Getting There
Key West International Airport (EYW) receives direct flights on American (www.aa.com) from Miami; on Cape Air (www.flycapeair.com) from Naples and Fort Myers; on Continental (www.continental.com) from Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, and Tampa/St. Petersburg; on Delta (www.delta.com) from Asheville, Atlanta, Birmingham, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Norfolk, and Orlando; on Florida Coastal Airlines (www.flyfca.com) from Fort Lauderdale; and on US Airways (www.usairways.com) from Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Washington/National.
Flying in to Key West is generally pricier than catching a flight into Miami (MIA) or Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and then getting a bus or van connection or renting a car, and in fact more than 80 percent of arrivals are by road. You can book said connection from Miami airport on Keys Shuttle (888/765-9997, 305/289-9997) and Greyhound (800/410-5397; www.greyhound.com). If you opt to drive down, both I-95 (in Miami) and the Florida Turnpike (in Florida City) connect with U.S. 1, which runs south through the Keys and ends about 3.5 hours later in Key West. It's a mostly scenic drive, with lots of over-water causeways. There's currently no Amtrak service.
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