Zorg en Hoop Airport
International airport in Paramaribo, Suriname / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zorg en Hoop Airport (IATA: ORG, ICAO: SMZO) 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.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Location | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 05°48′40″N 55°11′25″W | ||||||||||
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The runway length includes a 200 metres (660 ft) displaced threshold on Runway 11. The airport is suitable for charters and regular services with smaller aircraft, and for helicopter flights. Connection is maintained from the airport for several smaller airports in the interior of Suriname, and for charter flights to the Caribbean. The only regular international service is to Georgetown, Guyana, with flights operated by Trans Guyana Airways and Gum Air with smaller propeller aircraft.
Airlines operating jet aircraft serve Paramaribo via Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport located 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of the city at Zanderij.