World Country Guide

Travel - International

Air
Most flights not from the USA are via Antigua, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico or St Maarten. American Airlines has regular flights from the USA. LIAT (LI) runs six flights a week from Antigua and offers day-trip charters to St Maarten (for duty free shopping) and Antigua & Barbuda. Other airlines serving the islands include American Eagle, Caribbean Star and Winair.

Approximate flight times
From London to St Kitts is 10 hours, including stopover in Antigua. From New York to St Kitts is five hours.

International airports
St Kitts (SKB) (Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, formerly Golden Rock Airport) is 3.2km (2 miles) from Basseterre on St Kitts. Airport facilities include tourist information, restaurant and duty-free shop. Taxi fares are regulated; fares from the airport to Basseterre are approximately EC$17 (50 cents is charged on each additional piece of luggage over one).
Newcastle Airfield (NEV) is 11km (5 miles) from Charlestown on Nevis.

Departure tax
EC$54. Children under 12 years of age are exempt. An environment levy fee of EC$5 is also payable on departure.

Sea
Basseterre is a deep-water port capable of berthing ships up to 120m (400ft) and is regularly visited by cruise liners operated by Carnival, Costa, Cunard, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Regal Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Seabourn and Sun Cruises. Regular ferry services operate from St Kitts to St Maarten.