# Nieuw Nickerie - Major Henk Fernandes Airport (ICK / SMNI)

**Nieuw Nickerie - Major Henk Fernandes Airport** (IATA: ICK, ICAO: SMNI) is a small airport in Nieuw Nickerie, Nickerie, Suriname. It opened in 1953. It is operated by Luchtvaartdienst Suriname.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/smni

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ICK / SMNI
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Luchtvaartdienst Suriname
- Serves: Nieuw Nickerie, Nickerie, Suriname
- Opened: 1953
- Elevation: 3 m / 9 ft
- Coordinates: 5.9554, -57.0406
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Paramaribo
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Henk_Fernandes_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677360
- Ident: SMNI

## Timeline

- 1953: Nieuw Nickerie - Major Henk Fernandes Airport opens.

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (1)

- [ORG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smzo.md) Zorg en Hoop Airport · Suriname · 205 km / 127 mi · Gum Air, Blue Wing Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ICK, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- BWI [Blue Wing Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/blue-wing-airlines) · 1 · charter
- GUM [Gum Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gum-air) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 3 m / 9 ft | =42,649 of 43,403 | =8,790 in South America | #45 in SR |
| Age | Opened 1953 | =3,935 of 15,079 | =53 in South America | =2 in SR |

## Nearby airports

- [SR-0008](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sr-0008.md) Manglie Airport · 10 km / 6.5 mi
- [SR-0007](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sr-0007.md) Hazard Airstrip · 12 km / 7.7 mi
- [SKM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sysk.md) Skeldon Airport · 16 km / 10.0 mi
- [SR-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sr-0006.md) Ramnath Agro Airstrip · 27 km / 17 mi
- [SR-0004](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sr-0004.md) Alupi Airstrip · 29 km / 18 mi
- [GY-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gy-0006.md) Neville Airport · 30 km / 19 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Major Henk Fernandes Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major_Henk_Fernandes_Airport&oldid=1374367531), revision of 11 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/smni/data