Tafelberg Airstrip

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Tafelberg Airstrip
Rudi Kappel Airstrip
IATA: none – ICAO: SMTB
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location Tafelberg, Suriname
Elevation AMSL 1,112 ft / 339 m
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Map
SMTB is located in Suriname
SMTB
SMTB
Location in Suriname
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 1,200 3,937 Grass
Sources: GCM[1] Google Maps[2]

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.

Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

Airlines Destinations
Blue Wing Airlines Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[3]
Caricom Airways Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[4]
Gum Air Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport[5]
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Suriname Air Force/Surinaamse Luchtmacht Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport

Accidents and incidents

  • Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands) 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.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for SMTB at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ↑ Google Maps - Tafelberg
  3. ↑ Blue Wing schedule
  4. ↑ Caricom destinations Archived March 15, 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Gum Air destinations
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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