Toussaint Louverture International Airport

Toussaint Louverture International Airport
Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture
IATA: PAPICAO: MTPP
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Office National de l'Aviation Civile
Operator Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale
Serves Port-au-Prince
Location Tabarre, Port-au-Prince, Ouest, HT
Elevation AMSL 109 ft / 33 m
Coordinates 18°34′48″N 072°17′33″W / 18.58000°N 72.29250°W / 18.58000; -72.29250Coordinates: 18°34′48″N 072°17′33″W / 18.58000°N 72.29250°W / 18.58000; -72.29250
Website pap.aan-haiti.com
Map
MTPP

Location in Haiti

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 3,040 9,974 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers 1,500,521
Aircraft Operations 4,127
Source:

Toussaint Louverture International Airport (French: Aéroport International Toussaint Louverture) (IATA: PAP, ICAO: MTPP) is an international airport located in Tabarre, a commune of Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is currently the busiest in Haiti.

History

Facilities

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.[1]

Runway 10.

The airport is to be re-designed completely by the year 2015. The re-making of the airport is to add 14 gates to the terminal and also the re-making will make the main passenger terminal bigger.[2] As of June 15, 2016, a taxiway is under construction to increase traffic capacity as taxiing aircraft currently must use the active runway to taxi to their takeoff position. Work is being performed by China National Automation Control System Corporation which has multiple large construction contracts with the Haitian government.[3]

Access

The airport can be accessed by car (with parking space next to the terminal building) or by National Bus Route 1.

Airlines and destinations

American Airlines
American Airlines
JetBlue Airways Aircraft
Spirit Aircraft
Air Century Aircraft

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Aerolineas Mas Santiago de los Caballeros
Air Canada Rouge Montréal–Trudeau
Air Caraïbes Cayenne, Fort-de-France, Paris–Orly, Pointe-à-Pitre, Santo Domingo-Las Américas, St. Maarten
Air France Miami, Pointe-à-Pitre
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau
American Airlines Fort Lauderdale, Miami, New York–JFK
Bahamasair Nassau (begins 6 January 2017)[4]
Copa Airlines Panama City–Tocumen
Cubana Camagüey, Havana, Santiago de Cuba[5]
Delta Air Lines Atlanta
Insel Air Curaçao, Miami, St. Maarten
InterCaribbean Airways Kingston–Norman Manley, Providenciales, Santo Domingo-Las Américas
JetBlue Airways Fort Lauderdale, New York–JFK
Seasonal: Boston
PAWA Dominicana Santo Domingo-Las Américas
Spirit Airlines Fort Lauderdale
Sunrise Airways Camagüey, Cap-Haïtien, Montego Bay, Nassau, Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo-La Isabela

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
ABX Air Miami, San Juan
Amerijet International Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas

Hub operations

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. It also serves as a hub for the brand new Haitian airline, Haiti Aviation.

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

Media related to Toussaint Louverture International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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