Vier Gebroeders Airstrip
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorLuchtvaartdienst Suriname
LocationVier Gebroeders
Elevation AMSL1,110 ft / 338 m
Coordinates1°57′45″N 55°55′45″W / 1.96250°N 55.92917°W / 1.96250; -55.92917
Map
SMVG is located in Suriname
SMVG
SMVG
Location in Suriname [1]
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 720 2,362 Grass
HERE Maps[2]

Vier Gebroeders Airstrip (ICAO: SMVG), also known as Meyers' airstrip or Mamija airstrip, is and airport near Vier Gebroeders, Suriname.[3] The runway is on the border with Brazil.

History

The airstrip was built as a private airstrip for a cattle farm founded by an American by the name of Meyers. Meyers gained permission from the Surinamese government to found a cattle farm in the Sipaliwini Savanna in 1967. Although cattle were indeed imported, the premature death of Meyers in an accident meant that the cattle farm never started in earnest. During an expedition to the Sipaliwini savanna in 1969, two employees of the Geologisch Mijnbouwkundige Dienst and Dienst 's Lands Bosbeheer stayed at the abandoned farm and indeed encountered cattle.[4]

Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Wing AirlinesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[5]
Gum AirCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop[6]
Hi-Jet Helicopter ServicesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Weather-Vier Gebroeders-Smvg". Rocketroute.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  2. ↑ HERE Maps - Vier Gebroeders
  3. ↑ "De Vier Gebroeders, Suriname - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates". Geographic.org. 1993-12-15. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  4. ↑ F.C. Bubberman (2013) Kennismaking met de Sipaliwini-savanne
  5. ↑ "Blue Wing schedule". Archived from the original on 2013-05-22. Retrieved 2013-10-14.
  6. ↑ Gum Air destinations


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