Sipaliwini Airstrip
Sipaliwini Airstrip is an airstrip located near the village of Sipaliwini Savanna, in the most southern part of Suriname in the Sipaliwini District. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper and the runway of the airstrip was publicly opened in 1962.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Sipaliwini District, Suriname
- Also known as: “Sipaliwini Airport” and “SMSI”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sipaliwini Savanna.
Sipaliwini Savanna
Village
Sipaliwini Savanna, also called Sipaliwini, is a Tiriyó village on the Sipaliwini River in the Sipaliwini District in the far south of Suriname. The village lies next to the Sipaliwini Airstrip.
Sipaliwini Airstrip
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Sipaliwini District, Suriname, South America
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Latitude
2.02682° or 2° 1′ 37″ northLongitude
-56.1242° or 56° 7′ 27″ westElevation
267 metres (876 feet)ICAO airport code
SMSIOpen location code
68J52VGG+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 499393828OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
3383063Wikidata ID
Q1914645
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tajik—“Sipaliwini Airstrip” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sipaliwini Airstrip”
- Dutch: “Sipaliwini”
- Indonesian: “SMSI”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Sipaliwini”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تکبانده سیپالیوینی”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи такбондҳ сиполюини”
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