Jacmel Airport

Jacmel Airport
Jacmel Airport
	IATA: JAK; ICAO: MTJA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Autorité Aeroportuaire Nationale
Serves	Jacmel, Haiti
Elevation AMSL	167 ft / 51 m
Coordinates	18°14′28″N 072°31′07″W / 18.24111°N 72.51861°W
Website	http://www.aanhaiti.com/aan/
Runways

Jacmel Airport (IATA: JAK, ICAO: MTJA) is the sixth airport in Haiti in passenger traffic is located near the city with the same name, Jacmel, on Haiti's south coast. The airport runs on timezone GMT+5.0 and is located in World Area Code (WAC)#238.

This airport is served by scheduled and charter airlines from Port-au-Prince. The airport was opened in 2006 and allows travel from there to Port-au-Prince and to other destinations across the continent.

The airport is currently under the control of the Canadian Forces in the aftermath of the 2010 Haitian Earthquake.^[1]

Facilities

The airport is able to handle smaller commercial aircraft, but not large aircraft.^[2]. However, a C-130 Hercules aircraft can land with utmost difficulty. Prior to the 12 January 2010 quake, there was no control tower at the airstrip, and its ramp area could only accommodate five aircraft at a time, ^[3] the runway also did not have lights,^[4] and with no control tower, no radar to go with it. As such, it can only support good weather daylight operation.^[5]

Airlines and Destinations

Air D'Ayiti (Miami)
Haiti Ambassador Airlines (New York)
Caribintair (Port-au-Prince)
Tortug' Air (Port-au-Prince)
Tropical Airways

10 Closest Airports
Name	IATA code	ICAO code	Location	Distance	Direction
Toussaint Louverture International Airport	PAP	MTPP	Haiti	28 miles (45 km)	NE (32°)
Cabo Rojo Airport	CBJ	MDCR	Dominican Republic	61 miles (98 km)	E (111°)
Cayes Airport	CYA	MTCA	Haiti	83 miles (134 km)	W (271°)
Maria Montez International Airport	BRX	MDBH	Dominican Republic	92 miles (148 km)	E (90°)
San Juan De La Maguana Airport	SJM	MDSA	Dominican Republic	93 miles (150 km)	NE (64°)
San Juan Airport	SJM	MDSJ	Dominican Republic	94 miles (151 km)	NE (64°)
Jeremie Airport	JEE	MTJE	Haiti	112 miles (180 km)	W (285°)
Azua Airport		MDAD	Dominican Republic	118 miles (190 km)	E (84°)
Dajabon Airport		MDDJ	Dominican Republic	107 miles (172 km)	NE (31°)

History

2010 7.0 earthquake

The airport was first used by Canadian CH-146 Griffon helicopters, on 14 January 2010, in scouting the area for relief efforts, prior to the arrival of the force to be deployed in Jacmel.^[3] It became a focus for relief flights by the Canadian military utilizing CC-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, in lieu of the larger CC-177 Globemaster III that cannot operate here, due to its large size.^[2] Canadian soldiers started arriving on flights on Tuesday 19 January 2010 at the airport.^[6]

Canadian forces at the airport are fitting a lighting system to allow day and night operations, to decongest Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, by taking some flights. Radar control of the area will be staged off HMCS Halifax, anchored off the coast, near Jacmel's port.^[7]

References

^ Globe and Mail, "Ottawa expedites Haitian adoptions as troops assess damage in Jacmel", Jane Taber, 20 January 2010
^ ^a ^b CBC News, "Canadian Forces head to port town of Jacmel", 18 January 2010 (accessed 19 January 2010)
^ ^a ^b Globe and Mail, "Canada's big task in Haiti starts on small airstrip", Gloria Galloway, 19 January 2010 (Accessed 19 January 2010)
^ Journal Star, "Group of local aid workers arrives in Haiti", Ryan Ori, 19 January 2010 (accessed 20 January 2010)
^ Template:Fr icon La Presse (Montreal), "Le Canada coordonne les opérations à l'aérodrome de Jacmel", Malorie Beauchemin, 20 January 2010 (accessed 21 January 2010)
^ The Gazette (Montreal), "Canada sending money, troops to assist in Haiti", Juliet O'Neill, 19 January 2010 (accessed 19 January 2010)
^ Template:Fr icon Romandie, "Haïti : le Canada va rouvrir l'aéroport de Jacmel", AFP, 20 January 2010 (accessed 21 January 2010)

External links

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