It is also used for corporate and private flights.
These items included insects, perhaps making it the first private flight to launch animals into space.
The group estimates that the airport handles 30,000 to 40,000 private flights a year.
Now it is used only for small private flights.
"I was under the impression that private flights could take off and land at their convenience."
Since 2008, Aruba has been the only island to have this service for private flights.
In nearly eight hours he had a private flight to Toronto.
The airport is not open for commercial or other private flights.
So long as they're not coming from places like Colombia, private flights get pretty much a free pass.
Today, the airport handles an average of 450 commercial and private flights daily.