Avanavero Airstrip Explained

Avanavero Airstrip
Icao:	SMVO
Type:	Public
Operator:	Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location:	Avanavero, Suriname
Coordinates:	4.825°N -57.2833°W
Pushpin Map:	Suriname
Pushpin Label:	SMVO
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Suriname
Metric-Rwy:	y
R1-Number:	10/28
R1-Length-M:	1000
R1-Surface:	grass
Footnotes:	Sources: Google Maps^[1]

Avanavero Airstrip, near Avanavero, Suriname. It was one of the airstrips constructed in the aftermath of Operation Grasshopper.

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:

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.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• • • List of airports in Suriname
• Transport in Suriname

External links

• OpenStreetMap - Avanavero Airstrip

Notes and References

1. Web site: Google Maps. Google Maps.
2. Web site: Accident Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 PT-HUU, 28 Apr 1992. 16 February 2014. 22 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222180447/http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=163545. live.
3. Web site: Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1967 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222020408/http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1967.htm#08.05.1967 . 2014-02-22 . 2014-02-16.