Research › Caribbean Air Connectivity Index 2027 › Grand Cayman
Ranked #13 of 28
Grand Cayman
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- Weekly departures
- 125
- Direct destinations
- 16
- Airlines
- 8
- Estimated weekly seats
- 14,145
Grand Cayman
| Weekly departures | Weekly seats | Destinations | Airlines | Largest carrier share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 14,145 | 16 | 8 | 42.4% |
Grand Cayman ranks 13th overall (39.0) and 22nd regionally (38.2). It qualifies as a gateway with 9,700 extra-regional seats, close to the 9,500 threshold, so its role is sensitive to small schedule changes.
The United States takes 57.2% of seats, the Caribbean 31.4% and Canada 8.0%. Cayman Airways (KX) flies the busiest routes: Cayman Brac (CYB) with 28 departures, Little Cayman (LYB) with 23, and Jamaica (Montego Bay and Kingston) with 8, to Kingston. Miami (MIA) has 28 departures with 4,288 seats on American Airlines (AA) and Cayman Airways.
Cayman Airways holds 42.4% of seats (HHI 2,759), and only 12.5% of destinations have two or more airlines. As a gateway, Grand Cayman received 63 extra-regional arrivals with 9,806 seats, none of them long-haul (0.0%). Same-day options reach 2 islands, Jamaica and Bahamas (Nassau), for 69.0% of arriving seats. The median wait, 6.0 h, is the longest of any gateway.
The figures include 1,650 seats on a British Airways (BA) leg to Bahamas (Nassau) of a flight continuing to London Heathrow (LHR). Cayman Brac and Little Cayman are outside the index and count as destinations.
Score and rank
The connectivity score is an index on 0–100 built from departures, destinations, airlines, hub links and seats; the regional score uses the Caribbean subset only. Both are defined in the methodology. Not a percentage — an island does not have "96% connectivity".
| Measure | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 39.0 | #13 of 28 |
| Regional (Caribbean only) | 38.2 | #22 of 28 |
Destinations and airlines
Grand Cayman has 4 direct Caribbean destinations and 12 beyond the region, with 64 of its 125 weekly departures staying inside the Caribbean. It has direct service to 9 of the index's connecting hubs.
| Airline | Weekly departures | Destinations |
|---|---|---|
| Cayman | 79 | 8 |
| American | 25 | 3 |
| British | 5 | 1 |
| Delta Air Lines | 5 | 1 |
| Air Canada | 4 | 1 |
| United | 3 | 2 |
| WestJet | 3 | 1 |
| Southwest | 1 | 1 |
Market mix
Estimated weekly seats by the region a flight goes to. Seats are estimated from aircraft type, not booked or flown.
| Market | Estimated weekly seats | Share |
|---|---|---|
| North America | 9,220 | 65.2% |
| Caribbean | 4,445 | 31.4% |
| Latin America | 480 | 3.4% |
Resilience
How exposed this island's connectivity is to one airline or one route stopping. All three figures are derived from the route table below, so they can be checked against it.
| Carrier concentration (HHI on seats) | 2,759 of 10,000 — higher is more concentrated |
|---|---|
| Largest carrier by seats | Cayman at 42.4% of seats |
| Destinations served by 2+ airlines | 2 of 16 (12.5%) |
| Most-served Caribbean destination | CYB, carrying 43.8% of Caribbean departures |
Gateway reach
Long-haul arrivals at the cluster gateway that connect onward to Grand Cayman within the same day, with the best total journey time. Only islands in a gateway cluster have this.
| From | Via | Arrivals in week | Connecting | Best total hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL | KIN | 14 | 2 | 4.8 |
| FLL | NAS | 39 | 11 | 4.9 |
| MIA | NAS | 49 | 18 | 5.1 |
| MCO | NAS | 21 | 10 | 5.1 |
| ATL | NAS | 15 | 10 | 5.4 |
| SUA | NAS | 5 | 1 | 5.5 |
| IAH | NAS | 5 | 3 | 6.3 |
| MIA | KIN | 14 | 3 | 6.7 |
| EWR | NAS | 8 | 5 | 6.8 |
| YYZ | KIN | 14 | 3 | 7.4 |
| JFK | NAS | 12 | 8 | 7.7 |
| JFK | KIN | 18 | 1 | 8.6 |
| PTY | NAS | 5 | 4 | 8.6 |
| YYZ | NAS | 15 | 4 | 9.4 |
| LGW | KIN | 4 | 1 | 14.0 |
| CLT | NAS | 14 | 10 | — |
Load factors
Actual passengers against actual seats, from Eurostat (2024) and BTS T-100 (2025). Monthly and historical: these do not describe the reference week. Route-months the source reports inconsistently are excluded, so every figure here is publishable.
| Source | Direction | Market | Months | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T100I | Inbound | North America | 12 | 73.7% |
| T100I | Outbound | North America | 12 | 73.5% |
Low season against peak
Peak week pending. This edition measures the week of 19 October 2026 only, and that week is an early shoulder week rather than the bottom of the season — some winter services start in October and others in November and December. The peak week is collected separately, and no low-versus-peak comparison is shown until it exists.
Routes
Every scheduled departure in the reference week, grouped by destination and airline. Seats are estimated; see the methodology for how, and for what "estimated" excludes.
Within the Caribbean
| From | To | Airline | Weekly departures | Est. weekly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCM | CYB | Cayman | 28 | 1,078 |
| GCM | LYB | Cayman | 23 | 437 |
| GCM | KIN | Cayman | 8 | 1,280 |
| GCM | NAS | British | 5 | 1,650 |
Beyond the region
| From | To | Airline | Weekly departures | Est. weekly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GCM | MIA | American | 17 | 2,528 |
| GCM | MIA | Cayman | 11 | 1,760 |
| GCM | CLT | American | 7 | 1,155 |
| GCM | ATL | Delta Air Lines | 5 | 866 |
| GCM | TPA | Cayman | 5 | 800 |
| GCM | YYZ | Air Canada | 4 | 640 |
| GCM | YYZ | WestJet | 3 | 492 |
| GCM | IAH | United | 2 | 344 |
| GCM | PTY | Cayman | 2 | 320 |
| GCM | DFW | American | 1 | 172 |
| GCM | EWR | United | 1 | 160 |
| GCM | LAX | Cayman | 1 | 160 |
| GCM | LCE | Cayman | 1 | 160 |
| GCM | MCO | Southwest | 1 | 143 |
Compare
Back to the full 28-island table to see where Grand Cayman sits against the rest.
