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Hugo Chávez International Airport (formerly Cap-Haïtien International Airport) is an airport serving Cap-Haïtien,〔 a city in the Nord department in Haiti. It is the second largest airport in Haiti. This airport connects Haiti to airports like Miami International Airport, Providenciales International Airport, Cibao International Airport and others in the Caribbean. The last airport for refueling for general aviation coming from the Bahamas into Haiti is Great Inagua, an airport in Matthew Town (IATA: IGA, ICAO: MYIG). The Haitian government recently signed a deal with Venezuela for the airport to be renovated. As of September 13, 2010, a concrete runway was being built by Haitian firms and personnel working under the supervision of a Cuban-Venezuelan firm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Haïti: Le foncier retarde la construction des aéroports )〕 The extended 7,500 ft runway was completely repaved in October 2012, with the rest of the reconstruction finished by February 2013. Part of the work consisted of rerouting a road which had previously bisected the airstrip around it instead.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Haïti - Économie : L'Aéroport International du Cap Haïtien sera prêt en février 2013 - HaitiLibre.com : Toutes les nouvelles d’Haiti 7/7 )〕 On 18 April 2013 a spokesman for Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced that the airport will be renamed to "Hugo Chávez International Airport" in honour of the late Venezuelan President, a day before Haitian President Michel Martelly was scheduled to attend Nicolas Maduro's inauguration ceremony in Caracas. A statement by the Prime Minister's spokesman Gary Bodeau said "President Chávez has done his best to help Haiti in the most difficult times. He has contributed over $1 billion to assist Haiti and is beloved by the Haitian people. As a tribute to him, and for his work to Haiti, we have decided to name the airport in Cap-Haïtien in his honor."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Haiti renames airport for Hugo Chavez )〕 ==Facilities== The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It had previously one runway designated 05/23 with an asphalt surface measuring .〔 The runway was extended to 2,286 m (7,500 ft) and completely repaved in a two-year reconstruction that finished in February 2013, with the actual runway opening in October 2012, although the change was not immediately made on the DAFIF database. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugo Chávez International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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