AirportsEduard Alexander Gummels Airport is a small airport serving Kwatta, in Paramaribo, Suriname. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is EAX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- EAX
- ICAO code
- SMEG
- City
- Kwatta
- State or region
- Paramaribo
- Country
- Suriname
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 5.8638° N, 55.1895° W
- Elevation
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,199 m (3,934 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, EAX means Eduard Alexander Gummels Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SMEG. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 5.8638° N, 55.1895° W. It stands 15 metres (49 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Paramaribo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Eduard Alexander Gummels Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,199 metres (3,934 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29 | 1,199 m 3,934 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zorg en Hoop AirportParamaribo | ORG | 6 km |
| Johan Adolf Pengel International AirportParamaribo | PBM | 46 km |
| Moengo AirstripMoengo | MOJ | 92 km |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni AirportSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana | LDX | 135 km |
| Wageningen AirstripWageningen | AGI | 164 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,635 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,688 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,765 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,121 km | 9 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,287 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,183 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,569 km | 21 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 15,151 km | 18 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,878 km | 19 h 40 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.
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