Moengo Airstrip guide

Moengo Airstrip serves the town of Moengo in Marowijne District, eastern Suriname. The ICAO code is SMMO. The strip lies just south of town, on the Cottica River between Paramaribo and the border town of Albina. It was founded in 1955 and was first named Schiphol, after Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

The airstrip has one grass runway, designated 09/27, that measures 520 metres. Luchtvaartdienst Suriname, the national civil aviation service, operates it as a public airport. Its elevation is about 15 metres above sea level.

No airline runs scheduled flights here. Blue Wing Airlines, Gum Air and Hi-Jet Helicopter Services list charter service to Paramaribo-Zorg en Hoop. Moengo grew around the bauxite mine that Alcoa opened in 1916, and the East-West Link road to Paramaribo has been open since 1964. The town had 10,834 residents at the 2012 census.