How to get to Cat Island
 

Does anyone know how to get to Cat Island in Bahamas? I looked up airport code and get CAT, but then when I use that code on various airline sites as well as the usual travel sites it is not even recognized.

That's because alot of the smaller airlines don't show up on the big search engines.
Bahamasair flys into Cat Island from Nassau as well as Lynx from Florida. I'm sure there are others.

Here's a link that might be helpful
http://www.fernandezbayvillage.com/GETTINGTOFBV.html

The airport code to use for Cat Island is TBI (The Bight), which is the "largest" of the airports on the island and is right in the middle of the island. (There are also landing strips at Arthur's Town and Hawk's Nest). If you plug that into Expedia, you'll see some options.

The easiest way to fly to Cat Island is via Continental/Gulfstream from Ft. Lauderdale. Because Continental codeshares with several carriers, you can usually fly from your home airport with your bags checked all the way through. We did this trip last year via Delta/Continental, and have talked to people doing USAirways/Continental.

As Scubagirl noted, Lynx also flies from Ft. Lauderdale.

Small carriers fly to Cat Island via Nassau as well. There is, of course, Bahamasair, which will show up on an Expedia search. I've also flown Cat Island Air from Nassau, but the schedule forced me to overnight in Nassau both southbound and northbound.

Both times, we stayed at Fernandez Bay Village -- and I'm already plotting my return. If you're interested, I have posted trip reports of both here: www.homestead.com/islandtime/MainPage1.html.

We used Southern Air to fly to the airport in Arthur's Town ( north end ) on Cat Island. Our schedule required an overnight stay in Nassau on the way to Cat with no overnight on the return.

We used Continental to fly from FLL directly to Cat Island (TBI). Both flights were the best part of our trip. I would return to Bahamas but not to Cat Island