Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Away
Air
Públicos greet most flights and will take you anywhere you want to go on the island.
The island has lots of air services from San Juan - both LMM International and Isla Grande
airports - and Ceiba. There are more than 20 flights a day to/from San Juan's Isla Grande
and LMM airports. Round-trip prices start at $220 (25 minutes) from LMM, $126 from Isla
Grande and about $65 (10 minutes) from Ceiba. Check with any of the following carriers
for more up-to-date information.
AirFlamenco( 787-724-6464,787-741-8811;
www.airflamenco.net
)
and
M&NAvi-
ation ( 787-791-7008;
www.mnaviation.com
)
fly charters from San Juan and Ceiba
for the same price as the scheduled carriers. Call for availability.
Air Sunshine ( 800-327-8900,787-741-7900;
www.airsunshine.com
)
flies directly to
St Thomas, St Croix and Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. It also carries people between
San Juan LMM and Vieques, charging the same rates as the other carriers.
Cape Air ( 866-227-3247, 787-741-7734;
www.flycapeair.com
)
flies six times a day
from San Juan LMM airport.
Seaborne Airlines ( 866-359-8784;
www.seaborneairlines.com
)
has service to San
Juan LMM airport, Isla Grande and St Croix and one weekly nonstop service to St Thomas.
Vieques Air Link ( 888-901-9247, 787-741-8331, San Juan-Vieques flights,
787-741-3266, 787-534-4222 Ceiba-Vieques flights;
www.viequesairlink.com
)
is the
major carrier, with an office in Isabel Segunda. It currently flies to Culebra (via Ceiba) for
$70.
Ferry
The high-speed passenger ferries of the Maritime Transportation Authority (Autoridad
de Transporte Marítimo or ATM) run between Fajardo and Vieques four times a day.
Boats leave Fajardo at 9:30am, 1pm, 4:30pm and 8pm and Vieques at 6:30am, 11am, 3pm
and 6pm. Passage takes one hour 15 minutes, weather permitting. The round trip costs a
giveaway $4. A thrice-daily cargo ferry sails from Fajardo to Vieques (weekdays only, two
hours), but rental car contracts prohibit bringing cars on the ferry.
Confirm the passenger ferry schedule in advance, as it does change occasionally. Frustrat-
ingly, advance reservations are not sold; the ticket offices usually open one hour before
departure. Holiday weekends and summertime are peak times when tickets can sell out.
In these situations, Vieques residents get priority and visitors can get bumped. In Fajardo
call the
Maritime Transportation Authority (ATM; 787-860-2005, 800-981-2005;
