Private Jet Exumas to Irving

The Exumas sit approximately 1,243 nautical miles from Irving, well within range of a light jet, turboprop or super mid-size aircraft operating out of Exuma International Airport near Georgetown. A Citation CJ4 or Pilatus PC-12 covers the roughly two and a half hour flight with ease, cruising at more moderate altitudes typical of this shorter class of route across the Gulf of Mexico and the northern Bahamian archipelago. Arrival at Dallas Love Field brings travellers back to Irving’s Las Colinas district, a considerable change of pace from the Exumas’ string of more than three hundred cays, whose swimming pigs at Big Major Cay and the protected waters of the Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park have made the chain one of the most photographed destinations in the Bahamas. This route serves a growing base of Texas travellers drawn by the islands’ turquoise shallows and increasingly high-end resort development, as well as yacht charter guests joining or leaving a boat based in Georgetown. The turboprop or light-jet cabin suits the shorter runways found throughout the out-islands well, and a direct private flight avoids the multiple hops through Nassau that a commercial itinerary to this part of the Bahamas would typically require. Yacht charter guests joining a boat in Georgetown often coordinate their arrival closely with the marina, since the Exumas’ relatively limited ground transport infrastructure means a well-timed private flight can save considerable time compared with an itinerary built around scheduled connections through Nassau. The chain’s protected land and sea park remains a strict no-take zone, and visiting boaters are generally expected to review its regulations before setting out from Georgetown on any extended cruise.