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Avis Car Rental — Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport

Avis operates a car rental counter inside the terminal at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, the main international gateway roughly 45 km south of Paramaribo. The Avis site lists the desk as open 24 hours every day with an after-hours drop-off facility.

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Best for self-drive travellers, arriving international passengers.

Avis runs a counter inside the terminal at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport, the country's main gateway, roughly 45 km south of Paramaribo. The station address is Luchthavenlaan 1 and the phone is (597) 551158. As of 21 August 2026 its own station page listed the desk as open 24 hours, seven days a week, with a key drop box for after-hours returns.

That 24-hour opening matters more here than at most airports: international arrivals into Paramaribo are often late in the evening, and the drive into the city takes about 45 minutes.

If you are booking online, use the station-specific page for code PBM. Avis's regional roll-up page for Suriname currently returns Caribbean island stations instead of Surinamese ones, which is a good way to end up with a booking on the wrong continent. Search results also surface a second Avis address in Paramaribo city, which we could not confirm on any Avis-owned page and therefore do not list.

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Information on this page is sourced from Avis Car Rental.

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    Hertz Car Rental Suriname (Realcar N.V.)

    Hertz is represented in Suriname by independent licensee Realcar N.V., which runs a car rental and leasing operation in Paramaribo and is listed by Hertz under the Paramaribo city station. A separate Hertz station code is listed for Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.

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