Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport
Major Henk Fernandes Airport, also known as Nieuw Nickerie Airport, is near Nieuw Nickerie, the capital city of the Nickerie district in Suriname. This is one of the oldest airports in Suriname, in use since 1953, when the Piper Cub of Kappel-van Eyck named "Colibri" landed there from Zorg en Hoop Airport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Airfield
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “ICK”, “Maj. Fernandes Airport”, “Majoor Henk Fernandes Airport”, “Major Henk Fernandes Airport”, “Nieuw Nickerie Airport”, and “SMNI”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieuw Nickerie.
Nieuw Nickerie
Town
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Nieuw Nickerie is the third largest city in Suriname with a population estimated at 12,818. It is the capital city of the Nickerie district, and the terminus of the East-West Link. Nieuw Nickerie is situated 6 km east of Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport.
Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport
- Categories: airport and transportation
- Location: Nickerie District, Suriname, South America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Majoor Henry Fernandes Airport” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Aeropuertu Majoor Henk Fernandes”
- Dutch: “Majoor Henk Fernandes Airport”
- Dutch: “Majoor Henk Fernandes Vliegveld”
- Dutch: “Majoor Henry Fernandes Vliegveld”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار ماجور هينك فرنانديز”
- French: “aérodrome Major Henk Fernandes”
- French: “Aérodrome Major Henk Fernandes”
- French: “Majoor Henk Fernandes Vliegveld”
- Indonesian: “ICK”
- Indonesian: “SMNI”
- Japanese: “ニウ・ニッケリー空港”
- Japanese: “マイヨール・ヘンリー・フェルナンデス空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Maj. Fernandes”
- Persian: “فرودگاه ماژور هنری فراندز”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Nieuw Nickerie”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Nieuw Nickerie”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Majoor Henk Fernandes”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Majoor Henk Fernandes”
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