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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Lawa Antino Airport

Lawa Antino Airstrip (ICAO: SMAN) is an airstrip serving the gold mining concessions near the town of Benzdorp in Suriname. The runway is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southwest of the town.

Charters and destinations

Charter airlines serving this airport are:

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Wing AirlinesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Gum AirCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
United Air ServicesCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Vortex Aviation SurinameCharter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

Notable disasters

On April 3, 2008, an Antonov AN-28 airplane (PZ-TSO) operated by Blue Wing Airlines crashed upon landing at the Lawa Antino Airport near Benzdorp in which 19 people in total (2 crew, 17 passengers) were killed. The Lawa Antino airport is 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Benzdorp.

See also

References

  1. ^ Bing Maps - Antino
  2. ^ Antino Gold Project
  3. ^ Blue Wing schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Gum Air destinations
  5. ^ "Crash Antonov AN-28 PZ-TSO". www.aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 1 January 2023.