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The USMC built Bowen Field (also known as Chancerelles Airport [3]), a small civilian and military airport located near Chancerelles area near the Baie de Port-au-Prince. [4] Bowen Field was used by Haiti Air Corps for mail (1943) and passenger (1944) services, [5] then succeeded by the Compagnie haïtienne de transports aériens [6] beginning ...
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.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened Monday for the first time in nearly three months after relentless gang violence forced authorities to close it. The ...
Jacmel Airport (IATA: JAK, ICAO: MTJA) was the sixth busiest airport in Haiti by passenger volume before the 2010 Haitian earthquake, near the city of Jacmel, on Haiti's south coast. The airport's time zone is GMT –5, and is in World Area Code region #238 (by the U.S. Department of Transportation). This airport is normally served by scheduled ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A Spirit Airlines flight destined for the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince was struck by gunfire on Monday, forcing it to be diverted to the neighboring Dominican Republic.
3 March – Between 3,700 [3] and 4,000 prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince. The Haitian government declares a 72 hour state of emergency to recapture them. [4] [5] 4 March – Gangs exchange gunfire with police and soldiers in an attempt to seize control of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au ...
Antoine Simon Airport (IATA: CYA, ICAO: MTCA) is a commercial airport in Haiti. It is the fourth largest airport in Haiti for passenger traffic [ 4 ] and is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of Les Cayes , a Caribbean coastal city in Haiti's Southern peninsula.
Shortly after the 2010 Haiti earthquake on January 12, 2010, SALSA d'Haïti began organizing relief efforts with several non-governmental organizations and foreign governments to assist in the transportation of supplies into Port-au-Prince and other Haitian communities outside of the capital.