Permit· Long Island· Bahamas — Eleuthera, Andros & the Out Islands
Stella Maris Airport (SML, Customs)
23° 34.9′ N · 75° 16.0′ W
The north-end airport of entry, with Customs and Immigration and a 4,000-ft paved runway. With Deadman's Cay closed for rebuilding in 2026, it is Long Island's main airport and where the Customs officers who clear boats are based.
Practical
Position is the OpenStreetMap aerodrome. Stella Maris Resort: non-towered airport of entry, runway 13/31 4,000 x 75 ft, FBO with Av-Gas and Jet-A. Bahamas Customs lists Stella Maris Airport as a Long Island port of entry. Flights: Makers Air nonstop from Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE) three times weekly per Cape Santa Maria; Bahamasair was routing Nassau flights to Stella Maris during the Deadman's Cay works. Crew changes: about a 15-minute taxi to Cape Santa Maria and under a mile to the Stella Maris Resort. (Wikipedia's coordinates for this airport are wrong; use the chart.)
Best for
Crew changes and boat clearance at the north end
Nearby
- Long Island east-coast Atlantic beaches0.6 NM away
- Stella Maris Resort Club0.6 NM away
- Love Beach and Rock Pools (Stella Maris Atlantic shore)0.9 NM away
- Coral Gardens (Stella Maris shore snorkel)1.3 NM away
- Scotiabank Stella Maris (bank and ATM)1.3 NM away
- Adderley's Plantation ruins1.5 NM away
- Stella Maris Laundromat1.6 NM away
- Stella Maris Marina1.6 NM away