South America · Business & First Class
Business Class Flights to Cartagena
from$1,500round trip · per person
Cartagena is the Caribbean's best-preserved colonial city — the walled Old Town, Getsemaní, the Rosario Islands an hour by boat — and it is two and a half hours from Miami, closer than Cancún is to New York. The airport is ten minutes from the walls. A front-cabin seat gets you through it first, and our $1,500 starting fare is the lowest in South America.
Arrival airport
Rafael Núñez International (CTG), 10–15 minutes from the walled city and Bocagrande
Flight time
~2.5h from Miami or Fort Lauderdale · ~4h from Atlanta · ~5h from New York or Newark
Time difference
same as Eastern Standard Time (1 hour behind Eastern in summer — Colombia does not change clocks)
Best time to go
December–April (dry, breezy); the Hay Festival (late January) and New Year's Eve are peaks; September–November is the rainy season and cheapest; it is hot year-round
Fly to Cartagena from these US gateways
Negotiated Business Class starting fares — request yours for exact dates.
Starting fares for lead-time bookings; your exact price depends on dates and availability.
Flying Business Class to Cartagena
American flies Cartagena nonstop from Miami several times a day with narrowbody recliner First Class; Delta flies from Atlanta and, in season, New York; Avianca flies from Miami and Fort Lauderdale with recliner business; JetBlue flies from New York and Fort Lauderdale and Spirit from Fort Lauderdale without a premium cabin; United has operated seasonal Newark service. Copa connects via Panama City. No lie-flat seat operates from the US, and on a two-and-a-half-hour flight none is needed; the front cabin is priority handling, a lounge at the US gateway, bags and a quiet cabin on a full holiday flight. From cities without a nonstop, a connection through Bogotá (an hour on) on Avianca, or through Miami, is the routing.
Rafael Núñez is remarkably close to everything — the walled city and Getsemaní are ten to fifteen minutes, Bocagrande the same — and hotels arrange transfers, which in Cartagena means a car to the edge of the pedestrian Old Town. The Rosario Islands, with their beach clubs and small hotels, are 45 to 60 minutes by boat from the marina; Barú's Playa Blanca is an hour by road. Santa Marta and Tayrona are four hours by road or a short flight via Bogotá.
December through April is the dry season and the peak: New Year's Eve fills the Old Town, the Hay Festival in late January brings a literary crowd, and Colombian and international travelers fill the front cabins on the Miami flights. May through August is hot and mostly dry. September through November is the rainy season — short, heavy afternoon storms — and the cheapest time to fly, well below our $1,500 starting fare from Miami.
Airlines flying premium cabins nonstop to Cartagena
American Airlines — First Class from Miami, several daily
Delta — First Class from Atlanta and seasonal New York
Avianca — recliner business from Miami and Fort Lauderdale; connections via Bogotá
United — seasonal from Newark
Copa — via Panama City
Cartagena flight questions
How much is a premium-cabin flight to Cartagena?
Our negotiated starting fares are $1,500 round trip from Miami for lead-time bookings; Fort Lauderdale is similar, Atlanta and New York around $1,700. New Year's Eve, the Hay Festival and Holy Week price higher.
Is business class to Cartagena lie-flat?
No — every US nonstop is a narrowbody with recliner First or business seats, on a flight of two and a half to five hours. The value is priority handling, the lounge and bags.
How far is the airport from the walled city?
Ten to fifteen minutes. Rafael Núñez is one of the closest airports to a historic center anywhere in the Americas.
When is the best time to visit Cartagena?
December through April — dry, with trade-wind breezes. It is hot year-round; September–November is the rainy season and the cheapest time to fly.
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