Getting There

Continental flies direct from Houston, Texas, USA as a "red-eye", arriving 5:30 in the am on Saturdays. American Airlines offers service through San Juan, Puerto Rico, various days of the week. You can also fly into Aruba, then fly Dutch Antillean Express into Bonaire or the new Airlines Tiara from Aruba to Curacao then Divi to Bonaire. From Atlanta, Georgia, USA, you can fly Air Jamaica, Sat-Sat or fly midweek into Curacao and then Divi over to Bonaire.

KLM offers daily flights (in season) from Amsterdam to Bonaire, as well as other flights in the region.

The airlines formerly known as ALM and its successor, Dutch Caribbean Airlines, were wound up (dissolved, bankrupt) in 2001 and 2004, respectively.

Approximate flight times

From Bonaire to London is 11 hours to Amsterdam is 9 hours 30 minutes to Los Angeles is 10 hours and to New York is 4 hours. Times vary considerably depending on connections.

International airport

Flamingo Airport (BON) is 4km (2.5 miles) from Kralendijk.

Departure tax

Nafl10 for domestic flights and Nafl18 for international flights.

Sea

There are no regular boat connections to Bonaire.