[1][2] The airport, named after the Aruban Minister Juancho Yrausquin, has the shortest commercial runway in the world, only 400 metres (1,312 ft) long, flanked on one side by high hills, with cliffs that drop into the sea at both ends.

[3][4] The airport is closed to jet traffic, but regional airline propeller aircraft are able to land there under waivers from the Netherlands Antilles' Civil Aviation Authority.

After surveying the island by air, de Haenen suggested then-privately owned Flat Point as the site for the airport.

Irausquin told friends that during a harrowing voyage to Saba by sloop in 1960 he promised to look for funds to build an airport on the island if his life was spared.

Regular air service to Saba did not begin immediately due to the need for a STOL aircraft and the small number of people who could afford a ticket.

[7] Jet aircraft are unable to land at the airport, because the runway is too short,[12] but smaller STOL[3] airplanes (such as the DHC-6, BN-2, and helicopters) are common sights.

[14] The only airline currently providing scheduled services to and from Yrausquin Airport is locally owned Winair, which operates daily flights to Sint Maarten aboard a DHC-6 Twin Otter.