AirportsQueen Beatrix International Airport is a large airport serving Oranjestad, in (unassigned), Aruba. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AUA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AUA
- ICAO code
- TNCA
- City
- Oranjestad
- State or region
- (unassigned)
- Country
- Aruba
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 12.5011° N, 70.0143° W
- Elevation
- 18 m (60 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,743 m (9,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AUA means Queen Beatrix International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: TNCA. ICAO codes that begin with T belong to the Caribbean. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.5011° N, 70.0143° W. It stands 18 metres (60 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Punto Fijo, about 92 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Aruba, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Queen Beatrix International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,743 metres (9,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Josefa Camejo International AirportParaguaná, Venezuela | LSP | 81 km |
| Hato International AirportWillemstad, Curaçao | CUR | 120 km |
| José Leonardo Chirinos AirportCoro, Venezuela | CZE | 126 km |
| Flamingo International AirportKralendijk, Caribbean Netherlands | BON | 194 km |
| Jacinto Lara International AirportBarquisimeto, Venezuela | BRM | 283 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 14,241 km | 17 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,642 km | 18 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,762 km | 15 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,512 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,150 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,427 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 18,339 km | 22 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,821 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,224 km | 18 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.