Your latest post does clarify your question much better. Whether an airport "near" a hurricane depends on several factors, primarily the wind speeds at the airport and the anticipated wind speed when the plane is scheduled to take off.

A hurricane is located by it eye. The hurricane 120 miles off your wing in SDQ may have had gale force winds as close as 40 miles away or as far as 100 miles away. It depends on the strength and characteristics of the particular storm.

Air operations at an airport will stop when the winds exceed a certain speed (I don't recall the speed, but I have taken off when the wind was just under the cut-off and had flights delayed and cancelled when the wind speed was too high--I often talk to the flight crew prior to take off or in the gate area). The FAA sets these guidelines.

While these are not official airline answers, I have been through and flown near more hurricanes than most people. Because MSY is subject to hurricanes (we had two in 8 days last year), I have tried to learn how a hurricane will impact my airtravel.