Aruba International Airport named after King Beatrix ( papayam. Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix , Netherlands. Koningin Beatrix International Airport ), located in Oranjestad ( Aruba ), flies to the USA , many countries of the Caribbean region, the countries of the northern coast of South America and some countries of the Caribbean, the north coast of South America and some countries of the Caribbean, the north coast of South America and some countries of the Aruba ( Aruba ). mainly to the Netherlands ). Named in honor of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix .
| Queen Beatrix International Airport | |||||||
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| IATA : AUA - ICAO : TNCA | |||||||
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| Type of | civil | ||||||
| A country | Aruba | ||||||
| Location | Oranjestad | ||||||
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| Operator | Aruba Airport Authority NV | ||||||
| NUM height | 18 m | ||||||
| Timezone | UTC-4 | ||||||
| Working hours | around the clock | ||||||
| Site | airportaruba.com | ||||||
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History
The first seaplane landed on Aruba on July 24, 1925 in Paardenbay Bay in Oranjestad. In 1933, the governor of Aruba for the first time announced plans to build an airport on the island, under which Dakota territory was allocated on the southern coast of Aruba. On December 23, 1934, the first three-engined aircraft landed in Savaneti [1] .
The first scheduled flight was opened on January 19, 1935 and connected Aruba and Curaçao ; in 1935, 2,659 passengers were served by this flight. Until 1940, air links were established between the island and Barbados , Trinidad , Maracaibo , Paramaribo , Miami , Venezuela and Lisbon [1] .
During the Second World War , the United States Air Force organized a base on the island. In 1950, the second terminal was opened, in 1952, fire engines began to be permanently located at the airport [1] .
On October 22, 1955, Dakota Airport was renamed in honor of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. The opening ceremony was attended by Prince Bernard [1] .
In 2000, a three-year project to expand the airport was launched, called “Beatrix 2000” [1] .
Airlines and transport directions
Passenger flights
- Air Canada ( Toronto - Pearson )
- American Airlines ( Boston - Seasonal, Miami , New York )
- Aires ( Barranquilla , Cartagena )
- Arkefly ( Amsterdam , Willemstad )
- Aserca Airlines ( Caracas , Santo Domingo )
- Avianca ( Bogota )
- SAM controlled Avianca ( Barranquilla , Bogota , Medellin )
- Avior Airlines ( Caracas , Maracaibo , Valencia )
- CanJet ( Montreal )
- Caribair ( Santo Domingo )
- Condor ( Frankfurt )
- Continental Airlines ( Houston , New York - seasonal, Newark )
- Copa Airlines ( Panama )
- Delta Air Lines ( Atlanta , New York )
- Dutch Antilles Express ( Kralendijk , Willemstad )
- First Choice Airways ( London , Manchester )
- Insel Air ( Willemstad )
- JetBlue Airways ( Boston , New York )
- KLM ( Amsterdam , Bonaire )
- Linea Aerea Aerocaribe (Las Piedras)
- Martinair ( Amsterdam )
- Santa Barbara Airlines (Las Piedras, Maracaibo )
- Skyservice ( Montreal , Toronto - Pearson )
- Spirit Airlines ( Fort Lauderdale )
- Surinam Airways ( Miami , Port-of-Spain , Willemstad )
- Tiara Air ( Kralendijk , Willemstad , Punto Fiho)
- Thomsonfly ( Birmingham )
- United Airlines ( Chicago , WA )
- US Airways ( Boston , Charlotte , New York - Seasonal, Philadelphia )
- Venezolana ( Caracas , Maracaibo )
- Viva Air Dominicana ( Santo Domingo )
Freight flights
- Amerijet International ( Miami , Santiago - Dominican Republic , Santo Domingo )
- DHL Aero Expreso (international)
- Merlin Express ( Puerto Rico )
- Ameriflight ( San Juan )
- Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas ( Bogota )
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 AIRB. Airport History (English) (not available link) . The appeal date is September 23, 2008. Archived on March 18, 2012.