Time zone: GMT - 4 Hours
Location: two island groups in the Caribbean Sea - one includes Curacao and Bonaire north of Venezuela; the other is east of the Virgin Islands.
Capital: Willemstad
Currency: Netherlands Antillean guilder (currency code ANG)
Languages: Papiamento (a Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English dialect), Dutch, English, Spanish. Business language: Dutch and English
Airport authority contact information: Department of Civil Aviation, Curacao Airport, Plaza Margareth Abraham, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Telephone: +599 (0)9 839 3333
Airports: In 2005 the Netherlands Antilles had 5 airports, all of which had paved runways, the most important of which were:
Curacao Hato Airport
Flamingo Airport
Saint Maarten-Princess Juliana Airport
