Oranjestad eSIM
In Oranjestad you connect to Setar or Digicel, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 46 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Setar and Digicel
- Typical speed in Aruba
- 46 Mbps typical, 11 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- yes, non standalone
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover Oranjestad
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $29.89 | $29.89 | |
| 3 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $23.30 | $69.89 |
How Aruba compares across Caribbean
- Regional typical speed
- 37.6 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Setar, Digicel
- 5G
- Yes, non standalone
- Next fastest nearby
- Martinique, 46.2 Mbps
- Next slowest nearby
- Cayman Islands, 44 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 1: Oranjestad
Landing at Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA)
- Airport
- AUA / TNCA
- Wifi on arrival
- Free wifi in the terminalThe airport states connecting is free: enable wifi and follow a short sign-in to reach the free airport wifi.
Getting into Oranjestad
- Arubus (stops just outside the airport property) (AUA)
- Aruba taxi associations (government-regulated fixed fares) (AUA)
Worth knowing about Oranjestad
- Every flight from Aruba to the United States is precleared on the island by US Customs and Border Protection, so passengers arrive in the US as domestic arrivals.
- There are no bus stops inside the terminal: Arubus serves stops just outside the airport property.
- Taxi fares from the airport are set and regulated by the Government of Aruba and published on the official taxi.aw fare calculator, so there is no metered fare to check.
- The airport has a single runway (11/29) with eight bridge-served parking positions and fourteen remote stands reached by apron buses.
- Under the Gateway 2030 rebuild, access to the US check-in terminal is limited to three hours before departure.
- Arubus line L2 is the route that passes the airport. It runs between Oranjestad and San Nicolas by way of Dakota, the airport, Caya Jose Geerman and Lago Heights, in both directions.
- Arubus does not take luggage on its buses, only carry-on items, and its buses are not yet wheelchair accessible. Travellers landing with suitcases will find a taxi more practical than line L2.
- A single Arubus trip costs $2.60 or AWG 4.50 and can be paid in cash on board. A retour card covers two trips for $5.00, and a day pass costs $15.00.
- Retour cards and day passes are sold at the Arubus booth in the Oranjestad bus station and at gift shops in hotels along the beach strip, among them La Cabana, Eagle Aruba, Barcelo and Divi Divi.
- The Arubus booth at the main Oranjestad station opens Monday to Friday from 6am to 2pm. The head office at Sabana Blanco 67 keeps weekday hours of 8am to 4pm.
- Tourists may apply for the standard Arubus smartcard with a valid ID, online or at Sabana Blanco 67. Online applications take five business days to approve. The card cuts each fare to AWG 3.00 and stays valid for three years.
- The central bus station in downtown Oranjestad stands next to the cruise terminal and Royal Plaza. Lines L10A, L10B and L10C leave from there along the hotel strip to Eagle Beach, Palm Beach and Arashi Beach.
- The tourism authority gives hotel-strip frequencies of every 15 minutes from 5:45am to 6pm, then every 40 minutes until 11:30pm. Buses do not run around the clock.
- A trip from the hotel strip to San Nicolas takes two buses and two fares: one of the L10 lines into the Oranjestad main station, then line L1, L2 or L3A onward.
- An Arubus streetcar links the cruise terminal with the pedestrianised Main Street, stopping at monuments, museums and the main shopping areas. Opened in December 2012, it is the only passenger rail line on the island.
- Visitors arriving by air pay a $20 sustainability fee inside the online ED card at edcardaruba.aw. The ED card is not approved until the fee is paid, and only credit cards are accepted.
- Children under eight, same-day transit passengers and visitors returning within the same calendar year are exempt from the sustainability fee. The system cannot recognise a repeat visitor, who pays again and claims a refund from AWSS with proof.
- Since 1 May 2026 most shops and food outlets on the right side after security at Queen Beatrix have been closed to prepare phase 1B of Gateway 2030. The airport says they will move to other gate areas.