Hato International Airport

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Coordinates: 12°11′05″N 068°57′30″W / 12.18472°N 68.95833°W / 12.18472; -68.95833

Hato International Airport Curaçao International Airport
IATA: CUR – ICAO: TNCC
Summary
Airport type		public
Operator		Curaçao Airport Partners
Location		Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Elevation AMSL		29 ft / 9 m
Website		www.curacao-airport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
11/29	3,410	11,187	Asphalt

Hato International Airport or Curaçao International Airport (Originally named Dr. Albert Plesman International Airport) (IATA: CUR, ICAO: TNCC) is the airport of Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. It has services to the Caribbean Region, South American cities, 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 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.^[1]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela (Caracas)
• Air Jamaica (Kingston, Montego Bay)
• Aires (Barranquilla)
• American Airlines (Miami)
• Arkefly (Amsterdam)
• Aserca Airlines (Caracas, Santo Domingo)
• Avianca (Bogotá)
  • Avianca operated by SAM (Bogotá)
• Avior Airlines (Caracas, Maracaibo Valencia)
• Continental Airlines (Newark)
• Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
• Divi Divi Air (Curacao)
• Dutch Antilles Express (Aruba, Bogotá, Bonaire, Caracas, St Maarten, Santo Domingo, Valencia)
• E-Liner Airways (Aruba, Bonaire)
• EZAir (Bonaire)
• GOL (Brasilia, Caracas, Sao Paulo-Gaurulhos)
• Icaro Air (Guayaquil)
• Insel Air (Aruba, Barquisimeto, Bonaire, Las Piedras, Manaus, Miami, Paramaribo, Port-au-Prince, Porto Fijo, St Maarten, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Valencia)
• KLM (Amsterdam)
• LASER Airlines (Caracas)
• LIAT (Port of Spain)
• Martinair (Amsterdam)
• Surinam Airways (Aruba, Paramaribo, Port of Spain, Santo Domingo, St Maarten)
• TAME (Quito)
• Tiara Air (Aruba)

The New Curaçao terminal at dusk.

[edit] Cargo

• Martinair Cargo (Amsterdam)

[edit] Charter & seasonal airlines and destinations

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• Aerogal (Baltra Island, Quito, San Cristobal Island)
• TAP Air Portugal (Lisbon)
• Air Italy (Milan, Verona, Turin)
• Aladia (Cancun, Monterrey)
• Conviasa (Caracas)
• LAI - Línea Aérea IAACA (Barinas)
• Miami Air International (Miami)
• North American Airlines (Boston)
• RUTACA Airlines (Caracas)
• Santa Barbara Airlines (Caracas)
• SkyService (Toronto-Pearson)
• TACA (Panama, San Jose, San Salvador)

[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 Mar 1942-13 Jul 1943 (A-20 Havoc)
• 32d Fighter Squadron (36th Fighter Group, Antilles Air Command, XXVI Fighter Command) 9 Mar 1943-13 Mar 1944, (P-40 Warhawk)

Detachment operated from: Dakota Field, Aruba, 9 Mar 1943-9 Mar 1944

Detachment operated from: Losey Army Airfield, Puerto Rico, 9 Mar-4 Jun 1944

• 25th Bombardment Group (VI Bomber Command), 1 Aug-5 Oct 1943

[edit] References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

1. ^ 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 0892010975

[edit] External links

• Airport information for TNCC at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
• Airport information for TNCC at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
• Accident history for CUR at Aviation Safety Network

v • d • e USAAF Sixth Air Force in World War II Previously: Panama Canal Air Force (1940-1941); Caribbean Air Force (1941-1942) Airfields Caribbean Coolidge (Antigua)  · Dakota (Aruba)  · Batista (Cuba)  · Camaguey (Cuba)  · Hato (Curacao)  · Vernam (Jamaica)  · Arecibo (Puerto Rico)  · Borinquen (Puerto Rico)  · Losey (Puerto Rico)  · Benedict (Saint Croix)  · Beane (Saint Lucia)  · St. Thomas Airport (Saint Thomas)  · Carlsen (Trinidad)  · Piarco Airport (Trinidad)  · Waller (Trinidad) Canal Zone Albrook  · France  · Howard Panama Aguadulce  · Anton  · Calzada Larga  · Chame  · David  · La Chorrera  · Madden  · Patilla Point  · Pocri  · Rio Hato Central and South America Belem (Brazil)  · Atkinson (British Guiana)  · Zandery (Dutch Guiana)  · Salinas (Ecuador)  · Baltra (Galápagos Islands)  · Guatemala City (Guatemala)  · Talara (Peru) Units Commands VI Bomber Command  · VI Fighter Command  · XXVI Fighter Command  · XXXVI Fighter Command  · VI Air Force Service  · Antilles Air Command Groups Fighter 16th Fighter  · 32d Fighter  · 36th Fighter  · 37th Fighter  · 53d Fighter Bomber 6th Bombardment  · 9th Bombardment  · 25th Bombardment  · 40th Bombardment Reconnaissance 72d Reconnaissance Squadrons 1st Depot Repair  · 20th Troop Carrier  · 23d Antisubmarine  · 91st Reconnaissance United States Army Air Forces First  · Second  · Third  · Fourth  · Fifth  · Sixth  · Seventh  · Eighth  · Ninth  · Tenth  · Eleventh  · Twelfth  · Thirteenth  · Fourteenth  · Fifteenth  · Twentieth

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