User:Addis-Bot/20140530/List of airports in 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平方公里(10,714平方英里). Its capital is Port-au-Prince. The official languages are Haitian Creole and French.
Haiti is divided into ten departments, which are further divided into 41 arrondissements, and 133 communes.
Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
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
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Footnotes
- ^ World Aero Data: Cap-Haitien (MTCH). Accessed 5 February 2010.
- ^ World Aero Data: Port-au-Prince (MTPP). Accessed 5 February 2010.
- ^ World Aero Data: Jacmel (MTJA). Accessed 5 February 2010.
- ^ World Aero Data: Les Cayes (MTCA). Accessed 5 February 2010.
- ^ Shaila Dewan. Volunteers Fly Supplies Into Hard-to-Reach Areas. New York Times. 4 February 2010 [4 February 2010].
External links
- Lists of airports in Haiti: