Avanavero Airstrip
Avanavero Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname | ||||||||||
| Location | Avanavero, Suriname | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°49′30″N 57°17′00″W / 4.82500°N 57.28333°W | ||||||||||
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  SMVO Location in Suriname | |||||||||||
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Avanavero Airstrip (ICAO: SMVO), near Avanavero, Suriname. It was one of the airstrips constructed in the aftermath of Operation Grasshopper.
Facilities[edit]
The Avanavero Airstrip has one unpaved runway. It is built near the Avanavero Falls, locally called Avanavero Vallen or Avanavero Sula.
Airlines and destinations[edit]
Currently, no scheduled services are offered from Kabalebo. Charter Airlines serving this airport are:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Blue Wing Airlines | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[2] |
| Gum Air | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[3] |
| Hi-Jet Helicopter Services | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[4][5] |
| United Air Services | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop |
Accidents and incidents[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ "Blue Wing schedule". Archived from the original on 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Gum Air destinations". Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Hi-Jet Helicopters Suriname | Just another WordPress site". Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Wix.com hi-jet-heli created by dominho75 based on Business World". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014.!
- ^ "Accident Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 PT-HUU, 28 Apr 1992". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "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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