![]() ![]() 32d Fighter Squadron ( Antilles Air Command) 9 March 1943 – March 1944 (P-40 Warhawk).22d Fighter Squadron ( 36th Fighter Group) 2 September 1942 – April 1943 (P-40 Warhawk). ![]() 12th Bombardment Squadron ( 25th Bombardment Group) 10 October 1942 – 23 November 1943 (B-18 Bolo).59th Bombardment Squadron ( 9th Bombardment Group) 14 January-24 September 1942 (A-20 Havoc).Flying units assigned to the airfield were: The airfield was renamed Dakota Field the terminal facilities became Dakota Airport. ĭuring World War II, the airport was used by the United States Army Air Forces Sixth Air Force defending Caribbean shipping and the Panama Canal against German submarines. Later they were transferred to a graded runway known as the KLM field. Commercial services were taken over by KLM from 24 December 1934. Viccellio piloting Loening C-2H Air Yacht PJ-ZAA from a mud-flat runway. In 1934, Manuel Viana launched a weekly mail and passenger service between Aruba and Curacao, with A.J. The main focus of Aruba Airlines is connecting the region through its hub. The airline has three Airbus A320 family aircraft and two Bombardier CRJ200. Since 2013 the airport is home to Aruba Airlines, a local airline. Before Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 it was also one of three hubs for ALM Antillean Airlines as well as a home base for Tiara Air until 2016. The airport used to serve as the hub for bankrupt airline Air Aruba, which was for many years an international airline. A terminal for private aircraft opened in 2007. The airport offers United States border preclearance facilities. ![]()
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