Hato International Airport

Curaçao International Airport, officially Hato International Airport, is the principal airport of Curaçao and the second-busiest in the Dutch Caribbean after Aruba, handling roughly 1.8 million passengers annually. CUR serves a population of 155,000 on a 444 sq km (171 sq mi) island and functions as the hub for regional flag carrier operations in the ABC (Aruba–Bonaire–Curaçao) island chain, the Dutch Caribbean outer territories (Saba, St. Eustatius), and onward to Sint Maarten, Colombia, Venezuela, and the northern coast of South America. The airport's distinctive 11,188 ft (3,410 m) runway — unusually long for an island airport of this size — reflects CUR's historical and ongoing role as an ETOPS diversion, fuel stop, and occasional hub for trans-Caribbean and trans-Atlantic operations. CUR is a focus city for KLM (daily A330 service from Amsterdam and onward tri-point rotations with Aruba and Bonaire), Copa, and regional carriers EZAir and Divi Divi Air. American Airlines, Delta, United, JetBlue, Air Canada, Avianca, TUI, Arkefly, and Corendon serve the leisure market. Winair operates the inter-island network within the Dutch Caribbean. Historically CUR served as a hub for Dutch Antillean Express, DCA, Insel Air, and others, with the latter's 2019 collapse reshaping the regional market and leaving CUR with less inter-island connectivity than in prior decades. A single runway, 11/29, measures 11,188 ft (3,410 m), among the longest in the Caribbean. The modern terminal, opened in 2006 and subsequently expanded, has eight jet bridges. CUR sits 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Willemstad, Curaçao's capital, at an elevation of 29 ft (9 m) on the windward Caribbean Sea coast. The airport is operated under a long-term concession by CAP (Curaçao Airport Partners).