Avanavero Airstrip
# Avanavero Airstrip

Avanavero Airstrip (ICAO: SMVO), near Avanavero, Suriname. It was one of the airstrips constructed in the aftermath of Operation Grasshopper.

## Facilities

The Avanavero Airstrip has one unpaved runway. It is built near the Avanavero Falls, locally called Avanavero Vallen or Avanavero Sula.

## Airlines and destinations

Currently, no scheduled services are offered from Kabalebo. Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

| Airlines | Destinations |
| - | - |
| Blue Wing Airlines | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop |
| Gum Air | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop |
| Hi-Jet Helicopter Services | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop |
| United Air Services | Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop |

## Accidents and incidents

* On 8 May 1967 a helicopter Agusta-Bell 47J-2A, with Dutch registration PH-VAS made an emergency landing. The helicopter from General Aviation at Rotterdam Airport, the Netherlands was flying from its base Avanavero (SMVO), Suriname under contract for SLM used on a Hydro Electric Power Project for "Bureau Waterkracht Werken". At take off from Avanavero Airfield (SMVO) on an oil supply flight the wind blew the main rotor from PH-VAS into a wooden flag-pole, forcing the Dutch pilot Mr. P.H. Janssen to make an emergency running landing. The damage was small and no injuries occurred.
