Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix

Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix
Characteristics
ICAO code	TNCA
IATA code	AUA
Coordinates	12 ° 30 '5 "  N , 70 ° 0' 55"  W Coordinates: 12 ° 30 '5 "  N , 70 ° 0' 55"  W.
Height above MSL	3 m (10  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 km southeast of Oranjestad
Street	Rte 1
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1935
operator	Aruba Airport Authority NV
Terminals	1
Passengers	2,296,046 (2017)
Air freight	2,225 t (2017)
Flight movements	38,697 (2017)
Start-and runway
11/29	2743 m × 45 m asphalt

The international airport "Queen Beatrix" ( IATA : AUA , ICAO : TNCA ; officially Papiamentu : Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix , Dutch Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix , English Queen Beatrix International Airport ) is an international airport near Oranjestad on Aruba in the southern Caribbean . It was named after Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and, in addition to regional connections, is also connected to international destinations, especially in North and South America . KLM and TUI Airlines Nederland also fly to Oranjestad from Amsterdam , as Aruba is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . From 1986 to 2000, the now insolvent Air Aruba was based here.

history

In 1933, five years after a seaplane first landed in Aruba, then Governor H. E. G. Wagemaker decided to build a land airfield. This happened in an area called Wayaca, named after a previous aloes plantation also known as Dakota. The first scheduled flight between Curaçao and Aruba took place on January 19, 1935 .

In 1937, the first passenger terminal and the air traffic control tower were put into operation. Until the end of 1972 the airfield was called Dakota Luchthaven . He was then called Prinses Beatrix Luchthaven Aruba until it was given its current name when she ascended the throne in 1980.

Passengers

Passengers	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Arrivals	967.710	906.644	919.281	980,544	1,020,731
departure	947.387	924.282	939.359	992.501	1,034,814
transit	58,462	88,476	125,531	115.976	65,033
Total	1,973,559	1,919,402	1,984,171	2,089,021	2,120,578

Flight movements

Landings	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Commercially	14,195	13,941	14,715	14,732	15,071
Noncommercial	4,368	4,998	4,382	4,493	5,471
Total	18,563	18,939	19.097	19,225	20,542

Airlines

Passengers by airlines	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
American Airlines	158,467	123.844	120.106	106.187	86,530
Avianca	25.107	21,410	23.105	27,045	26,535
Aserca	26,813	15,727	8,741	16,595	24,174
Continental	83,593	85.158	96,801	92,873	17,968
KLM	26,621	5,097	6,531	11,640	26,218
Delta Air Lines	60,596	82,873	76,336	70,285	67.119
US Airways	108,886	114,603	102,549	94,268	91,574
United Airways	38,956	22,954	23,770	22,076	94,819
Other airlines	217.119	285.285	312.978	370,788	412,952

Others

The headquarters of the Departamento Meteorologico Aruba , the state weather service of Aruba, is located at the airport .

Web links

Commons : Queen Beatrix International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
• Official website of Queen Beatrix International Airport (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Statistics. AirportAruba.com, accessed May 12, 2018 . 
2. ^ The Aircraft Registry Group on argi.com
3. ^ Picture of the airport in 1973
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Censo Aruba 2012 September 2013 edition