AirportsDrietabbetje Airport is a small airport serving Drietabbetje, in Sipaliwini, Suriname. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DRJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DRJ
- ICAO code
- SMDA
- City
- Drietabbetje
- State or region
- Sipaliwini
- Country
- Suriname
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 4.1114° N, 54.6728° W
- Elevation
- 72 m (236 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DRJ means Drietabbetje Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SMDA. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 4.1114° N, 54.6728° W. It stands 72 metres (236 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, about 170 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Cayenne, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Maripasoula AirportMaripasoula, French Guiana | MPY | 87 km |
| Johan Adolf Pengel International AirportParamaribo | PBM | 160 km |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni AirportSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana | LDX | 168 km |
| Moengo AirstripMoengo | MOJ | 169 km |
| Zorg en Hoop AirportParamaribo | ORG | 198 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,713 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,725 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,806 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,250 km | 9 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,489 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,343 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,568 km | 21 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 15,354 km | 19 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,755 km | 19 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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