Palumeu Airport

Vincent Fajks Airstrip is an airstrip serving , . The airport was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It was named after the pilot Vincent Fajks who crashed with co-pilot Ronald Kappel with their Aero Commander AC 520 airplane at the site in October 1959, while trying to deliver building materials for the airport.
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  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code OEM
  • …has the ICAO airport code SMPA
  • …was formerly known as “Pisori Airport”
  • Description: airport
  • Also known as
    “OEM”
    “Paloemeu Airport”
    “SMPA”
    “Vincent Faiks Airport”
    “Vincent Fayks Airport”
    “Vincent Fayks Airstrip”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paloemeu.
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Palumeu Airport

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Latitude
3.34613° or 3° 20′ 46″ north
Longitude
-55.44394° or 55° 26′ 38″ west
UN/LOCODE
SR OEM
Open location code
68M68HW4+FC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 962344263
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
3382808
Wiki­data ID
Q649213

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Tajik—“Palumeu Airport” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu Vincent Fayks”
  • Dutch: “Vincent Fayks Airstrip”
  • Dutch: “Vincent Fayks Vliegveld”
  • Indonesian: “OEM”
  • Indonesian: “SMPA”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Vincent Faiks”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه وینسنت فیکس”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Vincent Fayks”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Vincent Fayks”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Vincent Fayks”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи винснт фикс”

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