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. As of 2023, Blue Wing Airlines was banned from operating within the European Union.
Zorg en Hoop Airport is an airport serving general aviation in the city of Paramaribo, Suriname. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) west of the Suriname River, between the city quarters of Zorg en Hoop and Flora.
Wageningen Airstrip is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Wageningen, in the Nickerie District of Suriname. Heavily used for cropdusting agriculture flights in this rice region of the country. Homebase of the Surinam Sky Farmers
Rudi Kappel Airstrip is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of the Tafelberg tepui in Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It used to be named Tafelberg Airstrip, but was renamed Rudi Kappel Airstrip, after the co-pilot of a flight that crashed near Vincent Fayks Airport on 6 October 1959.
Stoelmans Eiland Airstrip is an airstrip serving Stoelmanseiland, an island on the eastern border of Suriname.
Afobaka Airstrip is an airstrip near Afobaka, a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. The airstrip is primarily used for emergency evacuation and gold shipment. It is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the campsite of the Gross Rosebel gold mine, which has its own airstrip.
Albina Airstrip is an airport serving Albina, the capital of the Marowijne District of Suriname. It is one of the oldest airports in Suriname, in use since 1953, when the Piper Cub (PZ-NAC) of Kappel-van Eyck named "Colibri" landed there from Zorg en Hoop Airport.
Apetina Airstrip is an airstrip near the village Apetina in Suriname.
Coeroeni Airstrip is an airstrip located near Kuruni in Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper.
Kabalebo Airstrip serves the village of Kabalebo, Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper.
Käyser Airstrip, also Käyser Jan Gouka Airstrip is near the Käyser Mountains range in Sipaliwini District, Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper and has one long grass runway. Fishing and wildlife tours are prime users of the airstrip.
Kwamelasemoetoe Airstrip is an airport serving Kwamelasemoetoe, Suriname, a Trio Indian village in the south of Suriname in the Sipaliwini District. The name of the village means bamboo sand, named after nearby Sipaliwini River banks partly overgrown with bamboo.
Lawa Antino Airstrip is an airstrip serving the gold mining concessions near the town of Benzdorp in Suriname. The runway is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of the town.
Vincent Fajks Airstrip is an airstrip serving Paloemeu, Suriname. The airport was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It was named after the Polish pilot Vincent Fajks who crashed with co-pilot Ronald Kappel with their Aero Commander AC 520 (PZ-TAG) airplane at the site in October 1959, while trying to deliver building materials for the airport. They both received a state funeral in Paramaribo on 11 October 1959. There is a jungle resort on the Tapanahony River near Paloemeu.
Sarakreek Airstrip is an airstrip serving the gold mining community of Sarakreek, in the Brokopondo District of Suriname.
Kampala Airport, commonly known as Kololo Airstrip and officially as Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, was an airport in Uganda. It was one of the forty-seven airports in the country.
Caricom Airways, which stands for Caribbean Commuter Airways, was a regional airline from the Caribbean, with the headquarters of the company at Paramaribo, Suriname. From the down-town Zorg en Hoop Airport in Suriname, Caricom Airways mainly flew charter flights to various destinations in the interior of Suriname, the Caribbean and Northern Brazil.
Gum Air is a Surinamese airline based in Paramaribo, Suriname. Gum Air cooperates with Trans Guyana Airways to provide daily flights between Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo, Suriname and Ogle Airport in Georgetown, Guyana.
Botopasi Airstrip is an airstrip serving Botopasi, Suriname.
The Luchtvaartdienst Suriname is the Civil Aviation Department of the Suriname Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism. It is responsible for the regulation of all aviation activities in the country, and ensures that all activities are carried out in compliance with international standards. It is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
