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As of 2004 Haitian has 13 know airports of which 2 are international airports.

The two international airports are the Toussaint Louverture Internatinal Airport in Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haitien International Airport in the north at Cap-Haitien Haiti

Here is the list of Haiti airport we know of:

Town Airport name ICAO IATA Usage Customs Runway IFR Rwy length
Cap Haitien Cap Haitien Intl MTCH CAP Civ. Yes Paved Yes 4900 ft
Jacmel Jacmel MTJA JAK Civ.   Unpaved No 3900 ft
Jeremie Jeremie MTJE JEE Civ.   Unpaved No 3900 ft
Port De Paix Port De Paix MTPX PAX Civ.   Unpaved No 2000 ft
Port-Au-Prince Toussaint Louverture Intl MTPP PAP Civ. Yes Paved Yes 9900 ft
Les Cayes Les Cayes   CYA Civ        
 

Explanations on technical data

ICAO-code
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a 4-letter airport location indicator. The field above is left blank if no ICAO location indicator is available for the selected airport. 
 
IATA-code
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a 3-letter identifier for the relevant airport. The field above is left blank if no IATA code is available for the selected airport. 

Usage
Airports are classified in three categories: civil airports open for public use, military airports and private airports not open to the public. Airports that are joint use, both civil and military, are shown as civil airports.
Civ. Civil airport, open for public use (including joint use).
Mil. Military airport, not open for public use.
Priv. Private airport, not open for public use.
 
Customs
Yes Customs service available during airport operating hours.
No Customs service not available.
O/R Airport has customs service, prior notification is required.
Pto. Airport has part-time customs service available, not necessarily identical to the airport hours.
ADCUS An airport within the USA for which the FAA 'ADCUS' method of prior notification may be used.
ADCUS O/R An airport within the USA for which the FAA 'ADCUS' method of prior notification may be used but where restrictions apply.
   
Runway
Identification of the surface of the longest runway available:
Paved Paved (hard surface) runway
Unpaved Unpaved (soft surface) runway (Only lighter aircraft)
Water Water (for float planes)
 
IFR
This field indicates if the airport has any officially published instrument approach procedure.
Yes Instrument approach procedure is published.
No Instrument approach procedure is not published. (Airport not suitable for traffic during bad weather or darkness.)
 
Runway Length
Shows the length in feet of the longest runway available at the selected airport, rounded down to the next full hundred feet. If the airport has both hard (paved) and soft (unpaved) runways, the length of the longest hard surface runway is shown. If the longest runway is both, hard and soft surface, the length of the hard surface portion is shown.

Note that not all of the Haiti airports have all the necessary requirements. The runway(s) may be paved (concrete or asphalt surfaces) or unpaved (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), but they are all usable.

Not all airports in Haiti have facilities for refueling, maintenance, or air traffic control.

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