Port-au-Prince to Cap-Haïtien by Road: Between Fear and Resignation

In May 2025, leaving Port-au-Prince to reach Cap-Haïtien by air in order to catch an international flight proved to be an actual obstacle course.

Le Nouvelliste
Par Le Nouvelliste
04 Jun 2025 | Lecture : 4 min.

In May 2025, leaving Port-au-Prince to reach Cap-Haïtien by air in order to catch an international flight proved to be an actual obstacle course. Between a commercial helicopter flight that costs an arm and a leg—USD $1,485 per seat—and the only lifeline, a helicopter operated free of charge by Civil Protection, which was out of service for maintenance, the only possible and imaginable option was to travel to the country's second-largest city by road, by bus. Charter flights were unavailable at the time. All this while h

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