Rudi Kappel Airstrip Tafelberg Airstrip | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Luchtvaartdienst Suriname | ||||||||||
| Location | Tafelberg, Suriname | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,112 ft / 339 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 3°47′15″N 56°09′00″W / 3.78750°N 56.15000°W | ||||||||||
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Rudi Kappel Airstrip (ICAO: SMTB) is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of the Tafelberg tepui in Suriname. It was constructed as part of Operation Grasshopper. It used to be named Tafelberg Airstrip, but was renamed Rudi Kappel Airstrip, after the co-pilot of a flight that crashed near Vincent Fayks Airport on 6 October 1959.[4][5]
- ^ Airport information for SMTB at Great Circle Mapper.
- ^ Google Maps - Tafelberg
- ^ HERE/Nokia - Tafelberg
- ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163559". Aviation Safety. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Rudi Kappel verongelukt". Amigoe di Curacao (in Dutch). 8 October 1959. Retrieved 13 January 2022.