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Tafelberg Airstrip

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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,112 ft / 339 m

1,200
  
3,937

Operator
  
Luchtvaartdienst Suriname

Location
  
Tafelberg, Suriname

11/29
  
1,200

3,937
  
Grass

Tafelberg Airstrip

Tafelberg Airstrip (ICAO: SMTB) is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of the Tafelberg mesa in Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It is also known as Rudi Kappel Airstrip, after the co-pilot of a flight that crashed near Vincent Fayks Airport.

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Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

Accidents and incidents

  • On 25 October, 1968 a Douglas C-47A PH-DAA of KLM Aerocarto flew into Tafelberg following an engine failure whilst on a survey flight. The aircraft collided with the mountain in cloud, killing three of the five people on board.

    • References

    Tafelberg Airstrip Wikipedia
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