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Map of Haiti

This is a list of airports in Haiti, grouped by type and sorted by location.

Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. The total area of Haiti is 27,750 square kilometres (10,714 sq mi). Its capital is Port-au-Prince. The official languages are French and Haitian Creole.

Haiti is divided into ten departments, which are further divided into 42 arrondissements, and 145 communes and 571 communal sections.

Airports

Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.

City served Department ICAO IATA Airport name Runway
 International
Cap-Haïtien Nord MTCH CAP Hugo Chávez International Airport 7,500 ft × 131 ft (2,286 m × 40 m) paved[1]
Port-au-Prince Ouest MTPP PAP Toussaint Louverture International Airport 9,974 ft × 141 ft (3,040 m × 43 m) paved[2]
 Domestic
Jacmel Sud-Est MTJA JAK Jacmel Airport 3,937 ft × 95 ft (1,200 m × 29 m) paved[3]
Jérémie Grand'Anse MTJE JEE Jérémie Airport 3,937 ft (1,200 m) paved
Les Cayes Sud MTCA CYA Antoine-Simon Airport 3,666 ft × 80 ft (1,117 m × 24 m) paved[4]
Port-de-Paix Nord-Ouest MTPX PAX Port-de-Paix Airport 2,100 ft (640 m) unpaved
 Other
Anse-à-Galets Ouest n/a LGN Anse-à-Galets Airport (on Île de la Gonâve) 2,448 ft (746 m) unpaved
Anse-Rouge Artibonite n/a ANR Anse-Rouge Airport 1,962 ft (598 m) unpaved
Belladère Centre n/a BEL Belladere Airport 3,300 ft (1,000 m) unpaved
Fond-des-Blancs Sud n/a n/a Fond-des-Blancs Airport unpaved
Hinche Centre n/a HIN Hinche Airport 2,660 ft (810 m) unpaved
Haut-Palmistes Nord-Ouest n/a n/a Haut-Palmistes Airport (on Île de la Tortue) unpaved
Môle-Saint-Nicolas Nord-Ouest n/a MSN Môle-Saint-Nicolas Airport 3,220 ft (980 m) unpaved
Ouanaminthe Nord-Est n/a OAN Ouanaminthe Airport 2,424 ft (739 m) unpaved
Phaeton Nord-Est n/a FLT Phaeton Airport 3,238 ft (987 m) unpaved
Pignon Nord n/a PGN Pignon Airport 3,500 ft (1,100 m) unpaved
Port-Salut Sud n/a PST Port-Salut Airport 2,628 ft (801 m) unpaved

Makeshift airstrips

In the wake of the 7.0 magnitude 2010 Haiti earthquake of January 12, several makeshift airports have been set up around the country to facilitate aide shipments.

Outside of Léogâne, a makeshift airstrip has been set up on part of Route 9, a highway of the commune, able to handle small planes.[5]

See also

References

  • "ICAO Location Indicators by State" (PDF). International Civil Aviation Organization. 12 January 2006.
  • "UN Location Codes: Dominican Republic (includes IATA codes)". UN/LOCODE 2011-1. UNECE. August 2011.
  • UNJLC: Haiti Airfields
  • [1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ World Aero Data: Cap-Haitien (MTCH). Accessed 5 February 2010.
  2. ^ World Aero Data: Port-au-Prince (MTPP). Accessed 5 February 2010.
  3. ^ World Aero Data: Jacmel (MTJA). Accessed 5 February 2010.
  4. ^ World Aero Data: Les Cayes (MTCA). Accessed 5 February 2010.
  5. ^ Shaila Dewan (4 February 2010). "Volunteers Fly Supplies Into Hard-to-Reach Areas". New York Times. Retrieved 4 February 2010.


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