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FAA Haiti Commercial Flight Ban

Authority: FAAActiveEnacted 2024-11-01Expires 2026-09-03regulatoryaviationfaaflight-ban
FAA prohibition on US-registered aircraft and US crew operating commercial flights to Haiti. Triggered November 2024 after gunfire struck a Spirit Airlines aircraft approaching Toussaint Louverture International Airport. Renewed every six months; geographic scope of the no-fly zone expanded in the most recent renewal. Forces US humanitarian/commercial operators to route through Caribbean hubs.

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2026-10-27 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… food insecure, 80 to 90 percent of Port-au-Prince under gang control, FAA flight ban extended to March 2027, and elections structurally collapsed. The termination is a legal and administrative fact; it is also categorically inconsistent with th …

2026-10-02 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… at 305 million dollars while simultaneously terminating TPS, maintaining the FAA flight ban through March 2027, and declining to reverse Section 122 import surcharges a policy contradiction that defines the bilateral relationship entering Q4 2026. DE …

2026-10-01 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… and the Gang Suppression Force remains below its authorized ceiling. The FAA flight ban through March 2027 structurally constrains every logistics track supporting the electoral cycle. TPS termination exposes 200,000 Haitians to deportation while …

2026-09-28 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… establishes that his hold on the premiership is not unconditional. The FAA flight ban through March 2 2027, running past the February 21 second-round date, adds a logistics constraint that no international partner has publicly addressed with a r …

2026-09-25 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… August 4; 350,000 Haitians have lost legal status and EADs expired July 27. FAA flight ban over Port-au-Prince runs through March 2, 2027; Cap-Haïtien is the only viable air entry point. HOPE/HELP extended through approximately 2028 but Section 122 s …

2026-09-24 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… viable on paper but operationally imperiled by gang territorial control, a FAA flight ban through March 2027, and a CEP verification burden of 3.15 million party affiliations. DEVELOPMENT 1: GSF MANDATE RENEWAL AND THE PERSONNEL CEILING CRISIS ANALY …

2026-09-23 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… of Port-au-Prince structurally compromises electoral logistics, while the FAA flight ban through March 2027 signals international risk divergence from government optimism. Decision-makers should treat the CEP's 3.15-million affiliation verification …

2026-09-20 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… conditions hardening into permanence. Why it matters next 7 days: The FAA flight ban's September 3 expiry date has passed with no confirmed status in available sources as of this brief date (September 20). Organizations with PAP air access depe …

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