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What's Your Favorite Seaplane Destination?
During the summer season, we provide regularly scheduled seaplane service between New York City (from the 23rd Street Seaplane Base in Manhattan) and The Hamptons and Shelter Island. See our summer schedule below. For other destinations, we provide charter services. We can fly you directly to resorts, remote islands, private yachts, or fishing lodges. For those looking for a little adventure, we offer day trips as well as sightseeing tours. It’s all part of the fun!
Cape Air provides seaplane charter service throughout the Northeastern US, including New York City, East Hampton, Shelter Island, Montauk, Fisher’s Island, Long Beach Island, Newport, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Provincetown and Coastal Maine. We can also fly you as far as the Adirondacks or the Chesapeake Bay area. Taking a seaplane to your vacation destination is convenient and saves you precious time.
Cape Air’s Twin Tower Gardens
In an effort to get the whole Cape Air crew to eat their vegetables, we took advantage of the massive skylight in our lobby entrance to install two aeroponic Tower Gardens. So far we’ve grown lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, basil and peppers. Aeroponics evolved out of the hydroponics method of growing plants and…
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Cape Air’s Cold Weather Seaplane Operations
Not all of Cape Air’s seaplanes go south for the winter. Believe it or not, there are still some people who want to fly even in cold weather. Although we keep at least one airplane operational in the New York area all winter, it doesn’t mean we can always fly. Some years an early hard…
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Bahama Treasures – SeaBird Air Day Trip by Seaplane
If you’re going to The Bahamas, consider the Abacos and the smaller barrier islands to their east, known as the Loyalist Cays, for a great day trip by seaplane. The Abacos are often called the jewel of The Bahamas and it’s no wonder. The pace is slower than Freeport or Nassau and the locals are…
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