Princess Juliana International Airport
Built in 1942, initially as a US military airstrip during World War II, Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA was transformed into a civil airport in 1943. The first civil flight was carried out by Royal Dutch Airline KLM with the "Kolibrie" on December, 3 1943.
In 1964, the Airport was remodeled and relocated. A new terminal building and an operational Control Tower...
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Mexico City International Airport
A brief remembrance shows that first aeronautic episodes in Mexico, took place in this capital city with the first aerostatic ascention of Eugene G. Robertson on February 14, 1835. The feat of Guanajuato native Benito León Acosta on April 3, 1942, when he lifted off and rose up into the clouds.
On July 6, 1917 first Air Mail flight took place in Mexico by Horacio Ruiz, in a...
Sangster International Airport
The Sir Donald Sangster International Airport or Sangster International Airport for short, in Montego Bay, St. James, has made significant strides over the years taking it to heights comparable with any international airport globally. However, the development of the airport did not happen overnight, but was first conceived in 1936 when the site now housing the Sangster...
Norman Manley International Airport
Norman Manley International Airport is an airport serving Kingston in Jamaica. As well as Sangster International Airport, it is a hub of Air Jamaica. It was named in honour of Norman Washington Manley. There are over 130 international flights a week that depart from Norman Manley International Airport.
The Airport serves a diverse range of travellers; foreign nationals (for...
Narsarsuaq Airport
The Airfield at Narsarsuaq was first built by The American Ministry of Defense as an army airbase. Construction began 6. Juli 1941, and the first aircraft landed 24. January 1942. The airbase with the code name "Bluie West One" had during World War II squadrons of PBY Catalinas and B-25 Mitchells with the assignment to escort allied convoys and track and destroy German...
L.F. Wade International Airport
The first facility on the site now occupied by L.F. Wade International Airport was built between 1941 and 1943 as a joint US Army Air Forces (USAAF)/Royal Air Force (RAF) base named Kindley Field.
At the end of World War II, the RAF left Bermuda. The field, by then hosting civil as well as military aircraft, was operated by the United States Air Force as Kindley Air Force Base...
Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix
Aruba's first experience with the aviation world was on July 24, 1925. Back then, the first Hydro-aircraft IDOR landed in the Paardenbaai harbor of Oranjestad, Aruba. The former Lt. Governor Mr. H.E.G. Wagemaker of Aruba presented the first plans for the construction of an airport for the island in 1933.
The area designated for this project was the area at the south coast...