Aéroport international Toussaint Louverture

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Aéroport international Toussaint Louverture
Aerial photo of the airport (2010)
Characteristics
ICAO code MTPP
IATA code PAP
Coordinates

18 ° 34 '48 "  N , 72 ° 17' 33"  W Coordinates: 18 ° 34 '48 "  N , 72 ° 17' 33"  W.
Height above MSL 37 m (121  ft )
Basic data
opening 1965
operator Autorité Aeroportuaire Nationale
Start-and runway
10/28 3040 m × 43 m asphalt



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The Aéroport international Toussaint Louverture ( IATA code : PAP , ICAO code : MTPP ) is one of two international airports in Haiti . It is located in the north of the capital Port-au-Prince in the suburb of Tabarre and serves as the home airport of Sunrise Airways .

history

FrançoisToussaint L'Ouverture, Haitian national hero and namesake of the airport (1802)
After the 2010 earthquake

It was built as a civil airfield in the 1940s and served as the United States military airfield between 1950 and 1960. The airport was then expanded and opened in 1965. At that time he was named after the autocratic ruler François Duvalier . In 1986 it was renamed Aéroport international de Port-au-Prince before it was named in 2003 in honor of the revolutionary Toussaint Louverture .

The tower was badly damaged in an earthquake in January 2010 , while the runway and the rest of the infrastructure remained largely intact. The administration of the airport was then temporarily headed by the US Air Force at the request of Haitian President René Préval .

Incidents

  • March 7, 1980: A Learjet 25 (N211MB) on a charter flight for Merchant Bank crashes on arrival in the hills at the airport. One passenger and two crew members die.
  • December 7, 1995: a Beechcraft 1900 D (F-OHRK) from Air-St. Martin rams a mountain at an altitude of 5030 feet (1533 m), 30 km from the airport. Two crew members and 18 passengers are killed.
  • February 12, 1996: A GAF Nomad (N224E) of the Haiti Express crashed during take-off. Two crew members and eight passengers die.
  • August 31, 2007: A Caribintair Cessna Grand Caravan (HH-CAR) crashes shortly after take-off, five km from the airport. No seriously injured.
  • September 11, 2007: A Cessna Grand Caravan (HH-CAW) from Caribintair crashes on landing 10 kilometers from the runway.

See also

Web links

Commons : Aéroport international Toussaint Louverture  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ATCSCC ADVZY 033 DCC 01/15/2010 MTPP GROUND STOP. In: ATCSCC Advisory. US Department of Transportation, January 15, 2010; accessed February 3, 2010 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Port-au-Prince-Mais Gate Airport profile. Retrieved February 3, 2010 .