Plane
Honduras has three international airports, Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula and Roatan, with regular flight connections to the US. For getting to Utila, visitors find flights connecting through Roatan or San Pedro Sula the most convenient. American Airlines and TACA fly direct to San Pedro Sula from Miami, Continental fly direct from Houston, and Delta fly from their hub in Atlanta. European visitors can also connect through Madrid with Iberia.


Connecting flights on to Utila are available from Atlantic Airlines and Sosa Airlines, with daily flights from San Pedro Sula via La Ceiba.

Continental have also recently started flying directly to Roatan from Houston on Saturdays only. Visitors wishing to travel on to Utila will find that the Sosa Airlines flight from Roatan to Utila is scheduled to connect with this flight arrival.

Should your flight connections require an overnight stay in San Pedro Sula, there are a number of hotel options suting any budget. We can recommend Microtel Inn and Suites (around $80 per night) and Apart Hotel Villa Nuria (504 559-4801), $60 per night for a two bedroom apartment. Both hotels are clean, safe and friendly, and bookings can be made online or by telephone.

Bus
La Ceiba is easy to reach by bus from any of the main cities in Honduras.
From San Pedro Sula, luxury buses with air-conditioning take about 2 ½ hours, and run direct. Hedman Alas leaves San Pedro Sula daily at 6am, 10am, 2pm and 6pm while Viana leave San Pedro Sula at 10.30am and 5.30pm. Direct services with no air-conditioning are also offered by Diana and Catisa-Tupsa. These services take about 3 hours to reach La Ceiba and run several times per day. From Tegucigalpa, Viana run a luxury service, leaving Tegucigalpa daily at 6.45am and returning from La Ceiba at 2pm. Direct services are run by Etrusca, leaving Tegucigalpa at 10am and 4pm, and leaving La Ceiba at 3am and 10am. Cristina also offers a regular direct bus service.

Ferry
There is a regular ferry service from La Ceiba to Utila twice daily with the Utila Princess. The ferry leaves the dock in La Ceiba at 9.30am and 4pm every day, and leaves from the main dock in Utila at 6.20am and 2pm.