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Getting
Here
Flights touch down on St Vincent at E.T. Joshua
Airport in Arnos Vale, roughly 1.5 miles southeast
of the capital of Kingstown. The airport does
not receive international flights from outside
the Caribbean, so you'll need to fly first to
Barbados, Grenada, Martinique, St Lucia, Puerto
Rico or Trinidad and make a connection there.
British
Airways, Virgin
Atlantic, American
Airlines, Air
Canada, Air France, BWIA
and Air
Jamaica provide service to the islands listed
above, while American
Eagle, BWIA
Express, Caribbean
Star, Caribbean
Sun, LIAT,
SVG
Airways and Mustique
Airways fly from those gateways.
Flight time to St. Vincent is approximately 35
minutes from Barbados; 30 minutes from Grenada;
45 minutes from Martinique; 20 minutes from St.
Lucia; 2 hours 20 minutes from Puerto Rico.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has an information
desk in the Arrivals Section of Grantley Adams
International Airport in Barbados, open daily
from approximately 1.00pm until the last flight
to St. Vincent departs. Personnel are on hand
to assist travellers in making connections to
their final destinations.
It's also possible to travel to Union Island from
Carriacou (one of Grenada's islands) by boat.
Other Airports
There are six airports in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines with E. T. Joshua Airport in Kingstown
being the largest. The four small domestic airports
are located in Bequia (J.F. Mitchell Airport),
Mustique (Mustique Airport), Canouan (Canouan
Airport) and Union Island (Union Island Airport).
There is also a private airport on Palm Island.
These airports are serviced by LIAT, Caribbean
Star, BWIA Express, SVG Air, Mustique Airways,
and TIA. American Eagle services Canouan. A departure
tax of $35 EC is charged to all passengers leaving
the country.
Flight Times
Barbados/St. Vincent: 35 mins.
Grenada/St. Vincent: 30 mins.
London/Barbados: 8 hrs. 20 mins.
Martinique/St. Vincent: 40 mins.
Miami/Barbados: 3.5 hrs.
New York/Barbados: 5 hours.
New York/St. Lucia: 5 hrs.
Puerto Rico/St. Vincent: 2 hrs.
St. Lucia/St. Vincent: 30 mins.
Toronto/Barbados: 6.5 hrs.
Trinidad/St. Vincent: 1 hr.
The bus fare from Ashton to the airport is EC$3
and a bus will be waiting when The Jasper docks
to transfer passengers. If you're arriving on
Union Island from Carriacou, you must board this
bus as you'll need to pass through immigration
at the airport.
Entry
All visitors must have valid passport including
nationals of the United Kingdom, the USA and Canada.
A return or on-going ticket is required. Immigration
visas are required from nationals of the following
countries: Dominican Republic, Jordan, Syria,
Lebanon, The People's Republic of China, Iraq,
Iran and Nigeria.
Island Travel
Getting between St Vincent & the Grenadines
is easiest by boat. A ferry makes a one-hour run
between Kingstown and Port Elizabeth on Bequia
several times a day. An inexpensive mailboat carries
passengers and cargo three times weekly between
St Vincent, Bequia, Canouan, Mayreau and Union
Island. From St Vincent, times range from one
hour to Bequia to over four and a half hours to
Union Island. You can also fly between St Vincent
and Union Island and Bequia, though it's more
expensive and generally less convenient than catching
a boat.
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