We recommend at least 40 minutes for a comfortable connection at Vance W. Amory International Airport. The minimum connection time is 30 minutes for domestic flights and 45 minutes for international flights. Transit between terminals takes up to 5 minutes.

Domestic-to-Domestic: 30 min. Domestic-to-International: 40 min. International-to-Domestic: 40 min. International-to-International: 45 min. These are the shortest layovers airlines will sell at Vance W. Amory International Airport.

Vance W. Amory International is a single-runway, single-terminal airstrip airport serving Nevis, handling only a handful of short inter-island turboprop flights a day. There is no real 'connection' infrastructure — passengers simply walk across the tarmac between a tiny arrivals/departures hall — so technical minimum connecting times are short, but flight frequency is so low that most 'connections' actually mean waiting hours for the next hop to St. Kitts, Antigua, or St. Maarten. There is only one small terminal building with a single apron, so passengers walk directly from the aircraft steps into the terminal and back out to the next aircraft; no shuttle, train, or bus is needed. Security re-screening is minimal or informal, typically a single hand-search/metal-detector check shared by all departing flights.

This meets the bare technical minimum but leaves no margin if your inbound flight is even slightly late. See full 30 min guide →

Enough time to handle a domestic-to-international handoff with bag recheck at the single counter. See full 45 min guide →

More than sufficient; NEV's whole terminal can be crossed in under five minutes. See full 1 hr guide →

Generous buffer, though you may simply be waiting in a small terminal with limited amenities. See full 1¼ hr guide →

Plenty of time, but be prepared for a long, quiet wait given infrequent departures. See full 1½ hr guide →

Very safe margin; consider stepping outside since the terminal itself is minimal. See full 2 hr guide →

Excess time for this airport's simple layout; check if an earlier flight is available instead. See full 2½ hr guide →

Far more time than needed operationally; likely reflects schedule gaps rather than airport complexity. See full 3 hr guide →

Long layover driven purely by low flight frequency, not by any airport logistics. See full 4 hr guide →