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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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2026-08-28 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… unresolved funding gaps with no replacement troop commitments confirmed. The FAA flight ban on Port-au-Prince and expanded southern and Artibonite airspace expires September 3 and renewal is near-certain, compounding supply chain and humanitarian acce …

2026-08-24 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… of Port-au-Prince, a GSF force operating below its authorized ceiling, the FAA flight ban through September 3, and the August 4 formalization of TPS termination for 350,000 Haitian nationals are converging simultaneously. The near-term trajectory is …

2026-08-23 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… is simultaneously terminating TPS for 500,000 Haitians and maintaining an FAA flight ban over the capital. These postures are not consistent with the posture of a nation confident in the security trajectory it is asking others to underwrite. August …

2026-08-19 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… Gang Suppression Force has yet to demonstrate verifiable territorial gains. The FAA flight ban on Port-au-Prince expires September 3, creating an imminent logistics decision point. Stakeholders should treat the December 13 electoral target as aspirationa …

2026-08-18 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… over 200,000 Haitian nationals in the United States to deportation. The FAA flight ban on Port-au-Prince runs through 3 September. International stakeholders should treat the 20 August registration opening as an early credibility test: violence t …

2026-08-17 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… 90 percent gang control of the capital, a 74 percent OCHA funding gap, and an FAA flight ban on the primary entry airport constitute a documented protection crisis that BINUH and international humanitarian actors are positioned to formally escalate. Th …

2026-08-15 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… remittance flows estimated at three to four billion dollars annually. The FAA flight ban on Port-au-Prince expires 3 September, creating an imminent U.S. policy decision point that will signal Washington's operational read on ground security condit …

2026-08-12 · AYITI INTEL daily brief

… gap left by Kenya's April 28 departure has not been credibly filled. The FAA flight ban on Toussaint Louverture International Airport extends through September 3 with extension assessed as the base case given unchanged ground conditions. CARICOM's …

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