Airport Guides

PLS sits 5 km from Grace Bay (TripAdvisor’s world-#1 beach since 2018), runs USD as legal tender, and connects you to the third-largest barrier reef on earth via daily JetBlue, Delta, BA, and Virgin Atlantic flights. This master guide covers visas, transport, lounges, ferries to North Caicos, and the post-Spirit 2026 route map.

V.C. Bird sits 6 km from St John’s, runs on a 2015-rebuilt terminal, and connects you to Antigua’s 365 beaches, Nelson’s Dockyard UNESCO site, and the Barbuda Pink Sand ferry. This master guide covers visas, currency, transport, lounges, food, and the post-Spirit 2026 route map.

Hewanorra is St Lucia’s longhaul gateway 65 km south of Castries, runs Eastern Caribbean Dollar pegged 2.70 to USD, and connects you to the Pitons UNESCO site, the Sandals resort cluster, and the Soufrière sulphur springs. This master guide covers visas, transport, lounges, food, and the post-Spirit 2026 route map.

Pôle Caraïbes is 3 km from Pointe-à-Pitre, runs Euro currency, sits inside EU territory but outside Schengen, and connects you to Grande-Terre beaches, Basse-Terre rainforest, and the Saintes ferry. This master guide covers visas, Sargassum reality, transport, lounges, food, and the post-Spirit 2026 route map.

Hato sits 14 km from UNESCO Willemstad, runs one terminal and one runway, and stays open for divers and beach hoppers year-round because Curaçao is south of the hurricane belt. This master guide covers visas, currency, transport, lounges, food, and the post-Spirit-collapse 2026 route map.

Douala International (DLA) is Cameroon’s economic capital airport and gateway to Africa in Miniature: Mt Cameroon (West Africa’s highest at 4,040m), Limbe Botanical Garden (world’s 2nd-oldest), Korup rainforest, Bafut royal palace UNESCO. Single 2018-expanded terminal, mandatory US$30 e-Visa, MANDATORY yellow fever, XAF currency. Full 2026 guide.

Djerba-Zarzis International (DJE) is Tunisia’s premier beach island airport — gateway to Djerba (the legendary Lotus-Eaters Island), Houmt Souk medina, El Ghriba synagogue, the Sahara via Douz, Matmata Star Wars cave-dwellings. Single 2014-modernised terminal, 90-day visa-free, TND closed currency, Tunisair (oneworld 2024) plus Ryanair direct. Full 2026 guide.

Fes-Saïss International (FEZ) is Morocco’s spiritual heart and gateway to Fes el Bali UNESCO — the world’s largest car-free urban area, the 1,200-year-old medina, the Chouwara tannery, plus Meknès and Volubilis Roman ruins, the Middle Atlas cedar forests. Single 2018-modernised terminal, 90-day visa-free, MAD closed currency. Full 2026 guide.

Fascène Airport (NOS) is Madagascar’s premier beach island airport, gateway to Nosy Be — the Indian Ocean’s most reliable whale shark encounters October-December, Andilana white-sand beach, Nosy Komba Lemur Island, the Sambirano Iranja causeway. Single 2019-modernised terminal, Madagascar Airlines TNR connection plus Edelweiss ZRH seasonal direct. Full 2026 guide.

Kamuzu International (LLW) is Malawi’s capital airport and gateway to the Warm Heart of Africa: Lake Malawi, Liwonde NP big-five (rhino reintroduced 2015-2019), Mt Mulanje, the Nyika Plateau. 22 km north of Lilongwe, single 2018-modernised terminal, 90-day visa-free since 2015, MWK/USD currency. Full 2026 guide.

Lanseria International (HLA) is Johannesburg’s smaller, privately-owned alternative to OR Tambo (JNB) — and FlySafair’s LCC base. Single 2014-2018-expanded terminal serving Northern Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, the Magaliesberg, Cradle of Humankind UNESCO. 90-day visa-free, ZAR currency. Full 2026 guide: smaller, faster, cheaper.

George Airport (GRJ) is South Africa’s Garden Route gateway and the most central airport for the Wilderness-Knysna-Plettenberg Bay road trip. 10 km east of George CBD, single 2009-modernised terminal, FlySafair JNB and CPT direct, 90-day visa-free entry, ideal for the CPT→GRJ open-jaw Garden Route circuit. Full 2026 guide.

Chief Dawid Stuurman International (PLZ, formerly Port Elizabeth) is South Africa’s Eastern Cape gateway and entry to Addo Elephant NP, the Wild Coast Transkei, the eastern Garden Route. 4 km from Gqeberha CBD (renamed from Port Elizabeth 2021), single 2010-modernised terminal, 90-day visa-free, FlySafair domestic hub. Full 2026 guide.

Sir Seretse Khama International (GBE) is Botswana’s capital airport and gateway to Africa’s most stable democracy: diamond capital, Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Tuli Block, Mokolodi Nature Reserve. 14 km north of Gaborone, single 2018-modernised terminal, 90-day visa-free, BWP/ZAR currency, KP-certified diamonds. Full 2026 guide.

Maun International (MUB) is Botswana’s safari capital and the busiest light-aircraft airport in southern Africa, springboard for fly-in safari into the Okavango Delta — Moremi, Khwai, Vumbura, Mombo, Linyanti. 90-day visa-free, BWP/ZAR currency, mokoro and walking safari standard. Full 2026 guide: lodge fly-in, lounges, transfers.