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SMPA
Vincent Fayks Airport
VFR
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Name
Vincent Fayks Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
SMPA / OEM / SMPA
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- Region
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Timezone
3:38 am (SRT)
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Municipality
Paloemeu
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Coordinates
3° 20′ 45″ N 55° 26′ 37″ W
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Elevation
714 ft (218 m MSL)
About Vincent Fayks Airport
Vincent Fajks Airstrip (IATA: OEM, ICAO: SMPA) is an airstrip serving Paloemeu, Suriname. The airport was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It was named after the Polish pilot Vincent Fajks who crashed with co-pilot Ronald Kappel with their Aero Commander AC 520 (PZ-TAG) airplane at the site in October 1959, while trying to deliver building materials for the airport. They both received a state funeral in Paramaribo on 11 October 1959. There is a jungle resort on the Tapanahony River near Paloemeu.
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