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Lawa Antino Airstrip

Airport

SMTA

Location in Suriname

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
11/29	1,155	3,789	Gravel

Sources: Bing Maps^[1] Antino Gold Project^[2]

Lawa Antino Airstrip (ICAO: SMTA) 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:

Airlines	Destinations
Blue Wing Airlines	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop^[3]
Gum Air	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop^[4]
United Air Services	Charter: Paramaribo–Zorg en Hoop
Vortex Aviation Suriname	Charter: 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.^[5]

References

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