Apetina Airstrip

Apetina Airstrip

Apetina Kondre Airstrip
Apetina Airstrip; Apetina Kondre Airstrip
	IATA: none; ICAO: SMPT;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location	Apetina, Suriname
Coordinates	3°30′10″N 55°03′30″W / 3.50278°N 55.05833°WCoordinates: 3°30′10″N 55°03′30″W / 3.50278°N 55.05833°W
Map
	SMPT Location in Suriname
Runways
	Sources: GCM HERE Maps

Apetina Airstrip (ICAO: SMPT) is an airstrip near the village Apetina in Suriname.

Airlines and destinations[]

Airlines serving this airport are:

Airlines	Destinations
Blue Wing Airlines	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport^[3]
Caricom Airways	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport^[4]
Gum Air	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport^[5]
	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Suriname Air Force/Surinaamse Luchtmacht	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
(UAS)	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
(VAS)	Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport

On 25 September 1986 a Cessna U206G Stationair 6, registration PZ-TAC from was hijacked at Apetina kondre airstrip by rebels of the "Jungle Commando" of Ronnie Brunswijk. The pilot (O. van Amson jr.) was forced to fly the aircraft to an unknown location. In May 1988 the airplane was at the Botopasi Airstrip in Suriname with a flat tire; apparently at that time in use by the jungle commando. The aircraft never returned to the owner and was canceled from the Surinamese Aviation register in 1993.^[6]