Queen Beatrix International Airport

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Queen Beatrix International Airport
IATA: AUA - ICAO: TNCA
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Aruba Airport Authority
Serves Oranjestad, Aruba
Elevation AMSL 60 ft (18 m)
Coordinates 12°30′05″N, 70°00′55″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 9,000 2,743 Asphalt

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. And now the airport has a new airline, Tiara Air, which has enter service in April 13, 2006

The airport offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities.

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