Queen Beatrix International Airport

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	Aruba Airlines
Elevation AMSL	60 ft / 18 m
Coordinates	12°30′05″N 70°00′55″W
Website	airportaruba.com
Map
	AUA Location in Aruba
Runways
	Source: DAFIF[1]

Queen Beatrix International Airport (Dutch: Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix; Papiamento: Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix), colloquially known as Aruba Airport (IATA: AUA, ICAO: TNCA), is an international airport located in Oranjestad, Aruba. It has flight services to the United States, several countries in the Caribbean, the northern coastal countries of South America, Canada, as well as some parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands. It is named after Beatrix of the Netherlands, who was Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013.

Overview

The airport offers United States border preclearance facilities. A terminal for private aircraft opened in 2007. The 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 ALM Antillean Airlines as well as a home base for Tiara Air until 2016.

Since 2013 the airport is home to Aruba Airlines, a local airline. The airline has three Airbus A320 family aircraft and two Bombardier CRJ200. The main focus of Aruba Airlines is connecting the region through its hub.

History

In 1934, Manuel Viana launched a weekly mail and passenger service between Aruba and Curacao, with A.J. Viccellio piloting Loening C-2H Air Yacht PJ-ZAA from a mud-flat runway. Commercial services were taken over by KLM from 24 December 1934. Later they were transferred to a graded runway known as the KLM field.[2]

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. The airfield was renamed Dakota Field; the terminal facilities became Dakota Airport.[2] 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)

On 22 October 1955, the airport was named after Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands during a royal visit. It was renamed in 1980 after her accession to the throne.[2]

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

Walkway to security and US pre-clearance facilities

Passenger

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada	Toronto–Pearson
Air Century	Santo Domingo–La Isabela
Albatros Airlines	Las Piedras
American Airlines	Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York–LaGuardia, Philadelphia Seasonal: Chicago–O'Hare
Aruba Airlines	Barranquilla, Bonaire, Curaçao, Medellin–JMC, Riohacha
Avianca	Bogotá
Copa Airlines	Panama City
Copa Airlines Colombia	Panama City
Delta Air Lines	Atlanta, New York–JFK Seasonal: Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Divi Divi Air	Curaçao Charter: Bonaire
EZAir	Bonaire, Curaçao
JetBlue	Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York–JFK
KLM	Amsterdam¹
Sky High Aviation Services	Santo Domingo–Las Américas
Southwest Airlines	Baltimore
Spirit Airlines	Fort Lauderdale
Sun Country Airlines	Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Sunclass Airlines	Seasonal charter: Stockholm–Arlanda[3]
Sunwing Airlines	Toronto–Pearson
Surinam Airways	Miami, Paramaribo
TUI Airways	Seasonal: London–Gatwick
TUI fly Netherlands	Amsterdam³
United Airlines	Chicago–O'Hare, Houston–Intercontinental, Newark Seasonal: Washington–Dulles
WestJet	Toronto–Pearson
Winair	Curaçao, St. Maarten⁴
Wingo	Bogotá

Notes

^1 KLM's flights operate to and from Bonaire on selected days.
^2 TUI fly Belgium's flights operate from Brussels to Aruba via Santo Domingo. However, the airline does not have cabotage rights to transport passengers solely between Aruba and Santo Domingo.
^3 TUI Airlines Netherlands's flights operate between Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao on selected days. However, the airline does not have fifth freedom rights to transport passengers solely between Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.
^4 Winair's flights operate between Aruba and Sint Maarten via Curacao selected days.

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
AerCaribe	Bogotá
AeroSucre	Bogotá
Ameriflight	Aguadilla, San Juan
Amerijet International	Miami, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo–Las Américas
DHL Aero Expreso	Panama City
Liñeas Aereas Suramericanas	Bogota
Vensecar Internacional	Curacao, Panama City, Santo Domingo–Las Américas

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, American Airlines
10	Houston, TX (Bush)	15,727	United Airlines

Accidents and incidents

On January 13, 2010, an Arkefly Boeing 767-300 with the registration of PH-AHQ, was operating on flight 361 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. Gardaí 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.

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References

Citations

Airport information for TNCA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
"Airport History". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
"Flight". ving.se.

Bibliography

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.

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

Media related to Queen Beatrix International Airport at Wikimedia Commons

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[1] Airport information for TNCA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

[aruba_airport-2] "Airport History". Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[TC.SE-3] "Flight". ving.se.

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