Queen Beatrix International Airport

Queen Beatrix International Airport
Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix
Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix
IATA: AUAICAO: 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°W / 12.50139; -70.01528Coordinates: 12°30′05″N 70°00′55″W / 12.50139°N 70.01528°W / 12.50139; -70.01528
Website airportaruba.com
Map
AUA 

Location in Aruba

Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
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:

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

AirlinesDestinations
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

AirlinesDestinations
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

See also

References

Citations
Bibliography

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

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