Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 22 ft / 7 m 600 1,969 | 11/29 600 Address Bombayweg, Suriname | |
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Landing and takeoff from henri alwies airstrip
Henri Alwies Airstrip (Dutch: Henri Alwies Vliegveld) (IATA: SMHA), also known as Henri Alwies Airfield or Henri Alwies Vliegveld, is in the Saramacca district of Suriname. This is one of the newest airports in Suriname, in use since April 5, 2012.
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It's the homebase of crop dusting company ERK Farms and is also heavily used by the Gliders Club "Zweefvliegclub Akka."
On March 24, 2013 an Open Day was held at the new Henri Alwies Airfield with multiple planes from Zorg en Hoop Airport together with a demonstration from Skydive Free 2 Fly Suriname jumping parachutes from a privately owned Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (N26NB). Surinamese Minister Of Sport & Youth, Ismanto Adna, also participated with a tandem parachute jump. A nice crop dusting demonstration was performed by pilot Martin Veldkamp with a Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat B (PZ-USB) from ERK Farms.
Charters and destinations, Crop dusting
Charter Airlines & Crop Dusting companies serving this airport are: