Henri Alwies Airstrip

Henri Alwies Airstrip

Henri Alwies Vliegveld
Henri Alwies Airstrip; Henri Alwies Vliegveld
	IATA: none; ICAO: SMHA;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location	Antongron, Saramacca, Suriname
Elevation AMSL	22 ft / 7 m
Coordinates	5°49′55″N 55°38′15″W
Map
	SMHA Location in Suriname
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	Sources: Google Maps

Henri Alwies Airstrip (Dutch: Henri Alwies Vliegveld)^[2]^[3] (IATA: SMHA), also known as Henri Alwies Airfield or Henri Alwies Vliegveld, is in the Saramacca district of Suriname. This is one of the newest airports in Suriname, in use since April 5, 2012.

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It is the homebase of the crop dusting company ERK Farms, and was also heavily used by the Gliders Club Zweefvliegclub Akka.

On March 24, 2013, an Open Day was held at the new Henri Alwies Airfield with multiple planes from Zorg en Hoop Airport^[4] and a demonstration from Skydive Free 2 Fly Suriname jumping parachutes from a privately owned Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (N26NB). Surinamese Minister Of Sport & Youth, Ismanto Adna, participated with a tandem parachute jump. A crop dusting demonstration was performed by pilot Martin Veldkamp with a Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat B (PZ-USB) from ERK Farms.^[5]

Charter airlines serving this airport are:

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Airlines	Destinations
Blue Wing Airlines^[6]	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Gum Air^[7]	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services^[8]	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Pegasus Air Services^[9]	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

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[1]
Google Maps - Henri Alwies
[2]
"Ag Cat flying in Saramacca" (in Dutch). Xavier van Ravenswaay. 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015.
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"Skydiving in Saramacca Suriname" (in Dutch). Xavier van Ravenswaay. 24 March 2013.
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"BN-2 Islanders at Henry Alwies" (in Dutch). FlexyDemon. 25 March 2013.
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"Ag Cat Demo at Henry Alwies airstrip" (in Dutch). FlexyDemon. 24 March 2013.
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Blue Wing Airlines schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
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Gum Air destinations
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Hi-Jet Helicopter Archived December 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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Pegasus Air Services

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Google Maps - Henri Alwies

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"Ag Cat flying in Saramacca" (in Dutch). Xavier van Ravenswaay. 24 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015.

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"Skydiving in Saramacca Suriname" (in Dutch). Xavier van Ravenswaay. 24 March 2013.

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"BN-2 Islanders at Henry Alwies" (in Dutch). FlexyDemon. 25 March 2013.

[5] [5]
"Ag Cat Demo at Henry Alwies airstrip" (in Dutch). FlexyDemon. 24 March 2013.

[6] [6]
Blue Wing Airlines schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

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Gum Air destinations

[8] [8]
Hi-Jet Helicopter Archived December 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

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Pegasus Air Services

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