Air
Mundo Maya International Airport (IATA: FRS) is just outside Flores and is the only other international airport in the country aside from Guatemala City. This modern facility with its 10,000 ft. runway is courtesy of the US CIA.TAG and TACA Airlines both run daily flights from Guatemala City, but are often delayed in both directions.
Tropic Air also offer an inexpensive option from Belize Cityin a light aircraft which, if you're lucky, flies low providing amazing views of the rainforest. They have daily flights from Philip Goldson International Airport to Flores at 8:30AM and 3PM, with return flights at 9:45AM and 4:15PM.
TACA used to fly from Cancun.
Continental Airlines flies once weekly between Flores andHouston, TX on a Saturday, though service is currently suspended.
A taxi from the airport to Flores costs Q20 (or Q10 per person, whichever is larger). It is about two kilometers from the airport to the Flores causeway.
Shuttles to Tikal meet every flight.
Bus
Buses from Guatemala City and Belize City as well as various other destinations all over the country stop at the Fuente del Norte bus station in Santa Elena, a five minute auto-rickshaw ride across the causeway from Flores island (Q5).
From Guatemala City (travel time: 8 to 10 hours), you have the following options:
Autobuses del Norte (ADN), 8a Avenida 16-41 Zona 1, Guatemala, New First Class (express) buses for Q180 (Sep. 2010), leave Guatemala City at 10PM - on Fridays and Sundays, there's also a bus at 9PM. The final stop is Santa Elena, but the bus will go to Flores to drop passengers who wish to stay there. These are
