Henri Alwies Airstrip Explained

Henri Alwies Airstrip
Icao:SMHA
Type:Public
Operator:Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location:Antongron, Saramacca, Suriname
Elevation-F:22
Coordinates:5.8319°N -55.6375°W
Pushpin Map:Suriname
Pushpin Label:SMHA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Suriname
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:11/29
R1-Length-M:600
R1-Surface:Base course gravel & grass
Footnotes:Sources: Google Maps[1]

Henri Alwies Airstrip (Dutch; Flemish: Henri Alwies Vliegveld)[2] [3], 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.

It is the homebase of the crop dusting company ERK Farms, and was also heavily used by the Gliders Club Zweefvliegclub Akka.

History

On March 24, 2013, an Open Day was held at the new Henri Alwies Airfield with multiple planes from Zorg en Hoop Airport[4] and 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, participated with a tandem parachute jump. A crop dusting demonstration was performed by pilot Martin Veldkamp with a Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat B (PZ-USB) from ERK Farms.[5]

Charters and destinations

Charter airlines serving this airport are:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/@5.8319,-55.63836,809m/data=!3m1!1e3 Google Maps - Henri Alwies
  2. Web site: Ag Cat flying in Saramacca . Xavier van Ravenswaay . 24 March 2013 . nl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150111194618/http://m.neva.az/video/?sk=video&vid=sXKUePTTkWs . 11 January 2015 .
  3. Web site: Skydiving in Saramacca Suriname . Xavier van Ravenswaay . 24 March 2013. nl.
  4. Web site: BN-2 Islanders at Henry Alwies. FlexyDemon. 25 March 2013. nl.
  5. Web site: Ag Cat Demo at Henry Alwies airstrip . FlexyDemon. 24 March 2013. nl.