Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport

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Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport

Nieuw Nickerie Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Operator Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
Location Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname
Elevation  AMSL 10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 05°57′20″N57°02′25″W / 5.95556°N 57.04028°W / 5.95556; -57.04028 Coordinates: 05°57′20″N57°02′25″W / 5.95556°N 57.04028°W / 5.95556; -57.04028
Map
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SMNI
Location in Suriname
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
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08/267002,297Asphalt
Sources: GCM [1] Google Maps [2]

Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport (Dutch : Majoor Henry Fernandes Vliegveld) [3] [4] ( IATA : ICK, ICAO : SMNI), also known as Nieuw Nickerie Airport, [5] [6] is near Nieuw Nickerie, the capital city of the Nickerie district in Suriname. This 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.

Contents

Charters and destinations, Crop dusting

Charter Airlines & Crop Dusting companies serving this airport are:

AirlinesDestinations
Aero Club Suriname Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Blue Wing Airlines [7] Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Caricom Airways [8] Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Eagle Air Service Nickerie, Major Fernandes Airfield
ERK Farms Saramacca, Henri Alwies Airstrip
Gum Air [9] Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services [10] Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Kuyake Aviation Academy [11] Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Suriname Air Force / Surinaamse Luchtmacht Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Overeem Air Service (OAS)Nickerie, Major Fernandes Airfield
Pegasus Air Services [12] Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport
Surinam Sky Farmers Nickerie, Wageningen Airport
United Air Services (UAS)Paramaribo, Zorg en Hoop Airport

See also

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References

  1. Airport information for ICK at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  3. "Nickerianen nemen massaal afscheid van Lachmon" (in Dutch). Nickerie.Net. 25 October 2001.
  4. "Weg naar vliegveld Nickerie wordt alvast geëgaliseerd" (in Dutch). Dagblad Suriname. 26 August 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  5. Airport information for SMNI at Great Circle Mapper.
  6. Accident history for ICK at Aviation Safety Network
  7. Blue Wing schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Caricom destinations Archived September 14, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  9. User, Super. "Gum Air - Destinations". www.gumair.com.
  10. Hi Jet Helicopters Archived December 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  11. Kuyake Aviation Academy Archived December 26, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  12. "Pegasus". www.pegasus.sr.