Major Henk Fernandes Airport

Coordinates: 05°57′20″N 57°02′25″W / 5.95556°N 57.04028°W / 5.95556; -57.04028
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Major Henk Fernandes Airport

Nieuw Nickerie Airport
  • AMSL
10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates05°57′20″N 57°02′25″W / 5.95556°N 57.04028°W / 5.95556; -57.04028
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SMNI is located in Suriname
SMNI
SMNI
Location in Suriname
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08/26 700 2,297 Asphalt
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

Major Henk Fernandes Airport (

Piper Cub (PZ-NAC) of Kappel-van Eyck named "Colibri" landed there from Zorg en Hoop Airport
.

The airport is named after army Major Henk Fernandes, who perished in a helicopter crash in 1982. It was in fact the first aircraft of the Air Force of the young independent nation of

Prime Minister Henry Neijhorst
.

In 2018 Surinamese Minister Patrick Pengel of Public Works Transport & Communication closed the control tower of the Major H. Fernandes airport in Nickerie. The reason for this decision was that the tower is currently in a very deplorable state. Although he was very impressed with the way air traffic controllers did their job despite these difficult circumstances. But it could not go on like this.[8] In May 2019 Sanjay Ramsamoedj, chairman of the Eastern Council in the Nickerie district, pleaded for a complete rehabilitation of the Major Henry Fernandes Airport in Zeedijk. As a border district, Nickerie must prepare to respond to the developments that are underway in Guyana. Ramsamoedj expects the tourism sector to grow as well. According to district commissioner Nisha Kurban-Baboe, Vijay Chotkan, the new minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, indicated during a meeting with all DCs that all airports in Suriname will be addressed. She thinks that Zeedijk airport will also be rehabilitated in that context.[9]

Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines & Crop Dusting companies serving this airport are:

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Wing Airlines[10]Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Gum Air[11]Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services[12]Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Pegasus Air Services[13]Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
United Aviation ServicesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Vortex Aviation ServicesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

See also

References

  1. ^ Airport information for ICK at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  3. ^ "Nickerianen nemen massaal afscheid van Lachmon" (in Dutch). Nickerie.Net. 25 October 2001.
  4. ^ "Weg naar vliegveld Nickerie wordt alvast geëgaliseerd" (in Dutch). Dagblad Suriname. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  5. ^ Airport information for SMNI at Great Circle Mapper.
  6. Aviation Safety Network
  7. ^ Ranter, Harro. "Accident Hughes 500D (369D) SAF-100, 31 Mar 1982". aviation-safety.net.
  8. ^ "Overheid Suriname sluit verkeerstoren Nickerie airport". Waterkant. April 26, 2018.
  9. ^ "Ressortraad wil herstel vliegveld Nickerie". DWTonline.com.
  10. ^ "Blue Wing schedule". Archived from the original on May 22, 2013.
  11. ^ "Gum Air - Destinations". www.gumair.com.
  12. ^ Hi Jet Helicopters Archived December 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "Pegasus". www.pegasus.sr.

External links

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