Quick flights from San Juan
 

Would appreciate ideas for destinations in Caribbean that can be reached via a quick flight from San Juan airport, especially if you can get a 3-4 passenger plane that will tailor its schedule to your arrival. Looking for that get-away-from-it-all atmosphere in an exceptional beach location, don't know if we'll find it near SJ.

Well, you can charter a small plane to take you almost anywhere in the Caribbean as long as you are willing to pay the going rate. Keep in mind that when chartering a plane (the only way the flight "will tailor its schedule to your arrival" you will have to pay not only for your flight TO the destination but also for the plane and its pilot to get BACK to the home base). Figure something like $750 to $1,000 for a one way charter flight lasting about 30 minutes.

Of course, there are numerous options using scheduled airlines so if you have budgetary considerations that may be your best bet.

All that said you'll find many islands can be reached in relatively short flights from SJU.

For starters, check out Vieques or Culebra (about a 15 minute flight from SJU). A 30 to 40 minute flight can get you to Virgin Gorda or Anegada. In the same amount of time you can also fly into Beef Island (Tortola) then take a boat or ferry to just about all of the British Vigin Islands. The USI's are about 30 minutes flying time from SJU. Consider flying to St. Thomas then take a ferry to St. John.

If by quick flight you mean under an hour than you can add Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barths, St. Kitts and Nevis to your destination list.

You might check out www.airflameco.com. They do Charters out of Isla Grande airport. Phone 787-724-1105. I just checked a charter to St Croix and it was $900. Cape Air flies to quite a few islands out of the Main San Juan airport. If you go to Vieques recommend staying at Martineau Bay resort and spa

I recommended several places in your other post. The only thing that I'd point out here is that most of the small charter airlines fly from Isla Grande, the airport near Old San Juan, not from San Juan International (except for the aforementioned flights to Vieques and Culebra, which don't have the luxury experience you are looking for).

Thanks for all the leads.