Suriname / Zanderij airport
| Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport | |
|---|---|
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | SMJP |
| IATA code | PBM |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 18 m (59 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 45 km from Paramaribo |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1939 |
| operator | Airport Management, Ltd. |
| Passengers | 158,837 (2006) |
| Start-and runway | |
| 11/29 | 3480 m × 45 m asphalt |
The Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport ( IATA code : PBM ICAO code : SMJP) is an airport in Suriname . It is located in the town of Zanderij , about 45 km south of the capital Paramaribo .
history
The Zanderij airport was expanded from the 1939th Individual aircraft landed on the provisional runway as early as 1934. The serious expansion then took place during the Second World War, from 1942 by the United States . The American military used the site in the former Dutch colony primarily as a stopover airport on the transit route to North Africa. At that time, aircraft were also temporarily stationed for anti-submarine defense.
Data
The airport has a runway of 3.5 km. In 2006, 158,837 arriving and 151,166 departing people were registered. These passengers come mainly from transatlantic flights to and from Amsterdam ( Schiphol Airport ) operated by the KLM and Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij (SLM) (also Surinam Airways). The SLM and Caribbean Airlines from Trinidad operate intra-Caribbean flights to Trinidad , Curaçao , Aruba . There are also regional flights u. a. to Belem in Brazil , Georgetown in Guyana and domestic flights with smaller planes.
Of the 158,837 passengers who were handled in Zanderij in 2006, 227 people (0.14%) were of German nationality.
From 2006 to 2008 Martinair also offered flights on the Amsterdam-Paramaribo-Amsterdam route.
Incidents
- On May 3, 1972, a flew Douglas C-124C Globemaster II of the US Air Force ( license plate 52-1055 ) 68 km southeast of the airport Suriname / Zanderij into a hill. The plane was en route from Rio de Janeiro to Memphis (Tennessee) with a stopover in Zanderij. All 11 people on board were killed.
- On June 7, 1989, a Douglas DC-8-62 of Surinam Airways (N1809E) was flown into the ground three kilometers from the airport . In fog, you approached too low, fell below the prescribed decision height by more than 110 meters (360 ft) and collided with trees. In this controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), 167 of the 178 passengers and all nine crew members died. The captain, who was on loan from the USA, had already exceeded the applicable age limit of 60 years by six years and had not completed a valid inspection flight on the DC-8 (see also Surinam Airways flight 764 ) .
modernization
In 2012 the government budgeted and approved USD 70 million for the expansion and modernization of the airport. Of this, USD 28.5 million was invested in the new asphalting of the runway, the renovation of the terminal and the control tower, the replacement of the runway lights, the construction of an emergency power system and the expansion and redesign of the parking spaces in front of the airport. It is planned to connect arrival and departure lounges with boarding gates.
Namesake
The Zanderij airport in 1989 in honor of former politician and prime minister Johan Adolf Pengel (1916-1970) in Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport be renamed, but is usually called "Zanderij".
Airlines and destinations
- Caribbean Airlines (Port of Spain)
- Copa Airlines (Panama since July 2019)
- Fly All Ways (Cuba, Curacao)
- GOL Linhas Aéreas inteligentes (Belém)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- Surinam Airways (Amsterdam, Aruba, Belém, Cayenne, Curaçao, Georgetown, Miami, Orlando, Port of Spain)
- TUI Airlines Nederland (Amsterdam)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 75 years Zanderij Airport avianet.eu from September 18, 2014, Dutch, accessed on March 23, 2016
- ↑ Traffic and transport figures for the period 2000-2006 by the Office for Statistics in Suriname, see: http://www.statistics-suriname.org/
- ^ Accident report C-124C Globemaster II 52-1055 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 13, 2017.
- ↑ accident report DC-8-62 N1809E , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 12, 2017th
- ↑ "COPA Airlines" connects Suriname with "Avianca", "Turkish" and "United Airlines" , Latina-Press from January 19, 2019, accessed on March 12, 2019.
- ↑ StarNieuws of July 6, 2019 Copa Airlines feestelijk verwelkomd in Suriname Dutch, accessed on July 9, 2019.
- ↑ Flight Scheme Fly All Ways , English, accessed on June 28, 2019.
- ↑ Paramaribo Amsterdam flight tickets from TUI , TUI website, Dutch, accessed on March 12, 2019.