Rudi Kappel Airstrip (ICAO: SMTB) is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of the Tafelberg tepui in Suriname.

It used to be named Tafelberg Airstrip, but was renamed Rudi Kappel Airstrip, after the co-pilot of a flight that crashed near Vincent Fayks Airport on 6 October 1959.

On 3 March 1958, the Geijskes [nl] expedition to the Tafelberg began.

One of the goals of the expedition was to examine whether an airstrip could be built on the savanna.

[7][8] In February 1959, Operation Grasshopper was announced which intended to map the natural resources in the interior of Suriname.