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Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip

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Airport type
  
Public

10/28
  
750

2,461
  
Grass

Elevation AMSL
  
905 ft / 276 m

750
  
2,461

Operator
  
Luchtvaartdienst Suriname

Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip

Location
  
Kwamelasemoetoe, Suriname

Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip (IATA: SMSM) is an airport serving Kwamelasemoetoe, Suriname, a Trio Indian village in the south of Suriname in the Sipaliwini District. The name of the village means bamboo sand, named after nearby Sipaliwini River banks partly overgrown with bamboo.

Contents

Kwamelasemoetoe is just east of the Tigri Area (in light grey on the map), a triangular section of land disputed with Guyana.

Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

Accidents and incidents

  • On 15 October 2009, an Antonov An-28 of Blue Wing Airlines, registered PZ-TST, departed the runway on landing and hit an obstacle. The aircraft was substantially damaged and four people were injured, one seriously.

    • References

    Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip Wikipedia
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