The 2011 Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide is unbelievably beautiful and a great tool on the iPad. The photos are stunning, the search feature lets you easily find what you’re looking for, the searchable index allows you to run down through the island chains to find the island or airport you want, and the bookmark feature lets you keep track of your favorites. The Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide app is a beautiful presentation of the well-known and widely used publication.

The Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide has been updated and published every year since 1979. After 33 years in print, the Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide remains to be the only single-source reference for island travel. The guide has complete airport information for the entire region of The Bahamas and the Caribbean, as well as island and travel information. Sections cover general information and procedures, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Hispaniola/Cuba, western Caribbean (Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Yucatan, Belize, and Roatan), Puerto Rico and U.S. and British Virgin Islands, eastern Caribbean (Anguilla south to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao), United States (Florida airports with customs), and survival.

The guide is packed full of color photos, including an aerial photo of every airport in The Bahamas and the Caribbean. Everything a pilot needs to know is here, including phone numbers for airport managers, customs, and immigration; frequencies; fuel availability; runway details; hours; procedures; GPS designators; as well as longitudes and latitudes, a necessity for finding some of the small airports that won’t be in your GPS database.

General information covers customs, flight plans, forms, procedures, and required equipment in great detail. And, with extensive accommodations and recreational details and phone numbers, this application also helps you plan where to go, where to stay, and what to do. You don’t have to spend hours on the internet to glean bits and pieces of information; it’s all right here in one beautiful application with nearly 1,000 color photos.

The 2011 Bahamas & Caribbean Pilot’s Guide app is a must-have for your next trip to the islands. Grab your straw hat, sunglasses, and your iPad. Flying to the islands is fun, exciting, and easy; the biggest hurdle is deciding where to go and what to do. Because of mutual cooperation between the FAA and the islands of The Bahamas, the procedures are straightforward, forms are simple, and the fees are minimal.