History of Air Traffic
Aruba
The Local Time in Aruba.
Language:
The official language is Dutch, Native language is Papiamento.
Engish and Spanish are widely spoken.
Time Zone is the Atlantic Standard Time,
the same as Eastern Daylight Saving Time,
year 'round.
Local Time is UTC - 4
ARUBA has a lot of movements in the Caribbean.
The name of the airport is : Reina Beatrix International,
which is dedicated to the nowadays
Queen of the Netherlands.
"Reina" means queen in Papiamento, which is the language
spoken on Aruba,
Bonaire and Curacao.
Getting back to Aviation, Aruba belongs to Cat I, according to FAA
/ ICAO Standards.
Even though lately the equipments in the control tower and some Navaids
outside
are under "stress" and "protest".
The name of the Tower is also "Beatrix".
Aruba has only one runway (11), together with a parallel taxiway (G).
The runway length is about 9000 feet and is equipped with an ILS-DME approach,
also a VOR/-DME approach is available from the Beatrix VOR. Aruba has a small control zone, which is 25 nautical miles in radius from the Aerodrome Reference Point and goes from surface up to FL 65, the rest is from Curacao Control, who provides Area Control Service.
The Control zone classification is D (ICAO).
We have also a very small traffic zone, that is from surface up to 2000 feet and 3 nautical miles in radius from the aerodrome reference point. That small airspace is class B.
Extra info :
The Control Tower telephone number is: (297)583-5140 ext. 136
The Director of the Aruba Airport Authority is Mr. Peter Steinmetzs from the
Schiphol Group, he can be reached
at telephone number : (297)582-4800.
The Director of the Department of Civil Aviation is Mr. Jozef A. Maduro, he can be reached
at telephone number : (297)583-2665.
The Chef Tower is Mr. Nelson F. Kelly.
Who can also be contacted at the telephone number : (297)583-2665
The fax number of the Department of Civil Aviation Aruba is : (297)583-3038
for any
other questions.