Flamingo Airport

The 150,000 people that pass through Flamingo Airport Bonaire annually probably don't see the crazy stuff we see.  We have  spent a lot of time this summer picking up and dropping off visitors at the airport. I thought I might share some of our observations. 

The airport is open air.  On the ceiling is the biggest fan. It's not just any fan it is a "Big Ass" fan. That is the model or brand. Each blade is about 10-15 feet long.

 

Naturally there are flamingo decorations everywhere.  These happen to be in the restaurant. The restaurant features a glass wall where you see the visitors walk by on their way to immigration.

The entrance to the airport features a large plaster/concrete sculpture of an iguana. It is super ugly.  It's been there a long time overlooking all who enter.

The airport has new sun/rain shades on the loading ramps/stairs.  I don't know if its to protect passengers from the sun, rain or wind.  But they are covered all the same.

Our drop off area is called "Kiss and 

Ride".  It's one lane that is guarded by a friendly security guard that tells you to move on before you even get your passenger out of the car.  Forget the kissing...they want you to move it.

We often pick up passengers here because it saves us the $1.00 for parking...which is ridiculously cheap for airport parking.

There is a map of miscellaneous islands that covers an entire wall near check in. I think it is an advertisement for phone services.  It doesn't list Aruba which is part of the Dutch Caribbean but it does show St. Kitts and Nevis which are not. We have never seen Chippie on the the island.