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Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
, grouped by type and sorted by location. Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a
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country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of
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, which it shares with the
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. The total area of Haiti is . Its capital is
Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ) is the capital and most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 987,311 in 2015 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The metropolitan area is define ...
. The official languages are
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Haitian Creole Haitian Creole (; ht, kreyòl ayisyen, links=no, ; french: créole haïtien, links=no, ), commonly referred to as simply ''Creole'', or ''Kreyòl'' in the Creole language, is a French-based creole language spoken by 10–12million people wor ...
. Haiti is divided into ten departments, which are further divided into 42
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, and 145
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and 571
communal section The communal section (french: section communale, formerly section rurale) is the smallest administrative division in Haiti. The 144 communes are further divided into 571 communal sections. Operation It is headed by an executive body, the CASEC ...
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Airports

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


Airports by volume of traffic

* 1.)
Toussaint Louverture International Airport Toussaint Louverture International Airport ( ht, Ayewopò Entènasyonal Tousen Louvèti, french: Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture) is an international airport in Tabarre, a commune of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is current ...
Port au Prince * 2.)
Cap-Haïtien International Airport Cap-Haïtien International Airport ( ht, Ayewopò Entènasyonal Kap Ayisyen, french: Aéroport Internationale de Cap-Haïtien) is a minor international airport serving Cap-Haïtien, a city in Nord, Haiti. It is the second largest airport in Haiti ...
Cap-Haïtien * 3.)
Port-de-Paix Airport Port-de-Paix Airport is in passenger numbers, the third airport in Haiti and is located in the city with the same name, Port-de-Paix, on the north coast of Haiti. The airport does not have radar, nor is it a radio controlled aerodrome. The air t ...
Port-de-Paix * 4.)
Antoine-Simon Airport Antoine Simon Airport is the fourth airport in Haiti in passenger traffic and is north of Les Cayes, a Caribbean coastal city in Haiti's Southern peninsula. History The airport is named after François C. Antoine Simon, the 18th President of Ha ...
Les Cayes * 5.)
Jérémie Airport Jérémie Airport is west of Jérémie in the Grand'Anse (department) of Haiti and is the fifth busiest airport in Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country ...
Jérémie


Makeshift airstrips

In the wake of the 7.0 magnitude
2010 Haiti earthquake A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...
of January 12, several makeshift airports have been set up around the country to facilitate aid shipments. Outside of
Léogâne Léogâne ( ht, Leyogàn) is one of the List of communes of Haiti, coastal communes in Haiti. It is located in the eponymous Léogâne Arrondissement, which is part of the Ouest (department), Ouest Department. The port town is located about we ...
, a makeshift airstrip has been set up on part of Route 9, a highway of the commune, able to handle small planes.


See also

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Transport in Haiti All of the major transportation systems in Haiti are located near or run through the capital, Port-au-Prince. Roads Haiti's network of roads consists of National Roads, Department Roads, and county roads. The hub of the road network is located ...
* List of airports by ICAO code: M#MT - Haiti * Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#Haiti


References

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UNJLC: Haiti Airfields



Footnotes


External links

* Lists of airports in Haiti: *
Great Circle Mapper
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The Airport Guide
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World Aero Data
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Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
Airports An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...