Aruba Airport (AUA) Information

Where is Aruba Airport?  

Aruba International Airport (IATA: AUA, ICAO: TNCA), officially Oranjestad Queen Beatrix International Airport, also referred to as Oranjestad Queen Beatrix Airport, Oranjestad Reina Beatrix Airport, Oranjestad Reina Airport, Oranjestad Airport, or simply Aruba Airport, is located 3.5 kilometres (2 miles) from central Oranjestad, Aruba. The airport is named to honour Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the now-retired Queen and former head of state of Aruba.

Aruba Airport is a hub for Aruba Airlines, Insel Air and Tiara Air. Other airlines that fly to Aruba Airport include Aerolíneas Mas, Air Canada, American Airlines, Arkefly, Blue Panorama Airlines Copa Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Gol Airlines, JetBlue Airways, KLM, LAN Colombia, Surinam Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines, Thomson Airways, United Airlines, US Airways and WestJet.

Cities that fly to Aruba Airport include Atlanta, Amsterdam, Barbafos, Bogotá, Bonaire, Boston, Caracas, Chicago, Curaçao, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, London, Madrid, Maracaibo, Miami, Milan, Montreal, New York. Panama City, Punto Fijo, Rio de Janeiro, Riohacha, São Paulo, Santo Domingo, Stockholm, Toronto, Valencia and  Washington DC. 

Your best bet for a Aruba Airport transfer is a taxi. Details on all options are included in this guide.

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Services at Aruba Airport include:

• Duty free
• VIP Lounges (fee)
• Meditation room
• Catholic prayer room
• Sculpture garden (preview) - USA Departures (after check-in)

Trivia: On numerous occassions, Aruba Airport has been cited as having one of the world's most breathtaking airport approaches.

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