{
  "response": {
    "Key": "US-HT",
    "orig": {
      "code": "US",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "HT",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Haiti"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which U.S. cities can I fly from to reach Haiti?",
        "answer": "Miami is the only city in the United States with nonstop service to Haiti, with seven weekly flights to Port-au-Prince taking about 2 hours. The route is flown by Sunrise Airways. Travellers from other parts of the country generally reach Haiti through connecting itineraries, and those choosing a departure airport often weigh convenience, price, and how frequently flights operate from their nearest hub.",
        "methodology": "Departure cities and their weekly nonstop flights come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We list every city in the origin country with scheduled nonstop service to an airport in the destination, busiest first.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "Which airports in Haiti are the best to fly into?",
        "answer": "From the United States, the primary gateway is Port-au-Prince Toussaint Louverture International Airport, which handles nearly all international flights and serves as the hub for domestic connections. Cap-Haïtien International Airport also receives some direct flights from the US and is a convenient entry point for the northern region."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "How long is the flight to Haiti?",
        "answer": "The flight from Miami to Haiti (Cap-Haïtien) takes 2 hours nonstop, operated by Sunrise Airways. Miami is the only US city with nonstop service to Haiti, with seven weekly flights. Other departure cities in the United States would require a connection.",
        "methodology": "Flight times come from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); the typical time is the median scheduled duration of each departure city's nonstop services to the destination.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights to Haiti?",
        "answer": "Direct flights from the United States to Haiti do exist, with Miami being the only U.S. city offering nonstop service to Port-au-Prince. Sun Country Airlines operates this route with one weekly flight, and the typical flight time from Miami is 2 hours.",
        "methodology": "Nonstop service is identified from the scheduled operating flights in our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI); a destination with no scheduled nonstop from the origin country is reported as having none.",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "Which U.S. airports are usually cheapest for flying to Haiti?",
        "answer": "Miami and Fort Lauderdale are typically the cheapest U.S. gateways for flights to Haiti because they have the most direct service and competition. New York JFK also offers frequent nonstop options at competitive prices. Travellers from smaller U.S. cities usually need a domestic connection to one of these Florida hubs, which can increase overall cost."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly to Haiti?",
        "answer": "From the United States to Haiti, Sunrise Airways operates nonstop service from Miami, with a typical flight time of 2 hours. This is the only nonstop gateway from the U.S. Other airlines may offer connecting itineraries, but no other carriers fly nonstop.",
        "methodology": "Airlines are the operating carriers scheduled on nonstop services from each departure city, taken from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI).",
        "toolsUsed": [
          "country_to_city"
        ]
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly to Haiti?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from the United States to Haiti are April, May, and September, when average fares dip to around $1,300–$1,480, while July and August are the priciest. Booking about 8 to 11 weeks ahead yields the best rates, with prices climbing steeply inside two weeks of departure. Midweek travel and off-peak times of day tend to be cheaper than weekend and evening flights, and avoiding the Christmas–New Year holiday period and the lead-up to Haitian Carnival in February or March helps keep costs down.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The US departure cities with nonstop service to this destination, their weekly flight frequencies, typical flight times, airlines, and red-eye availability are compiled from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We identify every US airport with scheduled nonstop service to the destination, group them into their metropolitan areas, and rank the cities by scheduled weekly departures; the typical flight time is the median scheduled duration, and red-eye availability is flagged from scheduled local departure and arrival times."
      },
      "q7": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights to Haiti?",
        "answer": "For flights from the United States to Haiti, the optimal booking window is about 8 to 11 weeks before departure, with the lowest fares typically found around 65 days out; peak seasons and holidays in both countries may require booking even earlier to secure the best prices and availability.",
        "methodology": "This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row."
      },
      "q10": {
        "question": "How easy is it to travel within Haiti after I arrive?",
        "answer": "Haiti has limited domestic travel options. Small planes connect Port-au-Prince with Cap-Haïtien and a few other towns, while roads are often in poor condition. Arriving in Port-au-Prince gives the most onward choices, as it is the main hub for domestic flights and bus services."
      }
    }
  }
}