There is no international air service direct to San Pedro. Continental, American and TACA fly into Belize City from a number of U.S. gateways. Delta has checked out Belize but so far hasn't committed to serving the market. Charter flights from large U.S. and Canadian cities are sometimes available during the winter.
Two Belize airlines, Maya Island Air and Tropic Air, have many flights daily to San Pedro from both Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville about 9 miles north of Belize City and Municipal Airport in Belize City. One-way fares are approximately US$25 from Municipal and US$48 from International, and twice that for round-trip. A taxi from International to Municipal is about US$17.50. Most hotels on Ambergris Caye will arrange for your air travel to the island at the time you make your hotel reservations.
Contact information:
Maya Island Air, tel. in U.S. 800-521-1247; in San Pedro, 501-2-62435, e-mail mayair@btl.net; schedules at www.ambergriscaye.com/islandair/.
Tropic Air, tel. in U.S. 800-422-3435; in San Pedro, 501-2-62012; e-mail tropicair@btl.net.
There also is water taxi and ferry service from Belize City to Ambergris Caye several times a day. The trip takes about 75 minutes. The water is sometimes quite rough. Boats in the Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association leave from the Marine Terminal near the Swing Bridge in Belize City. Fares are US$12.50 one-way to Ambergris Caye (you're let off at Sharks pier in the middle of town.) Fares just to Caye Caulker are US$7.50. A cab to the terminal from the international airport is about 20 minutes and US$17.50.
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