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Sipaliwini Airstrip

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Airport type
  
Public

10/28
  
530

1,739
  
grass

Elevation AMSL
  
744 ft / 227 m

530
  
1,739

Operator
  
Luchtvaartdienst Suriname

Sipaliwini Airstrip

Location
  
Sipaliwini District, Suriname

Sipaliwini Airstrip (IATA: SMSI), near the village of Sipaliwini, in the most southern part of Suriname in the Sipaliwini District. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper and the runway of the airstrip was publicly opened in 1962.

The marked runway is 530 metres (1,740 ft) long, and has another 800 metres (2,600 ft) of unobstructed grass within the field boundaries on the east end.

Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

References

Sipaliwini Airstrip Wikipedia