Zorg en Hoop Airport ORG / SMZO
Paramaribo, Paramaribo District · Suriname · Government of Suriname / Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism; security screening by N.V. Luchthavenbeheer (Airport Management Ltd.)
6kpax · 2024
Limited hoursInternational · customs & immigrationJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
ICAO / IATASMZO / ORG
OperatorGovernment of Suriname / Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism; security screening by N.V. Luchthavenbeheer (Airport Management Ltd.)
Coordinates5.8111°N, 55.1903°W
Elevation10 ft · 3 m
Time zoneSRT (UTC-3, no DST)
Passengers / yr6,420 (2024)
CustomsYes
Border controlYes
SchengenNo
FuelJet A-1 · Avgas 100LL
Bonded—
AIP referenceSMZO — AIP Suriname / CASAS
Operating hoursDaylight VFR operations; tower/AFIS active roughly 07:00-19:00 local, no confirmed 24-hour ATC service. Scheduled Gum Air/Trans Guyana Airways flights to Georgetown-Ogle (Guyana) depart mid-morning daily; charter and non-scheduled arrivals outside published hours should confirm PPR with the operator.
TerminalsSingle small passenger terminal serving domestic interior flights and the scheduled Gum Air/Trans Guyana Airways international service to Georgetown-Ogle; no jet bridges, GA/turboprop apron only. Immigration, Customs, Foreign Police, public-health (BOG) and security (BNV/CIVD) desks are permanently housed on site to handle the international route.
Runways (1)
- 11/29 · 750 m / 2,461 ft · 18 m wide · Asphalt
Airport contact
Historic (1952) city-center airfield that functions as Suriname's principal hub for interior/domestic aviation (Gum Air, Blue Wing Airlines, Mission Aviation Fellowship) and hosts the only scheduled international service — the daily Gum Air/Trans Guyana Airways link to Georgetown-Ogle, Guyana. Also home to CASAS headquarters and the National Army's helicopter unit. The CBS-Suriname figure of 6,420 (2024) covers only officially tracked international arrivals at this border post (ABS Suriname's own published indicator set tracks 'Arrivals via the Ports Zorg en Hoop and Albina' with no corresponding departures series for air/river ports), versus 3,587 in 2021; a true total (arrivals+departures, plus the much larger domestic interior traffic) is not centrally published. Some offshore-oil and regional charter traffic has begun shifting to the new Eduard Alexander Gummels (EAG) Airport nearby, opened March 2025. Long-standing concerns persist about fire-safety equipment and fuel-storage proximity to adjacent residential neighborhoods.
Services
Available
On request / PPR
Seasonal / ageing
Unconfirmed / not listed
Ground handling
Available · 2 providers
Gum Air
Ground handling and ramp/ticketing for its own scheduled and charter flights, and for codeshare partner Trans Guyana Airways on the Paramaribo–Georgetown(Ogle) route, at its Zorg en Hoop base. Confirmed directly on Gum Air's own site (gumair.sr): "GA also offers ticketing, ground handling, maintenance, refueling, passenger and cargo handling services," which also lists the airport as its headquarters address (Doekhieweg Oost #03, Zorg en Hoop Airport). · Mon-Fri 07:30-16:00, Sat 07:30-12:00, Sun closed (gumair.sr)
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Blue Wing Airlines N.V.
Self-handled, Blue Wing Airlines — headquartered and based at Zorg en Hoop Airport (Doekhieweg #3), operating its own Cessna 206 / 208 Caravan / DHC-6-200 Twin Otter / Reims-Cessna F406 fleet for scheduled and charter service to the Suriname interior, Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela and the Caribbean (English Wikipedia, current as of 2024-2025). No third-party handler is documented for Blue Wing at this field; its own site (bluewingairlines.com) confirms it runs ramp/ground operations at its Zorg en Hoop base by also offering FBO services to other visiting operators there — see flight_support line below. · Office Mon-Fri 07:00-16:00, Sat 07:00-13:00 (bluewingairlines.com)
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Aircraft fuel
Available
Gum Air
Refueling offered directly by Gum Air at Zorg en Hoop per its own website ("ticketing, ground handling, maintenance, refueling, passenger and cargo handling services"); underlying bulk fuel supplier/brand behind the on-field tanks is unconfirmed — no Staatsolie or other named supplier could be independently verified for this field.
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De-icing
Not listed
Part-145 line maintenance
Available
Gum Air
In-house maintenance for its own Cessna 206 / 208B Grand Caravan and DHC-6 Twin Otter fleet at its Zorg en Hoop base, per company website (gumair.sr); described only as "maintenance," so scope beyond line/light maintenance (i.e. any base-level/heavy checks) is unconfirmed.
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Part-145 base maintenance
Not listed
Component shops & overhaul
Not listed
Flight catering
Not listed
Aircraft cleaning
Not listed
Ground support equipment
Not listed
Cargo handling
Available · 2 providers
Gum Air
Cargo handling services at Zorg en Hoop for its own bush-flight network and the Georgetown route, per Gum Air's own website (gumair.sr).
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Blue Wing Airlines N.V.
Self-handled, Blue Wing Airlines — carries both passengers and cargo on its scheduled/charter network from its Zorg en Hoop base; confirmed on the carrier's own site (bluewingairlines.com: "we do scheduled and charter flights transporting both passengers and cargo") and by English Wikipedia (as of 2024, "Blue Wings performs cargo as well as daily scheduled flights").
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Aviation security
Unconfirmed
NV Luchthavenbeheer
Suriname's state airport authority (also runs Johan Adolf Pengel International at Zanderij) coordinated the August 2015 handover of on-site security at Zorg en Hoop to the JAP airport security team, jointly with the Bureau Nationale Veiligheid (BNV). Confirmed via the Dutch Wikipedia article on the airport: "De overdracht vond plaats onder coördinatie van de NV Luchthavenbeheer en het Bureau Nationale Veiligheid (BNV) van het Kabinet van de President" ("The transfer took place under the coordination of NV Luchthavenbeheer and the Bureau of National Security, part of the Office of the President"). Current staffing level and scope beyond that 2015 transfer are unconfirmed; the operator's own domains (luchthaven.sr unreachable, japairport.com resolves only to a parked "domain reserved" placeholder page) carry no current information, and the same Wikipedia article documents later lapses — an October 2019 unregistered departure later linked to a burned-out aircraft in Guatemala, and a November 2021 attempted aircraft theft during which "geen beveiligingspersoneel aanwezig" (no security personnel present) and non-functioning access gates were reported — so ongoing/current coverage should be treated as weakly evidenced rather than assumed continuous.
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Passenger & crew transport
Not listed
Flight support
Available
Blue Wing Airlines N.V.
FBO services for other operators visiting Zorg en Hoop Airport. Directly stated on Blue Wing's own site (bluewingairlines.com/services): "we also offer FBO services for those visiting the Zorg en Hoop Airport." This entry was missing from the prior draft, which only captured ground_handling and cargo.
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Hotel & travel
Not listed
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