Willemstad Hato Curaçao Airport ( CUR - TNCC )
Willemstad Hato Curaçao Airport ( CUR - TNCC )
Curacao is a small Caribbean island located in the southern Caribbean just 80km north of Venezuela. Of Dutch domination, the island has a rich colonial past. The island's charming capital, called Willemstad, is the main town and is located in the center-south of the island. Hato Airport is located in this small town in the north-central part of the island. It consists of a small terminal located south of a runway oriented 29-11. The winds coming from the east all the year, it is therefore mainly the track 11 which is used for all the traffic. The company of the island, Insel Air is based in Curacao. It mainly operates flights to other islands and the southern United States. The maintenance center of the company is on this site. Many old Insel planes are stored there, mainly MD80 and Fokker70, some of them having no more engines. A small aircraft company, Air Divi, is also based in Willemstad Hato and has a maintenance center there. The large flow of passengers comes from KLM and TUI Netherlands flights from the old continent on a daily basis. The other flights observed at this airport come mainly from South America and more particularly from Venezuela: Avianca, Copa Airlines, Surinam Airways, PAWA, Avior and many other exotic companies. Three daily scheduled flights from the US are operated by American Airlines, Jetblue operates two weekly flights. Wetjet and Air Canada Rouge provide a one-day flight from Canada. From a cargo point of view, as the week goes by many flights are observed. Every morning, an ATR42F DHL makes a stop on the island to drop off and pick up packages, Amerijet operates flights three days out of Miami and Emirates Cargo marks stages from South America to Europe through Hato. Finally, cargo activities drain from time to time flights of very atypical companies from the south sometimes with aircraft of another age. A Guards Coast military base is located southeast of Willemstad Airport. The observation planes but also the rescue helicopters are based there. It is not uncommon to observe military flights from the US Air Force or another nation. To conclude the description of the airport, we saw a lot of private jets and small planes of tourism, which will park on the vast parking lot in the east of the ground.
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| View of the airport | Inside of terminal | Curaçao Control tower |
Official spotter point |
Our journey to paradise began in Amsterdam, when we boarded flight KLM 735 on November 25, 2017. The "Queen of the Sky", the famous Boeing 747 PH-BFN took us to destination after 9:15 flight. We chose accommodation located in St Michiels in the south of the island, for its proximity to the beach of "Blue Bay". It is a real paradise but we calculated the fact that the wifi of the hotel allowed us to follow the aerial activity of the region on the radar and if necessary to travel the 10 minutes of journey to reach the famous point of spot. This observatory was created by the airport to welcome children, curious people or fans of the aviation world for free. The breathtaking view overhangs the track and allows you to take pictures from different angles with almost all day the sun in the back and with the sea in the background ... that happiness! So we went a good time several times during the week to take pictures with however clouds that gave us a lot of trouble by the time ... but luckily all in all we had the most interesting planes in good light conditions.
Click to enlagre, all pictures are from Cédric Valence
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26th Novembre till 3rd decemb 2017 |
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HI992 - MD83 PAWA Dominicana |
N743AX - B767-232BDSF Amerijet |
N9021H - A319-115 American Airlines |
HK-4154 - B727-51F Lineas Aereas Suramericanas |
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PJ-MDI - MD83 Insel Air |
HK-4154 - B727-51F Lineas Aereas Suramericanas |
PJ-KVN - Fokker50 Insel Air | PJ-SEA - Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Air Divi |
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YV2308 - ATR42F DHL |
PZ-TCQ - B737-3Q8 Surinam Airways |
NN746JB - A320-232 Jet Blue | PZ-TFA - Fokker100 Fly All Ways |
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N743AX - B767-232BDSF Amerijet |
YV2971 - MD83 Aserca Airlines |
PZS-GAR - A320-231 Sunrise Airways | YV2776 - Embraer120 Albatros Airlines |
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YV2602 - PIPER PA-31-300 Navajo |
A6-EFS - B777-F1H Emirates Sky Cargo |
C-FXLH - CRJ200 Aruba Airlines | HP-1557CMP - Embraer190 Copa Airlines |
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N763JB - A320-232 Jet Blue |
PJ-SEA - Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Air Divi |
N9013A - A319-115 American Airlines | N746JB - A320-232 Jet Blue |
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YV2673 - Piper PA-31T2 Cheyenne II Private |
C-GPAB - Dash 8-106 Netherlands Antilles Coast Guard |
N743AX - B767-232BDSF Amerijet | PH-DCG - Agusta-Westland AW-139 Netherlands Antilles - Coast Guard |
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PJ-SEA - Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander Air Divi |
N763JB - A320-232 Jet Blue |
PJ-DVD - Dash6-300 Air Divi | PZ-TCQ - B737-3Q8 Surinam Airways |
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YV393T - Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III |
C-GPAB - Dash 8-106 Netherlands Antilles Coast Guard |
N9013A - A319-115 American Airlines | PH-TFK - B787-8 TUI Fly Netherland |
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YV1054 - Beechcraft C90 King Air Private |
C-FXLH - CRJ200 Aruba Airlines |
YV380T - B737-230 Rutaca Airlines | YV613T - B737-4S3 Trupical Airlines |
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YV1173 - 690D Jetprop 900 Private |
YV3243 - B737-4B7 Avior Airlines |
YV3243 - B737-4B7 Avior Airlines | YV2160 - Rockwell 690B Turbo Commander |
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ZS-GAR - A320-231 Sunrise Airways |
PH-BFL - B747-4K2 KLM |
N241DH - Fairchild SA227-AT Expediter Ameriflight | C-GSJB - A319-112 Air Canada Rouge |
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C-GJZJ - CRJ200 Arbuba Airlines |
YV380T - B737-230 Rutaca Airlines |
C-FUSM - B737-8CT WestJet | YV393T - Fairchild SA-227AC Metro III |
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YV613T - B737-4S3 Trupical Airlines |
YV3158 - B737-401 Avior Airlines |
PJ-KVM - Fokker50 Insel Air | YV2776 - Embraer120 Albatros Airlines |
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PJ-KVN - Fokker50 Insel Air |
C-GSJB - A319-112 Air Canada Rouge |
PJ-KVN - Fokker50 Insel Air | PZ-TFA - Fokker100 Fly All Ways |
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N31703 Beech 1900C Ameriflight |
PH-AOD - A330-203 KLM |
PH-BFL - B747-4K2 KLM | HI860 - BAe Jetstream Super 31 Air Centurya |
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PJ-EZR - Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander EZ Air |
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