Avanavero Airstrip

Avanavero Airstrip
IATA: none – ICAO: SMVO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location	Avanavero, Suriname
Coordinates	4°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 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:

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]

See also

• Suriname portal
• Aviation portal
• List of airports in Suriname
• Transport in Suriname

References