Rudi Kappel Airstrip
Rudi Kappel Airstrip is located 9 kilometres south of the Tafelberg tepui in Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It used to be named Tafelberg Airstrip, but was renamed Rudi Kappel Airstrip, after the co-pilot of a flight that crashed near Vincent Fayks Airport on 6 October 1959.- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: airport in Tafelberg, Suriname
- Also known as: “Rudi Kappel”, “Rudy Kappel Airport”, “SMTB”, “Tafelberg”, and “Tafelberg Airstrip”
Rudi Kappel Airstrip
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Sipaliwini District, Suriname, South America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Tajik—“Rudi Kappel Airstrip” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rudi Kappel Airstrip”
- Indonesian: “SMTB”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Rudy Kappel”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تک بانده تفلبرگ”
- Persian: “فرودگاه تکبانده تفلبرگ”
- Tajik: “Майдони ҳавоии Руди Каппел”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи такбондҳ тфлбрг”
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