Avanavero Airstrip

Avanavero Airstrip (ICAO: SMVO), near Avanavero, Suriname. It was one of the airstrips constructed in the aftermath of Operation Grasshopper.

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
Map
SMVO Location in Suriname
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 1,000 3,281 grass
Sources: Google Maps[1]

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
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

• 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

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