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|[[Gum Air]]|Paramaribo, [[Zorg en Hoop Airport]]<ref>[http://www.gumair.com/destinations?5c9dc4b79c23ba6a007ee9697830b5e9=0719f9b031fbd87ec38c0eaeb912ae59 Gum Air destinations]</ref> |
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|[[Hi-Jet Helicopter Services]]|Paramaribo, [[Zorg en Hoop Airport]]<ref>http://www.hi-jethelicopters.com/</ref><ref>http://www.hi-jetheli.com/#!</ref> |
|[[Hi-Jet Helicopter Services]]|Paramaribo, [[Zorg en Hoop Airport]]<ref>http://www.hi-jethelicopters.com/</ref><ref>http://www.hi-jetheli.com/#!</ref> |
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname | ||||||||||
Location | Avanavero, Suriname | ||||||||||
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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:
Airlines | Destinations |
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Blue Wing Airlines | Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[2] |
Caricom Airways | Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[3] |
Gum Air | Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[4] |
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services | Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[5][6] |
Suriname Air Force / Surinaamse Luchtmacht | Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport |
Accidents and incidents
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]
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