Queen Beatrix International Airport assigned to the airfield were: On 22 October 1955, the airport was named after Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands during a royal visit, and was renamed in 1980 after her accession to the throne. Queen Beatrix International Airport Queen Beatrix International Airport (Dutch: "Internationale luchthaven Koningin Beatrix"; Papiamento: "Aeropuerto Internacional Reina Beatrix"), is an international airport located in Oranjestad, Aruba. It has flight services to the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, most countries in the Caribbean, the northern coastal countries of South America, Canada, and some parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands. It is named after Princess Beatrix of the
Beatrix Potter and studied. Beatrix was devoted to the care of her small animals, often taking them with her on long holidays. In most of the first fifteen years of her life, Beatrix spent summer holidays at Dalguise, an estate on the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. There she sketched and explored an area that nourished her imagination and her observation. Beatrix and her brother were allowed great freedom in the country and both children became adept students of natural history. In 1887, when Dalguise was no longer available, the Potters took their first summer holiday in the Lake District, at Wray