francois duvalier international airport

Toussaint Louverture International Airport is an international airport located in Tabarre, near Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The airport is currently the busiest in Haiti.

The airport opened as Francois Duvalier International Airport in 1965, named after then Haitian president Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier.

After the fall of the Duvalier regime, in 1986, The airport was renamed Port-au-Prince International Airport.

In 2003, President Jean Bertrand Aristide renamed the airport again as Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in honor of Toussaint Louverture, the Haitian revolutionary Leader.

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Here is a photo of New gates being built in the Haiti airport. The airport in Haiti opened in 1965 as Francois Duvalier International Airport, then in 1986 it was renamed Port-au-Prince International Airport, it was also known as Aeroport Mais Gate.

In 2003 the Haitian airport's name was changed to Toussaint Louverture International airport (IATA: PAP, ICAO: MTPP).

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Here is a photo of a UN Plane at the airport in Haiti. The airport in Haiti opened in 1965 as Francois Duvalier International Airport, then in 1986 it was renamed Port-au-Prince International Airport, it was also known as Aeroport Mais Gate.

In 2003 the Haitian airport's name was changed to Toussaint Louverture International airport (IATA: PAP, ICAO: MTPP).

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