QUEEN BEATRIX AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

History Queen Beatrix International Airport

Commercial services were taken over by KLM from 24 December 1934. Later they were transferred to a graded runway known as the KLM fiel KLM’s Snip, the PJ-AIS a Fokker tri-motor, ushered in the scheduled flying age in Aruba on January 19, 1935. Together with the KLM’s “Oriol”, the PJ-AIO, also a three-engine Fokker, they flew until 1946, after which they were scrapped. On its bi-weekly Aruba-Curacao operations, KLM transported 2,695 passengers on 471 flight.

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 The airfield was renamed Dakota Field; the terminal facilities became Dakota 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)

On 22 October 1955, the airport was named after Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands during a royal visit. It was renamed in 1980 after her accession to the throne.

On 3 March 2021, American Airlines celebrated its 50 years flying to and from Aruba.

See some of the Services and Amenities at Queen Beatrix International Airport:

• ATMs
• Currency exchange
• Duty free stores
• Shops and Restaurants
• Information desk
• Luggage wrapping
• Meditation rooms
• Smoking area

The following means of transportation are available at Aruba Airport to the city centre Queen Beatrix International Airport

• Bus: Arubus provides bus transportation to and from Aruba A

   

• Taxi: Get to downtown Oranjestad within 5 minutes by taxi.

   

• Car Rental: Renting a car at Aruba Airport is a good way to explore the island on your own, check our search

   

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