Jérémie Airport
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Jérémie Airport is the fifth most important airport in Haiti
in passenger traffic and is located in the city with the same name, Jérémie
, in the south west of Haiti.
This airport is served by scheduled and non-scheduled companies from Port-au-Prince
.
The airstrip has been characterized as a dirt strip recently.
The Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale plans to make this an international airport by extending the runway to 2,200 m (7,218 ft) and adding a terminal with customs and other services.
, a food aide convoy transporting aide delivered to Jérémie Airport through Jérémie
, encountered a hijacking attempt by 20 men, on Saturday 30 January 2010.
Medical aid has been airlifted through the airport for refugees from the 12 January 2010 quake
which have flowed into the region.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
in passenger traffic and is located in the city with the same name, Jérémie
Jérémie
Jérémie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country...
, in the south west of Haiti.
This airport is served by scheduled and non-scheduled companies from Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
.
The airstrip has been characterized as a dirt strip recently.
The Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale plans to make this an international airport by extending the runway to 2,200 m (7,218 ft) and adding a terminal with customs and other services.
History
In the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
, a food aide convoy transporting aide delivered to Jérémie Airport through Jérémie
Jérémie
Jérémie is the capital city of the department of Grand'Anse, in Haiti, with a population of about 31,000 . It is almost isolated from the rest of the country...
, encountered a hijacking attempt by 20 men, on Saturday 30 January 2010.
Medical aid has been airlifted through the airport for refugees from the 12 January 2010 quake
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
which have flowed into the region.