| Toussaint Louverture International Airport | |||
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| IATA: PAP – ICAO: MTPP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Office National de l´Aviation Civile | ||
| Operator | Autorité Aeroportuaire Nationale | ||
| Serves | Port-au-Prince | ||
| Location | Port-au-Prince | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 109 ft / 33 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 10/28 | 3,040 | 9,974 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1] | |||
Toussaint Louverture International Airport (French: Aeroport International Toussaint Louverture) (IATA: PAP, ICAO: MTPP) is an international airport located in Tabarre, near Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is currently the busiest in Haiti.
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In the 1940s a military and civil airfield, Bowen Field, was established near Baie de Port-au-Prince providing passenger air service by Compagnie Haitienne de Transports Aériens. It served as an airbase for the U.S. military in Haiti in the 1950s and 1960s.
Developed with grant money from the United States Government, the current airport opened in 1965 as Francois Duvalier International Airport, named after then Haitian president Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier. Following the resignation of Duvalier's son and successor Jean Claude Duvalier in 1986, the airport was renamed Port-au-Prince International Airport, before being renamed again as Toussaint Louverture International Airport in 2003, in honour of the Haitian revolutionary leader.
The main building of the airport works as the International Terminal. It consists of a two story concrete and glass structure. Lounges and a few retail stores are located on the second floor of the main building. Check-in counters, gates and immigration facilities are on the lower floor. The Guy Malary Terminal (named after former Haitian Justice Minister Guy Malary) is used for domestic flights. There are further buildings used for general aviation and cargo flights. The airport has 3 jet bridges, but most passengers walk onto aircraft from mobile stairs. The ramp area can handle 12 planes.[2]
Currently, international passengers are transported by bus to a warehouse near the terminal where they go through customs and immigration processing. The jet-ways are still operational. American Airlines still operates check-in, security, and boarding on the west end of the terminal near Gate 1. [3]
The airport can be accessed by car (with parking space being located adjacent to the terminal building) or by National Bus Route 1.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aero Caribbean | Santiago de Cuba[4] |
| Air Canada | Montréal-Trudeau |
| Air Caraïbes | Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Paris-Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre, Santo Domingo, Sint Maarten |
| Air France | Miami, Pointe-à-Pitre |
| Air Transat | Montréal-Trudeau |
| Air Turks and Caicos | Providenciales |
| Aerolíneas Mas | Santiago de los Caballeros[5], Santo Domingo-La Isabela |
| American Airlines | Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New York-JFK |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City |
| Delta Air Lines | Atlanta [begins 7 April], New York-JFK |
| Insel Air | Curaçao, Miami, Sint Maarten |
| SALSA d'Haiti | Cap-Haiten |
| Spirit Airlines | Fort Lauderdale |
| Sunwing Airlines | Montreal-Trudeau |
| Tortug' Air | Jacmel, Jérémie, Les Cayes, Port-de-Paix |
| United Airlines | Newark |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| ABX Air | Miami |
| Amerijet International | Miami, Santiago, Santo Domingo |
| IBC Airways | Miami |
As of July 2011, Toussaint Louverture serves as operating hub for scheduled domestic airlines SALSA d'Haiti and Tortug' Air. Additionally, the charter airline Sunrise Airways is based out of the Port-au-Prince airport.
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