Renting a plane in the Cayman Islands
 

I am going to be in the grand Cayman Islands this summer and I’m interested in renting a plane for a day trip to Cuba or Jamaica. I have my ppl and will have my instrument rating finished up by the tone of the trip. I can’t find any general aviation plane’s available for rent on the island. I was wondering where I can find a plane and what steps I would need to take in order to be legal to fly? Does anyone have experience flying ga in the Caribbean?

Hello

I have experience of flying GA in the Caribbean - I have owed my own Archer since 2012.

Mainly I fly in the eastern Caribbean - so think BVI down to Trinidad - I have done the trip down from Florida a couple of times too.

Your problem with finding a GA airplane are fairly typical - I do not have any personal knowledge of the possibility to hire in Cayman - being British it will be a lot more difficult than if it was a US territory.

My best suggestion to you is to contact the tower at the Owen Roberts airport - they will know if there are any regular GA users who may rent, I would not expect a successful outcome - if you do I am thinking US registered airplane (you will need a US licence for international) and a whole raft of issues with insurance - then throw in the Cuba element and you will have problems.

Good luck.

Thank you for the idea! I’ll definitely give tower a call and see what my options are, the Cuba idea is probably out the windows just because of the extra work it would add.

Just curious, but did you ever end up renting a plane in Grand Cayman?