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The airport is located on the north coast of Curaçao, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the capital Willemstad. The airport connects Curaçao island to Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. It has the third longest commercial runway in the Caribbean region, accommodating up to a Boeing 747. The airport serves as a main base for Divi Divi Air and ...
767,490 [t] 2018. Hewanorra International Airport. Vieux Fort Quarter. Saint Lucia. UVF/TLPL. 632,478 [u] 2017. Note: Although there are more than fifteen international airports in the Caribbean area, statistics were not available for each one of them.
The airport in 1973. 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 24 December 1934. Later [when?] they were transferred to a graded runway known as the KLM field. [2]
The single runway 10/28 is 2,880 m × 45 m (9,449 ft × 148 ft). The actual heading is 92° or 272°. For runway 10 a Simple Approach Landing System is in place, for runway 28 no visual approach aids are available. Lighting of runway complies with all current regulations and back-up power system is available. [23] [24]
List of airports with a paved runway at least 4,000 m (13,123 ft) long. Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport [35] 19°20′27″N 99°34′01″W / 19.34083°N 99.56694°W / 19.34083; -99.56694 (Lic. Adolfo López Mateos International Airport)
Curaçao Airport is a fairly large facility, with the third longest commercial runway in the Caribbean region after Rafael Hernández Airport in Puerto Rico and Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe. The airport served as a main base for Insel Air, and for Air ALM, the former national airlines of Curaçao. [citation needed]
The runway is made of asphalt and has a length of 3,000 m (9,842 ft) and a width of 45 m (148 ft). The approaches to both ends of the runway are categorized for instrument flight operations in precision category I. The airport has a taxiway parallel to the runway in order to reach both ends.
Curaçao International Airport. Categories: Aviation in Curaçao. Buildings and structures in Curaçao by type. Tourism in Curaçao. Airports in the Caribbean by dependent territory. Airports in the Dutch Caribbean. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.