It is the homebase of the crop dusting company ERK Farms, and was also heavily used by the Gliders Club Zweefvliegclub Akka.

On March 24, 2013, an Open Day was held at the new Henri Alwies Airfield with multiple planes from Zorg en Hoop Airport[4] and a demonstration from Skydive Free 2 Fly Suriname jumping parachutes from a privately owned Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (N26NB).

Surinamese Minister Of Sport & Youth, Ismanto Adna, participated with a tandem parachute jump.

A crop dusting demonstration was performed by pilot Martin Veldkamp with a Grumman G-164B Ag-Cat B (PZ-USB) from ERK Farms.

[5] Charter airlines and cropdusters serving this airport are: