Coeroenie Airstrip

Airport in Coeroeni, Suriname

SMCI

Location in Suriname

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
11/29	1,230	4,035	Grass

Sources: GCM^[1] Google Maps^[2]

Coeroeni Airstrip (ICAO: SMCI) is an airstrip located near Kuruni (variant spellings: Coeroeni, Coeroenie, or Curuni) in Suriname.^[3] It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper.^[4]

Charters and destinations

Charter Airlines serving this airport are:

Airlines	Destinations
Blue Wing Airlines	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop^[5]
Gum Air	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop^[6]
Hi-Jet Helicopter Services	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
United Air Services	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Vortex Aviation Suriname	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop

Accidents and incidents

On 2 September 1960 a Cessna Bobcat UC-78C Bobcat, registration PZ-TAE from the Surinaamse Luchtvaart Maatschappij crashed at Curuni. There were no fatalities or injuries, the pilot was M. Wybenga.^[7]^[8]

References

^ Airport information for Coeroenie Airstrip at Great Circle Mapper.
^ Google Maps - Coeroenie
^ "Amotopoan trails : a recent archaeology of Trio movements - Page 5". University of Leiden. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ "Airstrip Coeroeni". TRIS Online (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
^ Blue Wing schedule Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
^ Gum Air destinations
^ Aircraft disposition database
^ ASN 2 Sep 1960