This is a list of
airport
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s in
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
, sorted by location.
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
. It is situated between
French Guiana
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to the east and
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
to the west. The southern border is shared with
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and the northern border is the
Atlantic
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coast. Suriname is the smallest
sovereign
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The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ...
state in terms of
area
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and
population
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in South America. The country is the only
Dutch-speaking
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region in the
Western Hemisphere
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that is not a part of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
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.
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Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled service on commercial airlines.
Airports with unverified coordinates:
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See also
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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 ...
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Operation Grasshopper
Operation Grasshopper was a project to look for natural resources in Suriname from the air. For this project, seven airstrips were constructed in the interior of Suriname from 1959 onward.
The project was the brainchild of the Minister of Develo ...
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List of airports by ICAO code: S#SM - Suriname
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Wikipedia: WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: South America#Suriname
References
Civil Aviation Department of Suriname*
* - includes IATA codes
World Aero Data: Airports in Suriname- ICAO codes, airport data
Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Suriname- IATA and ICAO codes
GEOnet Names Server- district names
Large map of SurinameAirstrip characteristicsFlood relief map
{{South America in topic, List of airports in
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
Airports
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
Airports
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...