Avanavero Airstrip

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Avanavero Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLuchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location, Suriname
Coordinates4°49′30″N 57°17′00″W / 4.82500°N 57.28333°W / 4.82500; -57.28333Coordinates: 4°49′30″N 57°17′00″W / 4.82500°N 57.28333°W / 4.82500; -57.28333
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 , 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]
Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[5][6]
Suriname Air Force / Surinaamse LuchtmachtParamaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
(UAS)Paramaribo, 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. The damage was small and no injuries occurred.[7][8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Google Maps - Avanavero
  2. ^ Blue Wing schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Caricom destinations Archived March 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Gum Air destinations
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-06-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.hi-jetheli.com/# Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine!
  7. ^ "Accident Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 PT-HUU, 28 Apr 1992".
  8. ^ http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1967.htm#08.05.1967

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