Since traffic is heavy and landing slots are needed for larger aircraft that can carry more cargo and personnel, AOPA recommends that instead of volunteering to fly down supplies, small-aircraft owner/pilots donate what the flight would have cost them:
U.S. airlines are flying in relief supplies, but because of a lack of functioning security screening, the U.S. won't let them evacuate most American visitors back out, so the flights are returning empty:
Here's a blog entry from a family working in Haiti, apparently as missionaries, though the content is purely secular. Passengers arriving at PAP have to walk a long distance outside to the terminal, which is not always possible during rainy season due to flooding:
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Since traffic is heavy and landing slots are needed for larger aircraft that can carry more cargo and personnel, AOPA recommends that instead of volunteering to fly down supplies, small-aircraft owner/pilots donate what the flight would have cost them:
http://www.aopa.org/advocacy/articles/2010/100114haiti.html
U.S. airlines are flying in relief supplies, but because of a lack of functioning security screening, the U.S. won't let them evacuate most American visitors back out, so the flights are returning empty:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?type=blog&ak=15626.blog
Here's a blog entry from a family working in Haiti, apparently as missionaries, though the content is purely secular. Passengers arriving at PAP have to walk a long distance outside to the terminal, which is not always possible during rainy season due to flooding:
http://bleshblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/pouring-raintroubled-pap-airport/