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Avanavero Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLuchtvaartdienst Suriname
LocationAvanavero, Suriname
Map
SMVO is located in Suriname
SMVO
SMVO
Location in Suriname
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 AirlinesParamaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[2]
Caricom AirwaysParamaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[3]
Gum AirParamaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[4]
Hi-Jet Helicopter ServicesParamaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[5][6]
Suriname Air Force / Surinaamse LuchtmachtParamaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport

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. Fortunately the damage was small and no injuries occurred.[7][8]

See also

References