Kabalebo Airstrip serves the village of
Kabalebo
Kabalebo is a resort in Suriname, located in the Sipaliwini District. Its population at the 2012 census was 2,291.
Geography
Kabalebo is a resort in Suriname named after the Kabalebo River that flows through this area.
Clockwise, the Kabalebo ...
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Suriname. It was constructed as part of
Operation Grasshopper.
Facilities
The Kabalebo Airstrip has one long unpaved runway.
The main-lodge of the
Kabalebo Nature Resort and its swimming pool are adjacent to the runway.
Airlines and destinations
Currently, no scheduled services are offered from Kabalebo.
Charter Airlines serving this airport are:
Accidents and incidents
* On 23 June 1965 a
Beech G18S, registration PZ-TAR from the
Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij equipped with
JATO
JATO (acronym for jet-assisted take-off) is a type of assisted take-off for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in the form of small rockets. The term ''JATO'' is used interchangeably with the (more specifi ...
(Jet Assisted Take Off) rockets crashed at Kabalebo. There were no fatalities; the pilot was J. den Besten.
[http://landewers.net/PZ.TXT ]
See also
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List of airports in Suriname
This is a list of airports in Suriname, sorted by location.
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America. It is situated between French Guiana to the east and Guyana to the west. The southern border is s ...
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Transport in Suriname
The Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname) has a number of forms of transport. Transportation emissions are an increasing part of Suriname's contributions to climate change, as part of the Nationally Determined Contributions for the Par ...
References
External links
OpenStreetMaps - Kabalebo
Airports in Suriname
Sipaliwini District
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