St. Barts Getting There

Most US carriers fly into St. Maarten’s Queen Juliana International Airport (SXM); from there St. Barths’ Aéroport de St-Jean (SBH) is only 10 minutes by air. Make sure your St. Maarten flight arrives during the day (the St. Barths Aéroport de St-Jean lacks lights for night landings).

US Airways and American fly regularly into St. Maarten; Delta and Continental also make non-stop and connecting trips from their eastern US hubs. Winair offers several flights daily from St. Maarten in season while Air Caraïbes links the French West Indies (St. Maarten and Guadeloupe). Lower-priced St. Barth Commuter usually offers one flight a day from St. Maarten.

Total travel time is about 7 hours from New York; 14 hours from Los Angeles.