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Ranked #3 of 28
Bahamas (Nassau)
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- Weekly departures
- 387
- Direct destinations
- 36
- Airlines
- 18
- Estimated weekly seats
- 42,542
Bahamas (Nassau)
| Weekly departures | Weekly seats | Destinations | Airlines | Largest carrier share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 387 | 42,542 | 36 | 18 | 23.6% |
Bahamas (Nassau) is tied for 3rd overall with St Maarten / St Martin (Princess Juliana and Grand Case) (70.6) and ranks 2nd regionally (83.4). It is a gateway with 28,908 extra-regional seats.
The United States takes 53.5% of seats, the Caribbean 32.0%, Canada 6.3%, Europe 6.1% and Latin America 2.0%. Leading routes are Freeport (FPO), with 59 departures and 3,462 seats on IBC Airways (II), Bahamasair (UP) and Jetways Airlines (XJA); Miami (MIA) with 45 departures and 6,340 seats; Marsh Harbour (MHH) with 33; Fort Lauderdale (FLL) with 30; and George Town (GGT) with 21.
Bahamasair is the largest carrier at 23.6% of seats (HHI 1,289), and 25.0% of destinations have two or more airlines. Only Nassau is indexed: flights to other Bahamian islands count as Caribbean destinations, which is why Nassau serves 21 Caribbean islands, but those islands' own flights are not measured.
As a gateway, Nassau received 201 extra-regional arrivals with 30,120 seats, 7.7% of them long-haul. Same-day options reach 3 islands (Grand Cayman, Jamaica and Providenciales) for 68.4% of arriving seats, with a median wait of 3.3 h. Of its Caribbean seats, 2,310 are British Airways (BA) legs to Grand Cayman and Providenciales of flights that arrived from London Heathrow (LHR). In full-year 2025 data, departing flights to the United States were 81.7% full.
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 | 70.6 | #3 of 28 |
| Regional (Caribbean only) | 83.4 | #2 of 28 |
Destinations and airlines
Bahamas (Nassau) has 21 direct Caribbean destinations and 15 beyond the region, with 198 of its 387 weekly departures staying inside the Caribbean. It has direct service to 13 of the index's connecting hubs.
| Airline | Weekly departures | Destinations |
|---|---|---|
| Bahamasair | 117 | 17 |
| Jetways Airlines | 98 | 9 |
| American | 45 | 2 |
| JetBlue | 26 | 3 |
| Delta Air Lines | 22 | 2 |
| British | 14 | 3 |
| United | 13 | 2 |
| Air Canada | 9 | 2 |
| interCaribbean | 7 | 1 |
| Southwest | 7 | 1 |
| Copa | 5 | 1 |
| Tradewind Aviation | 5 | 1 |
| WestJet | 5 | 1 |
| Breeze | 4 | 1 |
| Caribbean | 3 | 1 |
| IBC | 3 | 1 |
| Porter | 3 | 1 |
| Air China | 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 | 25,448 | 59.8% |
| Caribbean | 13,634 | 32.0% |
| Europe | 2,600 | 6.1% |
| Latin America | 860 | 2.0% |
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) | 1,289 of 10,000 — higher is more concentrated |
|---|---|
| Largest carrier by seats | Bahamasair at 23.6% of seats |
| Destinations served by 2+ airlines | 9 of 36 (25.0%) |
| Most-served Caribbean destination | FPO, carrying 29.8% of Caribbean departures |
Gateway reach
Long-haul arrivals at the cluster gateway that connect onward to Bahamas (Nassau) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCE | GCM | 1 | 1 | 5.1 |
| MIA | GCM | 29 | 7 | 5.2 |
| TPA | GCM | 5 | 2 | 5.4 |
| JFK | KIN | 18 | 3 | 7.4 |
| DFW | GCM | 1 | 1 | 8.7 |
| JFK | GCM | 1 | 1 | 8.9 |
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 | Caribbean | 1 | 98.3% |
| T100I | Inbound | North America | 12 | 80.8% |
| T100I | Outbound | Caribbean | 1 | 96.9% |
| T100I | Outbound | North America | 12 | 81.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAS | FPO | Jetways Airlines | 35 | 1,750 |
| NAS | FPO | Bahamasair | 21 | 1,610 |
| NAS | MHH | Bahamasair | 19 | 1,044 |
| NAS | MHH | Jetways Airlines | 14 | 700 |
| NAS | RSD | Bahamasair | 14 | 936 |
| NAS | GGT | Bahamasair | 12 | 840 |
| NAS | ELH | Jetways Airlines | 11 | 550 |
| NAS | GGT | Jetways Airlines | 9 | 450 |
| NAS | BIM | Jetways Airlines | 8 | 400 |
| NAS | PLS | interCaribbean | 7 | 210 |
| NAS | ZSA | Bahamasair | 7 | 428 |
| NAS | GCM | British | 5 | 1,650 |
| NAS | SML | Bahamasair | 5 | 240 |
| NAS | TBI | Jetways Airlines | 5 | 250 |
| NAS | TZN | Jetways Airlines | 4 | 200 |
| NAS | FPO | IBC | 3 | 102 |
| NAS | KIN | Caribbean | 3 | 480 |
| NAS | SAQ | Jetways Airlines | 3 | 150 |
| NAS | CAP | Bahamasair | 2 | 280 |
| NAS | HAV | Bahamasair | 2 | 280 |
| NAS | PLS | British | 2 | 660 |
| NAS | PLS | Bahamasair | 2 | 140 |
| NAS | AXP | Bahamasair | 1 | 48 |
| NAS | CRI | Bahamasair | 1 | 48 |
| NAS | GHC | Bahamasair | 1 | 48 |
| NAS | IGA | Bahamasair | 1 | 70 |
| NAS | MYG | Bahamasair | 1 | 70 |
Beyond the region
| From | To | Airline | Weekly departures | Est. weekly seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAS | MIA | American | 31 | 4,364 |
| NAS | ATL | Delta Air Lines | 15 | 2,670 |
| NAS | CLT | American | 14 | 2,408 |
| NAS | FLL | JetBlue | 14 | 2,214 |
| NAS | MIA | Bahamasair | 14 | 1,976 |
| NAS | FLL | Jetways Airlines | 9 | 450 |
| NAS | EWR | United | 8 | 1,280 |
| NAS | FLL | Bahamasair | 7 | 980 |
| NAS | JFK | Delta Air Lines | 7 | 1,246 |
| NAS | LHR | British | 7 | 2,310 |
| NAS | MCO | Southwest | 7 | 1,001 |
| NAS | MCO | Bahamasair | 7 | 1,020 |
| NAS | MCO | JetBlue | 7 | 972 |
| NAS | YYZ | Air Canada | 7 | 1,150 |
| NAS | IAH | United | 5 | 800 |
| NAS | JFK | JetBlue | 5 | 810 |
| NAS | PTY | Copa | 5 | 860 |
| NAS | SUA | Tradewind Aviation | 5 | 40 |
| NAS | YYZ | WestJet | 5 | 836 |
| NAS | TPA | Breeze | 4 | 540 |
| NAS | YYZ | Porter | 3 | 396 |
| NAS | YUL | Air Canada | 2 | 295 |
| NAS | MAD | Air China | 1 | 290 |
Compare
Back to the full 28-island table to see where Bahamas (Nassau) sits against the rest.
