Prince Harm International Airfield
Prince Harm International Airfield Ynternasjonaal fleanfjild Prins Harm | |||
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IATA: HIA – ICAO: none | |||
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Airport type | Public / Millitary | ||
Owner | Blueacian Aviation Agency N.V. | ||
Location | Labia Cue, Blueacia | ||
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Elevation AMSL | 60 ft / 18 m | ||
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Script errorLocation in Blueacia | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
11/29 | 2,743 | 8,999 | Asphalt |
Queen Beatrix International Airport (IATA: AUA, ICAO: TNCA) (Dutch: Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix; Papiamento: Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix), is an international airport located in Oranjestad, Aruba. 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.
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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.
Since 2013 the airport is home to Aruba Airlines, a local airliner. The airline has 3 Airbus A320 family aircraft and 2 Bombardier CRJ200. The main focus of Aruba Airlines is connecting the region through its hub. The airport helps much by providing US Border Pre-clearance and in return the airline would yield less expenses form passengers with incomplete document due to send home.
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 December 24, 1934, and laterTemplate:When transferred to a graded runway known as KLM field.<ref name="aruba airport">Script error</ref>
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.Template:Fact The airfield was renamed Dakota Field, and the terminal facilities became Dakota Airport.<ref name="aruba airport"/> 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)
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Airlines and destinations
Passenger
- Notes
- Template:Note KLM's flights operate to and from Bonaire on selected days. However, the airline does not have fifth freedom rights to transport passengers solely between Aruba and Bonaire.
- Template:Note PAWA Dominicana's flights operate to and from Curacao. However, the airline does not have fifth freedom rights to transport passengers solely between Aruba and Curacao.
- Template:Note 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.
Cargo
Statistics
Rank | Airport | Passengers | Carriers |
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New York (JFK), New York | <center>237,498 | Delta Air Lines, JetBlue | |
<center>2 | Miami, Florida | <center>209,364 | American Airlines |
<center>3 | Newark, New Jersey | <center>145,448 | United Airlines |
<center>4 | Atlanta, Georgia | <center>139,547 | Delta Air Lines |
<center>5 | Charlotte, North Carolina | <center>120,362 | US Airways |
<center>6 | Boston, MA | <center>113,910 | JetBlue |
<center>7 | Philadelphia, PA | <center>67,993 | American Airlines |
<center>8 | Washington (Dulles), VA | <center>27,477 | United Airlines |
<center>9 | Chicago (O'Hare), Illinois | <center>18,362 | United Airlines |
<center>10 | Houston, TX (Bush) | <center>15,727 | Continental 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.