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New York to South Florida guideEvery runway between New York and South Florida, matched to your door
Choose where you are leaving from and where you are staying. The guide picks the airports that cut the most driving, then lays out flight times, seasons and prices.
Plan the run
Drive times are typical off-peak estimates. Allow longer in season, at rush hour and during big events such as Art Basel week in early December.
Teterboro to Miami-Opa locka
- TEBDepart at Teterboro20–40 min from Midtown
Flight time about 2h 45m–3h.
Request this tripSeven airports, seven neighbourhoods
| Code | Airport | Best for | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| OPF | Miami-Opa locka Executive | Miami Beach, Bal Harbour, Aventura | No airline traffic; a favourite for private flights into Miami |
| MIA | Miami International | Brickell, Downtown, Coral Gables, Key Biscayne | The big airline hub, with private terminals on the field |
| TMB | Miami Executive | Coral Gables, Pinecrest, South Miami | Quieter field southwest of the city, handy for the road to the Keys |
| FXE | Fort Lauderdale Executive | Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach | Busy general aviation airport close to Las Olas and the beaches |
| FLL | Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood | Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Port Everglades | Airline airport with private terminals; convenient for cruises |
| BCT | Boca Raton | Boca Raton, Delray Beach | Small airport minutes from downtown Boca |
| DJT | President Donald J. Trump International (formerly Palm Beach International, PBI) | Palm Beach, West Palm Beach | Private terminals 10 to 15 minutes from the island |
Four airports to start from
| Code | Airport | Best for | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEB | Teterboro | Manhattan, northern New Jersey | About 12 miles from Midtown and no airline service; airliner-sized jets use other airports because of a weight limit |
| HPN | Westchester | Westchester, Greenwich, southern Connecticut | Private terminals alongside the airline side in White Plains |
| MMU | Morristown | Morris and Somerset counties | General aviation airport west of the city |
| FRG | Republic | Nassau and Suffolk counties | Long Island’s main business aviation airport, in Farmingdale |
Snowbird season and price
From November to April the corridor between New York and South Florida is one of the busiest in private aviation. Demand runs south before Thanksgiving and Christmas, north in the first days of January, both ways around Presidents’ Day and the March school breaks, and north again as the season winds down in April and May.
On the busiest days, fewer aircraft are free, some operators add peak-day surcharges, and the best options go early. Two habits help: book holiday trips well ahead, and fly a day either side of the rush when you can. Because so many aircraft fly one way full and return empty, look for northbound empty legs around the holidays and southbound ones in spring.
Winter departures from New York can also need de-icing, which the quote lists as a possible extra. More in Snowbird season and New York–Florida prices.
What the run south costs to fly
Estimated one-way flight-time cost from New York to the Miami airports. Positioning, the 7.5% federal excise tax and fees are added in your all-in quote.
| Aircraft | Flight time | Seats | Flight cost, one way |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turboprop | about 3h 45m–4h | 6–9 | $6,900–12,300 |
| Very light jet | about 3h–3h 10m | 4–5 | $8,500–12,800 |
| Light jet | about 2h 45m–3h | 6–8 | $10,000–15,700 |
| Midsize jet | about 2h 45m–3h | 7–9 | $12,800–20,000 |
| Super-midsize jet | about 2h 40m | 8–10 | $17,600–25,600 |
| Large-cabin jet | about 2h 35m | 10–16 | $22,100–33,800 |
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