in advance should I book a private jet to Freeport?
Book a few weeks ahead for winter weekends, Christmas and New Year, when jets to the Bahamas go quickly. Outside those weeks a few days usually do: send the date and we see which jets are open for your Miami to Freeport 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 Freeport?
Every guest needs valid travel documents and fills in the Bahamian declarations. Grand Bahama International is an airport of entry, and customs and immigration are on site, so the group clears the border on arrival. We confirm the procedure before your jet leaves Miami.
How many people fit on a private jet to Freeport?
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. Send the size of the group and the bags, and the quote names the right class.
Can we bring golf clubs and dive gear?
Yes. Golf clubs, dive gear and coolers all fit in the jet, with beach bags and snorkel sets for Gold Rock Beach on top. List the bags when you write, and the quote names a jet whose hold carries them.
How do I get from the airport to my resort in Freeport?
A car can wait for you at Grand Bahama International. Port Lucaya is about 15 minutes away, and the resorts along the south shore are a short drive as well. Tell us where you stay, and the car is on the same quote as the jet.
Can we do Freeport as a day trip by private jet?
Yes. With about 45 minutes each way, the jet can leave Miami in the morning and bring you back in the evening, and it waits for you on Grand Bahama. For Lucayan National Park 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 Freeport?
Send your date and group size. We come back with the jet, the Miami airport and one total, and the border filings for Freeport are handled from our side.
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