Flamingo International Airport
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Flamingo International Airport Bonaire International Airport |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government | ||||||||||
| Operator | Bonaire International Airport N.V. | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bonaire | ||||||||||
| Location | Kralendijk, Bonaire | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 20 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°07′52″N 068°16′07″W / 12.13111°N 68.26861°WCoordinates: 12°07′52″N 068°16′07″W / 12.13111°N 68.26861°W | ||||||||||
| Website | bonaireinternationalairport.com | ||||||||||
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Sources: DAFIF
Statistics from Bonaire International Airport |
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| Aircraft operations | 20,001 |
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| Passengers | 462,897 |
Flamingo International Airport or Bonaire International Airport (IATA: BON, ICAO: TNCB) is an international airport located at Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands. It serves as a secondary hub for Dutch Antilles Express and Insel Air. The airport is the third largest in the former Netherlands Antilles, behind St.Maarten's Princess Juliana International Airport and Curacao's Hato International Airport.
TUI Airlines Netherlands, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and KLM are currently the largest airline operators that operate scheduled flights to Bonaire. The airport is capable to handle wide-body aircraft up to the Boeing 747, however the largest type to operate to Bonaire currently are KLMs Airbus A330s.
Bonaire's first airport was located near Tra'i Montaña Subi Blanku and crossed the current road from Kralendijk to Rincon. It was only a landing strip and a shelter. It was built in 1936 and is considered the place that is the beginning of aviation on Bonaire.
The construction work for this airport began on September 23, 1935. The intention was to make a longer runway, but it proved impossible to accommodate for more than 475 meters, because the eastern portion of the land was very low. Part of the field had to be modified, in particular where the plane hit the ground during landing and take-off. This area covered more than 100 metres of the runway, and had to be paved with a mixture of sand and stone.
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