Queen Beatrix International Airport

Queen Beatrix International Airport
Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix
Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix

IATA: AUA – ICAO: TNCA

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Aruba Airport Authority N.V.

Location

Oranjestad, Aruba

Hub for

Elevation AMSL

60 ft / 18 m

Coordinates

12°30′05″N 70°00′55″W / 12.50139°N 70.01528°WCoordinates: 12°30′05″N 70°00′55″W / 12.50139°N 70.01528°W

Website

airportaruba.com

Map

AUA

Location in Aruba

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
11/29	2,743	8,999	Asphalt

Source: DAFIF^[1]

Queen Beatrix International Airport (IATA: AUA, ICAO: TNCA) (Dutch: Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix; Papiamento: Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix), located in Oranjestad, Aruba, is an aviation facility. It has flight services to the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, most countries in the Caribbean, the northern coastal countries of South America, Canada and some parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands. It is named after Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the now-retired Queen and former head of state of Aruba.

Overview

The airport offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities. A terminal for private aircraft opened in 2007. This airport used to serve as the hub for bankrupt airline Air Aruba, which was for many years an international airline. Before Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 it was also one of three hubs for Air ALM.

World War II

During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force defending Caribbean shipping and the Panama Canal against German submarines. Flying units assigned to the airfield were:

59th Bombardment Squadron (9th Bombardment Group) 14 January-24 September 1942 (A-20 Havoc)
12th Bombardment Squadron (25th Bombardment Group) 10 October 1942 – 23 November 1943 (B-18 Bolo)
22d Fighter Squadron (36th Fighter Group) 2 September 1942 – April 1943 (P-40 Warhawk)
32d Fighter Squadron (Antilles Air Command) 9 March 1943 – March 1944 (P-40 Warhawk)

Airlines and destinations

A Delta 737-800 bound for Atlanta parked at gate 4

The air traffic control tower

The baggage claim area

The non-USA departures building

Delta Airlines ticketing counters

Walkway to security and US pre-clearance facilities

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Aerolíneas Mas	Santo Domingo–La Isabela
Air Canada	Toronto–Pearson
Albatros Airlines	Las Piedras Seasonal: Barquisimeto, Maracaibo, Porlamar
American Airlines	Charlotte, Miami, Philadelphia
Aruba Airlines	Curaçao,(suspension begins May 10 2016)^[2] Maracaibo, Miami, Panama City,(suspended)^[3] Santo Domingo–Las Américas, Valencia (Venezuela)
Aserca Airlines	Caracas
Avianca	Bogotá
Avior Airlines	Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia (Venezuela)
Blue Panorama Airlines	Milan–Malpensa
Copa Airlines	Panama City
Copa Airlines Colombia	Bogotá,
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, New York
Insel Air	Bonaire, Curaçao
Insel Air Aruba	Curaçao, Las Piedras (begins 19 May 2016),^[4] Manaus, Medellín–Córdova, Paramaribo, San Juan, Santo Domingo–Las Américas, St. Maarten, Seasonal: Quito
JetBlue Airways	Boston, New York–JFK
KLM	Amsterdam
LAN Colombia	Bogotá
LASER Airlines	Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia (Venezuela)
PAWA Dominicana	Santo Domingo
Southwest Airlines	Baltimore, Houston–Hobby, Orlando–International
Spirit Airlines	Fort Lauderdale
Sunwing Airlines	Toronto–Pearson Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau
Surinam Airways	Miami, Paramaribo
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda
Thomson Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester
Tiara Air	Curaçao, Las Piedras
TUI Airlines Netherlands	Amsterdam
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark, Washington–Dulles
Venezolana	Maracaibo
WestJet	Toronto–Pearson

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Ameriflight	San Juan
Amerijet International	Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
DHL Aero Expreso	Panama City
Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas	Bogotá
Merlin Express	Aguadilla

Statistics

**Busiest US routes from Aruba (2009–2010)**
Rank	Airport	Passengers	Carriers
1	New York (JFK), New York	237,498	Delta Air Lines, JetBlue
2	Miami, Florida	209,364	American Airlines
3	Newark, New Jersey	145,448	United Airlines
4	Atlanta, Georgia	139,547	Delta Air Lines
5	Charlotte, North Carolina	120,362	American Airlines
6	Boston, MA	113,910	JetBlue
7	Philadelphia, PA	67,993	American Airlines
8	Washington (Dulles), VA	27,477	United Airlines
9	Chicago (O'Hare), Illinois	18,362	United Airlines
10	Houston, TX (Bush)	15,727	United Airlines

Incidents and accidents

13 January 2010, an Arkefly Boeing 767-300 PH-AHQ operating flight OR361 from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Queen Beatrix International Airport declared an emergency after a man who claimed to have a bomb on board ensued a struggle with the flight crew, the aircraft made an emergency Landing at Shannon Airport. Gardai stormed the plane and arrested the man, where he was taken to Shannon Garda station. A passenger having had surgery earlier the month before collapsed in the terminal while waiting for the continuation of the flight and had to be taken to a local hospital. The replacement aircraft PH-AHY also a Boeing 767-300 continued the flight to Aruba.

References

Citations

↑ Airport information for TNCA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
↑ http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/8345653/Curacao-Aruba-Airlines/
↑ http://www.entornointeligente.com/articulo/8345653/Curacao-Aruba-Airlines/
↑ Insel Air Aruba Adds Aruba – Las Piedras Flights from late-May 2016

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

Maurer Maurer (1 January 1982). Air Force Combat Units of World War II: History and Insignia. Zenger Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-89201-092-9.
Maurer, Maurer, ed. (1982) [1969]. Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II (PDF) (reprint ed.). Washington, DC: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-405-12194-6. LCCN 70605402. OCLC 72556.

External links

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USAAF Sixth Air Force in World War II

Previously: Panama Canal Air Force (1940-1941); Caribbean Air Force (1941-1942)

Airfields

Caribbean	Coolidge (Antigua) Dakota (Aruba) Batista (Cuba) Camaguey (Cuba) Hato (Curacao) Vernam (Jamaica) Arecibo (Puerto Rico) Borinquen (Puerto Rico) Losey (Puerto Rico) Benedict (Saint Croix) Beane (Saint Lucia) St. Thomas Airport (Saint Thomas) Carlsen (Trinidad) Piarco Airport (Trinidad) Waller (Trinidad)

Canal Zone	Albrook France Howard

Panama	Aguadulce Anton Calzada Larga Chame David La Chorrera Madden Patilla Point Pocri Río Hato

Central and South America	Belem (Brazil) Atkinson (British Guiana) Zandery (Dutch Guiana) Salinas (Ecuador) Baltra (Galápagos Islands) Guatemala City (Guatemala) Talara (Peru)

Units

Commands

Wings

Groups

Fighter	16th Fighter 32d Fighter 36th Fighter 37th Fighter 53d Fighter

Bomber	6th Bombardment 9th Bombardment 25th Bombardment 40th Bombardment

Reconnaissance	72d Reconnaissance

Squadrons

United States Army Air Forces

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