Port-de-Paix Airport

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Port-de-Paix Airport

Aéroport de Port-de-Paix

Ayewopò Pòdpè
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale
Serves Port-de-Paix, Haiti
Elevation  AMSL 9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 19°56′05″N72°50′50″W / 19.93472°N 72.84722°W / 19.93472; -72.84722 Coordinates: 19°56′05″N72°50′50″W / 19.93472°N 72.84722°W / 19.93472; -72.84722
Website http://www.aan.gouv.ht/
Map
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PAX
Location in Haiti
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
mft
05/236402,100Gravel
Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Port-de-Paix Airport( IATA : PAX, ICAO : MTPX) is in passenger numbers, the third airport in Haiti [3] and is located in the city with the same name, Port-de-Paix, on the north coast of Haiti.

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The airport does not have radar, nor is it a radio controlled aerodrome. The air traffic control center functions without these. [4] The runway is within the city and is subject to pedestrian traffic. The Port de Paix non-directional beacon (Ident: PPX) is located near the runway. [5]

Airlines and destinations

As of July 2017 there are no scheduled services to Port-de-Paix.

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References

  1. Airport information for Port-de-Paix Airport at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Google Maps - Port-de-Paix
  3. Statistics from the Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale of Haiti
  4. New York Times, "Volunteers Fly Supplies Into Hard-to-Reach Areas", Shaila Dewan, 4 February 2010 (accessed 4 February 2010)
  5. PPX NDB