Flying to Haiti

Overview

In addition to a few airfields, Haiti has around half a dozen airports with regular commercial traffic. As you’d expect, Cap-Haïtien and especially Port-au-Prince handle the most domestic and international traffic (1.5 million passengers a year for Port-au-Prince). The others are limited to connections with the capital.

Note that even if it means extra transport and time, the airports in neighbouring Dominican Republic can also be an alternative for entering the country.

Types of flights

Local airlines

Haiti has three small airlines of its own, all based at Toussaint Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince.

Salsa d'Haïti: flights between the capital and Cap-Haïtien.

Sunrise Airways: founded in 2010, it operates flights between Port-au-Prince and Cap-Haïtien, Santo Domingo, and Santiago de Cuba, plus occasional charters in the region.

Tortug'Air: more or less the national airline. It handles domestic routes from the capital, plus Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

Charters, scheduled, and low-cost flights

Deals and special offers

From France and Europe

Paris is the only European destination with direct flights to Haiti, operated by Air France and Air Caraïbes. Allow around ten hours for roughly 650 €–850 return. Aside from these, flights usually involve at least one stop, often via Miami (American Airlines) or Guadeloupe.

From the rest of the Americas

North America, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and a few Caribbean islands are the only other destinations with direct flights from Haiti. In addition to Florida (American, IBC Airways), Nassau (IBC), and the Turks Islands (InterCaribbean) from Cap-Haïtien, here are the routes from Port-au-Prince:

United States: Atlanta (Delta), Fort Lauderdale (American, JetBlue, Spirit), Miami (Air France, American), New York (American, JetBlue).

Canada: Montréal (Air Canada, Air Transat).

Caribbean: Antigua (LIAT), Curaçao (Insel Air), Dominica (LIAT), Guadeloupe (Air Caraïbes, Air France), Dominican Republic (Air Caraïbes, Sunrise, Tortug'Air), St. Maarten (Insel Air).

Panama: (Copa).