No radar, no US direct commercial flights as rules per agreement with US federal aviation and DR gov. The flights that serviced the Catey from US were done as charter type, not regular. Once they violated the number of such flights per year/period under those conditions, the Federal sent them a cease and desist notice until radar and other measures in place at airport. Catey continues to be an irregular flights airport until further notice. The EU places no such rules on their flights to the Catey however.
Once POP and SD get new radars, old ones will be sent to Catey and Maria Montez.