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* Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924. |
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* Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975 |
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Revision as of 16:04, 26 February 2009
Queen Beatrix International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix | |||||||||||
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 Queen Beatrix Airport as seen from the sea | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Aruba Airport Authority N.V. | ||||||||||
| Location | Oranjestad, Aruba | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 60 ft / 18 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°30′05″N 070°00′55″W / 12.50139°N 70.01528°W | ||||||||||
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Queen Beatrix International Airport (IATA: AUA, ICAO: TNCA), in Oranjestad, Aruba, is a fairly large aviation facility that has flight services to the United States, most countries in the Caribbean, the northern coastal countries of South America and some parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands. It was named after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the head of state of Aruba.
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. The airport has a new airline, Tiara Air and Aruba Airlines.
The airport offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities.
A terminal for private aircraft opened in 2007.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger airlines
- AeroRepública (Bogotá)[seasonal charters]
- Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
- American Airlines (Boston [seasonal], Miami, New York City-JFK)
- Aires (Barranquilla, Cartagena)
- Arkefly (Amsterdam, Willemstad)
- Aserca Airlines (Caracas, Santo Domingo)
- Avianca (Bogotá)
- Avior Airlines (Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia)
- Caribair (Santo Domingo)
- Condor Airlines (Frankfurt)
- Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, New York City-LaGuardia [seasonal], Newark)
- Copa Airlines (Panama City)
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York City-JFK)
- Dutch Antilles Express (Kralendijk, Willemstad)
- Insel Air (Willemstad)
- JetBlue Airways (Boston, New York City-JFK)
- KLM (Amsterdam, Bonaire) [ends 29 March]
- Linea Aerea Aerocaribe (Las Piedras)
- Martinair (Amsterdam)
- Santa Barbara Airlines (Las Piedras, Maracaibo)
- Skyservice (Montreal, Toronto-Pearson)
- Spirit Airlines (Fort Lauderdale)
- Surinam Airways (Miami, Paramaribo/Zanderij, Port of Spain, Willemstad)
- Tiara Air (Kralendijk, Willemstad, Punto Fijo)
- Thomson Airways (Birmingham, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
- United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles)
- US Airways (Boston, Charlotte, New York City-La Guardia [seasonal], Philadelphia)
- Venezolana (Caracas, Maracaibo)
- Viva Air Dominicana (Santo Domingo)
Cargo airlines
- Amerijet International (Miami, Santiago (DR), Santo Domingo)
- DHL Aero Expreso (International)
- Merlin Express (Puerto Rico)
- Ameriflight (San Juan)
- Líneas Aéreas Suramericanas (Bogotá)
Charter & seasonal airlines
- Air Italy (Milan, Verona, Turin)
- TAM Linhas Aéreas (São Paulo)
- Rico Linhas Aereas (Manaus)
- RUTACA Airlines (Caracas)
- Conviasa (Caracas)
- Air Pullmantur (Madrid)
- Futura International Airways (Palma de Mallorca)
- LTU International (Düsseldorf)
- Miami Air International (Miami)
- Pace Airlines (Winston-Salem)
- Sol America (Coro, Las Piedras)
- USA 3000 (Pittsburgh)
- North American Airlines (Boston)
World War II
During World War II the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Sixth Air Force defending Caribbean shipping and the Panama Canal against German submarines. Flying units assigned to the airfield were:
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0892010924.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0892010975
External links
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