Hato International Airport
| Hato International Airport Curaçao International Airport |
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| IATA: CUR – ICAO: TNCC | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Curaçao Airport Holding | ||
| Operator | Curaçao Airport Partners | ||
| Serves | Curacao | ||
| Location | Willemstad, Curaçao | ||
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| Elevation AMSL | 29 ft / 9 m | ||
| Coordinates | 12°11′20″N 068°57′35″W / 12.18889°N 68.95972°WCoordinates: 12°11′20″N 068°57′35″W / 12.18889°N 68.95972°W | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 11/29 | 3,410 | 11,188 | Asphalt |
| Source: DAFIF[1] | |||
Hato International Airport or Curaçao International Airport (originally named Dr. Albert Plesman International Airport) (IATA: CUR, ICAO: TNCC) is the airport of Willemstad, Curaçao. It has services to the Caribbean region, South America, North America and Europe. Hato Airport is a fairly large facility, with the second longest commercial runway in the Caribbean region (after Rafael Hernández Airport). The airport was the hub of Air ALM and its successor Dutch Caribbean Airlines, the flag carriers of the former Netherlands Antilles until the latter ceased operations in 2004. The airport is now the home base of Dutch Antilles Express and Insel Air.
A new terminal was officially opened in 2006 and it accommodates a maximum of 1.6 million passengers per year.[2]
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Berlin | Düsseldorf |
| Air Canada | Toronto-Pearson |
| American Airlines | Miami |
| ArkeFly | Amsterdam |
| Aserca Airlines operated by PAWA Dominicana | Caracas, Santo Domingo |
| Avianca | Bogotá |
| Avior Airlines | Caracas, Valencia Seasonal: Barquisimeto |
| Blue Panorama | Seasonal: Milan-Malpensa |
| Copa Airlines | Panama City [begins June 10, 2012] |
| Divi Divi Air | Bonaire |
| Dutch Antilles Express | Aruba, Caracas, Santo Domingo, Sint Maarten, Valencia |
| E-Liner Airways | Aruba, Bonaire |
| EZAir | Bonaire |
| Gol Transportes Aéreos | Brasília |
| Insel Air | Aruba, Barquisimeto, Bonaire, Caracas, Charlotte, Curacao, Kingston, Las Piedras, Medellín, Miami, Paramaribo, Port-au-Prince, St Maarten, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Valencia (Venezuela) |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| LIAT | Port of Spain |
| Surinam Airways | Paramaribo, Port of Spain |
| Thomas Cook Canada operated by Jazz Air |
Seasonal: Toronto-Pearson |
| Tiara Air | Aruba |
| United Airlines | Newark |
| Winair operated by Insel Air | Saba, St Eustatuis, St Maarten |
[edit] Charter & seasonal airlines and destinations
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| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Blue Panorama | Milan-Malpensa |
| Canjet | Halifax, Toronto-Pearson |
| Divi Divi Air | Valencia |
| Enerjet | Toronto-Pearson |
| Icaro Air | Guayaquil |
| RUTACA Airlines | Caracas |
| TAME | Quito |
[edit] World War II
During World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Force Sixth Air Force conducting antisubmarine patrols. Flying units using the airfield were:
- 59th Bombardment Squadron (VI Bomber Command) 10 March 1942-13 July 1943 (A-20 Havoc)
- 32d Fighter Squadron (36th Fighter Group, Antilles Air Command, XXVI Fighter Command) 9 March 1943-13 March 1944, (P-40 Warhawk)
- Detachment operated from: Dakota Field, Aruba, 9 March 1943-9 March 1944
- Detachment operated from: Losey Army Airfield, Puerto Rico, 9 March-4 June 1944
- 25th Bombardment Group (VI Bomber Command), 1 August-5 October 1943
[edit] Coastguard Air Station HATO
Located at the west side of Hato Airport there is a small hangar for the 2 Dash-8 patrol aircraft of the Coast Guard Netherlands Antilles & Aruba. This was until 2007 a naval airbase of the Royal Netherlands Navy who operated the base for 55 years. With a wide variety of aircraft in the past years Fireflies, Avengers, Trackers, Neptunes, Fokker F-27's, PC-3 Orions, Fokker F-60's and several helicopters. After the political decision to sell all Orions the airbase wasn't needed anymore.
And west of the air station the US Air force operate a Forward Operating Base (FOB) mostly operate AWAC's and transport aircraft. Until 1999 the US Air force operated a small amount of F-16's from the FOB.
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- ^ Airport information for TNCC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Curaçao International Airport (official website)
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
[edit] External links
- Airport information for TNCC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- Accident history for CUR at Aviation Safety Network
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