Kwamelasemoetoe_Airstrip

Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip

Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip

Airport in 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.

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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:

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Accidents and incidents

  • Suriname 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.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Airport information for SMSM at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. [2]
    Google Maps - Kwamelasemoetoe
  3. [3]
    Blue Wing schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Gum Air destinations
  5. [5]
    "Accident description". Aviation safety network. Retrieved 18 October 2009.


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