Antoine Simon International Airport is a commercial international airport in Haiti. It is the fourth largest airport in Haiti for passenger traffic and is north of Les Cayes, a Caribbean coastal city in Haiti's Southern peninsula.
History The airport is named after François C. Antoine Simon, the 18th President of Haiti (1908–1911). It was financed and built by the Haitian government and inaugurated on 7 May 2005 by then Prime Minister Gérard Latortue.AlterPresse "Haiti : Un aéroport dans la ville des Cayes" Taiwan financed the construction of the access road to the airport.
On February 1, 2013, Haiti laid the first stone on the expansion of the Antoine-Simon Airport. The Autorité Aéroportuaire Nationale plans to make it an international airport by extending the runway to and adding a terminal with customs and other services. Both runway ends have displaced thresholds. The Cayes non-directional beacon (Ident: CAY) is located southeast of the runway.Cayes NDB
The project is part of broader efforts to ramp up infrastructure development in Haiti's South department. AlterPresse "Haïti : Le Grand Sud mis en chantier" Haitian officials (Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Tourism Minister Stéphanie Villedrouin) suggested that the airport would open up completely the southern region as the country sees tourism as a promising sector capable of creating thousands of jobs in the region. Caribbean Journal "Haiti Lays First Stone on Expansion of Airport in Les Cayes" On March 6, 2025, it officially became an international airport as the runway had been expanded and the Haitian government confirmed it was ready to receive international flights.
The expanded airport received its first international flight on November 10, 2025, an IBC Airways flight from Miami.
Another airport is being built on the neighboring island of Île-à-Vache.
Airlines and destinations
Sunrise Airways operate a regular flight three times a week and other charter services at the airport:
See also Transport in Haiti List of airports in Haiti
References
External links OpenStreetMap - Les Cayes OurAirports - Antoine-Simon Airport Accident history for Les Cayes Airport at Aviation Safety Network