Two Hours Off the East Coast.
A Domestic Arrival Coming Home.
Bermuda sits alone in the Atlantic, 650 miles off the Carolinas and closer to New York than Dallas is. One airport serves the island, one FBO handles every private movement, and US preclearance lets you land back home as a domestic arrival. Peak arranges the aircraft, the handling and the ground transport — useful on an island where visitors cannot rent a car — with all-inclusive pricing and no membership fees. We arrange — you fly.
What to Do in Bermuda
May through October is the season. The water reaches the low 80s by July, Horseshoe Bay and Warwick Long Bay earn the pink-sand postcards, and the smaller coves — Jobson’s, Church Bay — are where the snorkelling actually is.
The first thing to know is that you cannot rent a conventional car in Bermuda. Visitors get scooters, electric minicars, taxis and the ferries, which move faster than they sound on an island of 21 square miles. Inland, the Railway Trail runs most of the length of Bermuda on the old rail bed. St. George’s is a UNESCO World Heritage town you can walk end to end in an afternoon, and the Royal Naval Dockyard at the far west end holds the National Museum and the deep-water berths.
April and November are the quiet play: golf weather, open tee times, hotel rates a tier lower. September and early October carry the highest hurricane probability of the season — storms are tracked days out and we re-time departures around them.
The Weeks That Book Out First
Outside these windows Bermuda is an easy field — no slot restrictions, 24-hour operations, and one FBO that knows every tail number that visits. Inside them, aircraft parking and hotel rooms disappear together:
Butterfield Bermuda Championship
October 22–25, 2026
Bermuda’s PGA TOUR stop, played on the Port Royal Golf Course on the south shore with a $6 million purse and FedExCup Fall points on the line. It is the single heaviest inbound private week of the autumn — aircraft parking and hotel rooms both tighten well before the first round.
World Rugby Classic
November 7–13, 2026
A week of former internationals at the National Sports Centre in Devonshire, and the reason Hamilton is fully booked in early November. Shoulder-season weather, peak-season demand — fly in for a single match or take the whole week.
Summer Fridays
June through August
The Friday-down, Sunday-back pattern out of the Northeast is the busiest rhythm of the week. Overnight aircraft parking is the constraint — we reserve it early, or reposition the aircraft and bring it back for departure. Loose dates? Watch the repositioning flights.
Where to Stay in Bermuda
Rosewood Bermuda at Tucker’s Point is the benchmark for rooms — 88 rooms and suites across 240 acres on Castle Harbour, the largest private pink-sand beach on the island, ten minutes from the airport. The St. Regis Bermuda Resort on St. Catherine’s Beach in St. George’s is closer still, about five minutes from the FBO. Cambridge Beaches at the far west end trades that proximity for a private peninsula in Sandys and the quiet that comes with it. The Hamilton Princess sits in town on the harbour, with its own marina, and is the one to pick if you want to walk to dinner.
The honest constraint is inventory. Bermuda has only a few thousand hotel rooms in total, and the Fairmont Southampton — the island’s largest hotel at close to 600 keys — has been shut through a $550 million rebuild. As of summer 2026 its Beach Club, the Turtle Hill golf course and the Waterlot Inn are trading again while the hotel itself has yet to reopen. Treat the room count as tight until it does, and book rooms and aircraft on the same call. They sell out on the same weekends.
Where to Eat in Bermuda
Reservations are the constraint here, not choice. Book the table the week you book the aircraft.
Intrepid Steak, Seafood & Raw Bar at the Hamilton Princess is the hard table in town, and 16O9 on the same property does the harbour-side sunset drink better than anywhere else in Hamilton. The Waterlot Inn in Southampton has traded on that waterfront for more than 350 years; it came back in December after the Fairmont rebuild and is still the island’s steakhouse. It runs Wednesday to Sunday, dinner only, and takes reservations direct rather than through the hotel.
Tom Moore’s Tavern in Hamilton Parish serves dinner in a house built in 1652, which makes it the oldest dining room on the island by a wide margin. Wahoo’s Bistro & Patio on Water Street in St. George’s does the local catch — wahoo, rockfish, spiny lobster in season — without ceremony, though its opening days shift with the season, so confirm before you build a day around it.
Less formally, Boundary above the Turtle Hill course covers the long lunch, and the island’s best fish sandwich is always the one you eat closest to where the boat came in.
Flying into Bermuda
One Airport. One FBO. No Connections.
Six Hundred Miles of Open Water
Bermuda sits a 600-plus-mile overwater leg off the US East Coast, and not every charter aircraft is equipped or approved for it. Every operator we use is pre-cleared through ARGUS TripCheq and Wyvern, and every aircraft carries the overwater equipment the crossing requires. We’d rather over-verify than leave you wondering.
Built for the Long Weekend
Two hours from New York, about the same from Boston. Leave Manhattan after lunch and be on the beach at Tucker’s Point before five. Commercial schedules to the island thin out fast outside summer — a charter runs when you do.
Clearing Home as a Domestic Arrival
BDA is one of the very few airports outside Canada with US Preclearance. Depart inside the CBP window and you land stateside as a domestic arrival — off the aircraft and into the car, with no customs hall at the far end.
THE AIRPORTS PEAK USES
Bermuda keeps this decision simple. There is exactly one:
L.F. Wade International (BDA): The island’s only airport, on the east end at St. George’s. A 9,700-foot runway that takes anything in the fleet, 24-hour operations, and no slot restrictions.
Atlantic Aviation: The sole FBO and general aviation handler on the island — executive terminal, roughly 700,000 square feet of aircraft parking, and customs and immigration assistance on arrival. In peak summer, overnight parking is the one thing worth reserving early; we handle it as part of the trip.
US Preclearance: CBP operates at BDA from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Depart inside the window and you land in the US as a domestic arrival — straight from the aircraft to the car.
On the home side, with access to 5,000+ airports across the US and Canada, we’ll launch the trip from whichever field suits the rest of your plans.
Flight Times to Bermuda
A short hop from the Northeast that happens to cross 600-plus miles of open ocean. Typical block times in a mid-size jet:
Times move with aircraft type, payload and winds. Westbound headwinds in winter are the variable that matters, and there is no convenient en-route alternate — fuel planning to an island is its own exercise, and it is why operator selection counts for more here than on a domestic leg.
Choosing the Aircraft for the Crossing
Every leg to Bermuda is an overwater flight to a single island field, which narrows the fleet more than the distance does.
Ask about baggage before you ask about seats. Golf bags, dive gear and a week of luggage fill a light jet’s hold well before the cabin fills with people.
Bermuda Charter Questions, Answered
Which airport does Peak use for Bermuda?
L.F. Wade International (BDA) is the only airport in Bermuda, on the east end at St. George’s. Atlantic Aviation is the sole FBO and handles every private movement — ten minutes from Rosewood Bermuda, five from the St. Regis.
How long is the flight to Bermuda?
About two hours from New York, a touch less from Boston, two from Washington, DC, and around two and a half from Miami or Atlanta. It is an overwater route, and we only assign aircraft equipped for it.
Can I clear US customs in Bermuda before flying home?
Yes. US preclearance operates at BDA from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Depart inside that window and you land in the United States as a domestic arrival — no customs line at the other end.
Do I need to plan around hurricane season?
The Atlantic season runs June through November, with September the statistical peak. Direct hits are rare, storms are tracked days out, and we re-time departures when the forecast calls for it.
Can Peak arrange ground transport and catering in Bermuda?
Yes, and in Bermuda you will want it — visitors cannot rent cars on the island. Drivers, catering, pet-friendly cabins and crew coordination are arranged as part of the charter.
Does Peak charge membership fees?
No. Peak is a pilot-founded charter broker. You pay for the flight, not the privilege of asking about one.
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