Zorg en Hoop Airport
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| IATA: ORG – ICAO: SMZO | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Location | Paramaribo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 05°48′41.30″N 55°11′24.24″W / 5.8114722°N 55.1900667°WCoordinates: 05°48′41.30″N 55°11′24.24″W / 5.8114722°N 55.1900667°W | ||||||||||
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  SMZO Location in Paramaribo | |||||||||||
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Zorg en Hoop Airport (IATA: ORG, ICAO: SMZO) is an airport located in the city of Paramaribo, Suriname. The runway length is only sufficient for smaller aircraft, airliners serving Paramaribo from the international Zanderij Airport 45 km south of the city. Zorg en Hoop Airport is located between the city quarters of Zorg en Hoop and Flora. The airport is suitable for charters and regular services with smaller aircraft, and for helicopter flights. From the airport, the connection is maintained with several smaller airports in the interior of Suriname and for charter flights to the Caribbean.
The only regular international connection at the airport is to Georgetown, the capital of Guyana with Trans Guyana Airways and Gum Air.
History
In October 1952, the airport was put into use when Ronald Kappel and Herman van Eyck started a first Surinamese air company. The first flight was made with a Stinson V-77 Reliant airplane with registration PZ-TAA (MSN 77-167) of the company Kappel-van Eyck. In November 1952 this company built the first hangar at Zorg en Hoop airfield and added a second Stinson Reliant airplane (PZ-TAB) to their fleet. In the summer of 1953 Zorg en Hoop Airport was used to develop many airstrips in the interior. The first mail delivery and passenger flights in Suriname were made from Zorg en Hoop to Moengo on 22 August 1953 and to Coronie on September 28th. Later also to Nickerie and Albina with the new Piper Cub (PZ-NAC) of Kappel-van Eyck named "Colibri".
Departed from this airport in the 1980s, at the time of the civil war, appliances, which sowed death and destruction in Brunswick-minded villages and settlements.
Airline operators and destinations from Zorg en Hoop Airport
Other operators at Zorg & Hoop Airport
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aero Club Suriname (ACS) | Aero Club, General Aviation & Pilot training flights |
| Caricom Airways Flight Academy[2] (CAFA) | Flight School, Sightseeing Flights & Pilot training flights |
| Hi-Jet Helicopter Services[5][6] | EMS, charters |
| Kuyake Aviation Academy part of Caricom Airways Flight Academy | Pilot training flights |
| Overeem Air Service (OAS) | Charter flights & Agriculture Crop dusting |
| Pegasus Air Services[7] (PAS) | Helicopter Charter & training flights |
| Suriname Air Force / (Surinaamse Luchtmacht) (SAF) | Military missions |
| Surinaamse Medische Zendings Vliegdienst / Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) | Medical services |
| Vortex Aviation Suriname (VAS) | General Aviation Maintenance & Pilot training flights |
| Zweefvliegclub Akka 95 | Recreational Glider Club |
Flight schools
- Caricom Airways Flight Academy[2]
- Aero Club Suriname
References
- ↑ http://bluewingairlines.com/english/scheduled-flights/
- 1 2 3 "Caricom Airways - Our Companies". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ Super User. "Gum Air - Destinations". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "Trans Guyana Airways -". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ "Stretsh Hosting - Account Suspended". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.hi-jetheli.com/#!
- ↑ "Pegasus". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ↑ http://sranantube.com/suriname-airport-zorg-en-hoop-many-take-offs-and-landings-2012/