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Airport Facts
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 offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities.
Airlines
Aeropostal (Caracas, Santo Domingo) Air Canada (Toronto) American Airlines (Boston, Miami, New York-JFK, San Juan) American Eagle (San Juan) Aires (Barranquilla) Aserca Airlines (Caracas) ATA Airlines (Boston, Chicago-Midway) Avianca (Barranquilla, Bogotá) (Service to Barranquilla starts June 11, 2006) Avior Airlines (Caracas, Maracaibo, Valencia) BonairExel (Kralendijk, Willemstad) Continental Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark, New York- La Guardia) Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, New York-JFK [eff. May. 1]) Song operated by Delta Air Lines (New York-JFK) service shifts to mainline May 1 KLM (Amsterdam, Willemstad) Linea Aerea Aerocaribe (Las Piedras) North American Airlines (Boston) Santa Barbara Airlines (Las Piedras, Maracaibo) Sol America (Las Piedras) Surinam Airways (Paramaribo/Zanderij, Willemstad) United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Washington-Dulles) US Airways (Boston, Charlotte, New York-LaGuardia, Philadelphia)
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