Godo Holo Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname | ||||||||||
| Serves | Pikienkondre of Miranda | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 280 ft / 85 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 4°03′27″N54°47′10″W / 4.05750°N 54.78611°W Coordinates: 4°03′27″N54°47′10″W / 4.05750°N 54.78611°W | ||||||||||
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  SMGH Location in Suriname | |||||||||||
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Godo Holo Airstrip( ICAO : SMGH) is an airstrip serving Pikienkondre of Miranda in Suriname.
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Blue Wing Airlines | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop [3] |
| Gum Air | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop [4] |
| Hi-Jet Helicopter Services | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop |
On May 15, 2010, a Blue Wing Airlines Antonov An-28, registered PZ-TSV crashed minutes after take-off from this Godo Holo Airstrip, in a wooded area of eastern Suriname, some 5 km (3.1 miles) North East of Poeketi. This was on an interior flight to Zorg en Hoop Airport, Paramaribo. All six passengers and two crew members on board lost their lives in this crash. [5] [6] 
The Antonov An-28 is a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, developed from the Antonov An-14M. It was the winner of a competition against the Beriev Be-30, for use by Aeroflot as a short-range airliner. It first flew in 1969. A total of 191 were built and 16 remain in airline service as at August 2015. After a short pre-production series built by Antonov, it was licence-built in Poland by PZL-Mielec. In 1993, PZL-Mielec developed its own improved variant, the PZL M28 Skytruck.
Blue Wing Airlines n.v. is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo, Suriname. The airline started operations in January 2002 and operates charter and scheduled services from Paramaribo to destinations in the interior of Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela and the Caribbean area. Its main base is Zorg en Hoop Airport. The airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the EU for safety violations. They were temporarily removed from the list on 28 November 2007 after implementing a corrective action plan ordered by the EU Transportation Commission. However, on 6 July 2010, the airline was banned again from European and French territory airspace as a result of three accidents involving Blue Wing Airlines: one on 3 April 2008 with 19 fatalities, another accident on 15 October 2009 that led to four unspecified injuries, and a third incident on 15 May 2010 with 8 fatalities.
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