PBM

Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport

ICAO SMJP5.4528°N 55.1878°W18 m / 59 ftLarge airport
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Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport (IATA: PBM, ICAO: SMJP) is a large airport in Paramaribo, Para, Suriname. It opened in 1939. It has one runway, 3,480 m (11,417 ft) long, asphalt. In 2018 it handled 451 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1939–1989
1939
OpenedJohan Adolf Pengel International Airport opens.
07 JUN 1989
DisasterSurinam Airways Flight 764.176 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Johan Adolf Pengel Airport AankomsthalJohan Adolf Pengel Airport Vertrekhal
11/29090° / 270° · LIT
LENGTH3,480 m11,417 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2018
425K
458K
479K
479K
445K
451K
131415161718

Routes

14 destinations · 11 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miOGL · Eugene F. Correia International Airport · 356 km / 221 miGEO · Cheddi Jagan International Airport · 358 km / 222 miPOS · Piarco International Airport · 886 km / 551 miBGI · Grantley Adams International Airport · 970 km / 603 miBEL · Val de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport · 1,064 km / 661 miCUR · Hato International Airport · 1,688 km / 1,049 miAUA · Queen Beatrix International Airport · 1,806 km / 1,122 miSDQ · Las Américas International Airport · 2,133 km / 1,325 miPTY · Tocumen International Airport · 2,698 km / 1,676 miSCU · Antonio Maceo International Airport · 2,755 km / 1,712 miCMW · Ignacio Agramonte International Airport · 3,018 km / 1,875 miMIA · Miami International Airport · 3,499 km / 2,174 miHAV · José Martí International Airport · 3,510 km / 2,181 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 7,524 km / 4,675 miAMSHAVSCUPTYSDQAUABELBGIGEOMIAPOSCMWCURPBM
Year-round14
OGLEugene F. Correia International AirportGuyana · Trans Guyana Airways356 km221 miGEOCheddi Jagan International AirportGuyana · Surinam Airways, Fly All Ways358 km222 miPOSPiarco International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · Caribbean Airlines886 km551 miBGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · Surinam Airways970 km603 miBELVal de Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International AirportBrazil · Surinam Airways1,064 km661 miCURHato International AirportCuraçao · Surinam Airways1,688 km1,049 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · Surinam Airways1,806 km1,122 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Sky High Aviation Services2,133 km1,325 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines2,698 km1,676 miSCUAntonio Maceo International AirportCuba · Fly All Ways2,755 km1,712 miCMWIgnacio Agramonte International AirportCuba · Fly All Ways3,018 km1,875 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Surinam Airways3,499 km2,174 miHAVJosé Martí International AirportCuba · Fly All Ways3,510 km2,181 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Surinam Airways, KLM7,524 km4,675 mi
Most destinationsSurinam Airways 7Fly All Ways 4Trans Guyana Airways 1Caribbean Airlines 1Sky High Aviation Services 1Copa Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from PBM. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport” (revision of 6 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers451K (2018)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,156of 3,974 · #100 South AmericaLongest runway3,480 m11,417 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=554of 29,823 · #20 South America · #1 SRElevation18 m59 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=38,700of 43,341 · =8,338 South America · #34 SRAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =21 South America · #1 SRRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =181 South America · =1 SR
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

5 channels
APPPENGEL APP (USE PENGEL TOWER: 118.5)129.200
GNDGND - USE PENGEL TWR FREQ 118.5121.900
TWRPENGEL TWR118.500
AREA CTRLPARAMARIBO CTRL123.900
AREA CTRLPARAMARIBO CTRL (BACKUP FREQ.)133.300