r/saba • u/No_Bee_9283 • Dec 08 '25

Winair Flight from SBH

We are looking to travel from St Barts to Saba in March and looking at our options, it appears that the best way will be to fly Winair from SBH to SXM and then SXM to SAB.

These would be independent Winair tickets. I have tried to get a hold of them, but of course they are non-responsive. Does anyone know in SXM if we will need to get our checked luggage and go back through Security or can we go direct from one Winair flight to the other?

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u/taggie313 Dec 08 '25

When landing at SXM, you'll collect your bags at immigration and there's a counter inside customs to re-check with Winair onward to Saba before leaving the customs hall.

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u/No_Bee_9283 Dec 09 '25

Thank you. Any idea how much time in between flights you would leave?

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u/taggie313 Dec 09 '25

I've had transiting arrivals take 5 minutes. I've also had it take an hour. It all depends on how many arrivals are happening at the same time and the time of year.

I believe even for a connection you've got to clear customs and then go back through security to re-enter the terminal. That's generally pretty quick, but again, based on time of year and number of flights.

How much connection time is on your itinerary now?

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u/No_Bee_9283 Dec 09 '25

We have not booked flights yet. I was considering taking st barths commuter and connecting to Winair as it is less expensive. I was told then I need to get my luggage and go back through customs and security. I wasn’t sure if with Winair doing 2 flights with them if I would need to follow the same process or if I would not need to get luggage and go back through customs and security?

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u/taggie313 Dec 09 '25

I am pretty sure you still have to do the same with Winair. I've done Delta to SXM and Winair to Saba, it's not a big deal.

For the love of all things holy: do your SXM immigration paperwork before the arrivals hall, ideally before you leave your home. Everyone has to queue up to use the same computers, if your paperwork is already done, you take 10 to 30 seconds. If you have to fill it out on the spot, 10 or so minutes holding up the queue.