# Eduard Alexander Gummels Airport (EAX / SMEG)

**Eduard Alexander Gummels Airport** (IATA: EAX, ICAO: SMEG) is a small airport in Kwatta, Paramaribo, Suriname. It opened in Mar 2025. It has one runway, 1,199 m (3,934 ft) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/sr-0009

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EAX / SMEG
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Kwatta, Paramaribo, Suriname
- Opened: Mar 2025
- Elevation: 15 m / 49 ft
- Coordinates: 5.8638, -55.1895
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,199 m / 3,934 ft
- Time zone: UTC-3 · America/Paramaribo
- Website: https://eagairport.sr/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Alexander_Gummels_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85764840
- Weather station: SMZO · WMO 81200
- Ident: SR-0009

## Timeline

- Mar 2025: Eduard Alexander Gummels Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/29 | 1,199 m / 3,934 ft | 23 m / 75 ft | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,199 m / 3,934 ft | =10,831 of 29,858 | =1,827 in South America | #2 in SR |
| Elevation | 15 m / 49 ft | =39,318 of 43,403 | =8,436 in South America | =35 in SR |
| Age | Opened 2025 | =14,775 of 15,079 | #172 in South America | #4 in SR |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =181 in South America | =1 in SR |

## Nearby airports

- [ORG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smzo.md) Zorg en Hoop Airport · 5.9 km / 3.6 mi
- [SMJA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smja.md) Jarikaba Airstrip · 17 km / 10 mi
- [PBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smjp.md) Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport · 46 km / 28 mi
- [SMHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smha.md) Henri Alwies Airstrip · 50 km / 31 mi
- [SR-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/sr-0005.md) Braak Airport · 64 km / 40 mi
- [SMGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/smgr.md) Gross Rosebel Airstrip · 86 km / 54 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [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/sr-0009/data