Private transport in Miami: the bay, the islands and the sky

Miami–Opa-locka Executive (OPF) is the region's main business aviation airfield, with several FBOs; Miami Executive (TMB), formerly Kendall-Tamiami, to the south-west, has a customs facility for private flights and suits stays in Coral Gables, Coconut Grove or towards the Keys. We choose the field according to your address, coordinate the flight and crew, and have formalities handled at the FBO.

Miami International (MIA) remains useful for a scheduled arrival, with a welcome and fast-track requested from the gate; Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood (FLL) is the alternative to the north, notably in weeks when parking at Opa-locka fills up. Our dedicated page on private jet charter to Miami covers these airfields and the hops to the islands.

Between Brickell, the Design District and Miami Beach, everything runs over a handful of causeways — MacArthur, Venetian, Julia Tuttle — which fill quickly at rush hour and on event nights. SUVs and Sprinters with chauffeur, by the hour or the day: our drivers know the service entrances of the Collins Avenue hotels, the valets of Bal Harbour and the margins a Friday evening demands.

For Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton or West Palm Beach, the Brightline train leaves from MiamiCentral, Downtown, and also serves Aventura and Orlando: we book the car at either end when rail is simpler than road.

Biscayne Bay is quicker to cross than to drive around. A crewed yacht from Miami Beach Marina, at the mouth of Government Cut, for a day towards Key Biscayne, Stiltsville or open water; a tender to the dock of a private house or a waterside restaurant. Fisher Island is reached only by boat — the residents' ferry or a private craft — and by invitation: we coordinate access with your host.

Blade flies helicopters from Downtown Miami to Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale or Naples, and runs flights to the Bahamas; Bimini is around half an hour by seaplane from South Florida. We set the flight, the heliport or base and the car waiting on arrival, subject to weather and clearances.

Art Basel Miami Beach in December, the Grand Prix in May, the winter months: Miami fills in waves, and it is then aircraft parking, marina berths and chauffeurs that run short first. We ask for them early, assemble jet, car, tender and helicopter into a single chain, and let you know as soon as a link changes.