Avanavero Airstrip

Avanavero Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLuchtvaartdienst Suriname
LocationAvanavero, Suriname
Coordinates4°49′30″N 57°17′00″W / 4.82500°N 57.28333°W / 4.82500; -57.28333
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SMVO is located in Suriname
SMVO
SMVO
Location in Suriname
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 1,000 3,281 grass
Sources: Google Maps[1]

Avanavero Airstrip (ICAO: SMVO), near Avanavero, Suriname. It was one of the airstrips constructed in the aftermath of Operation Grasshopper.

Facilities

The Avanavero Airstrip has one unpaved runway. It is built near the Avanavero Falls, locally called Avanavero Vallen or Avanavero Sula.

Airlines and destinations

Currently, no scheduled services are offered from Kabalebo. Charter airlines serving this airport are:

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Wing AirlinesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[2]
Gum AirCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[3]
Hi-Jet Helicopter ServicesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[4][5]
United Air ServicesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

Accidents and incidents

  • Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) On 8 May 1967 a helicopter Agusta-Bell 47J-2A, with Dutch registration PH-VAS made an emergency landing. The helicopter from General Aviation at Rotterdam Airport, the Netherlands was flying from its base Avanavero (SMVO), Suriname under contract for SLM used on a Hydro Electric Power Project for "Bureau Waterkracht Werken". At take off from Avanavero Airfield (SMVO) on an oil supply flight the wind blew the main rotor from PH-VAS into a wooden flag-pole, forcing the Dutch pilot Mr. P.H. Janssen to make an emergency running landing. The damage was small and no injuries occurred.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  2. ^ "Blue Wing schedule". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Gum Air destinations". Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Hi-Jet Helicopters Suriname | Just another WordPress site". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Wix.com hi-jet-heli created by dominho75 based on Business World". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.!
  6. ^ "Accident Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 PT-HUU, 28 Apr 1992". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1967". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.


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