Taplejung Airport
Taplejung Airport | |||||||||||
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Suketar airstrip | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Government of Nepal | ||||||||||
Serves | Taplejung district, Nepal | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°21′3″N 87°41′42″E / 27.35083°N 87.69500°ECoordinates: 27°21′3″N 87°41′42″E / 27.35083°N 87.69500°E | ||||||||||
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Taplejung Airport Location of airport in Nepal | |||||||||||
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Taplejung Airport (IATA: TPJ, ICAO: VNTJ), also known asSuketar Airport is an airport serving Taplejung,[1] in the Taplejung district of the Mechi zone in Eastern Nepal.[2] It is the gateway for tourists heading to the Kangchenjunga mountainous area and Pathibhara Devi Temple. After its runway was blacktopped, Taplejung Airport restarted scheduled service in 2016.[3]
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Nepal Airlines | Kathmandu[4] |
Summit Air | Kathmandu[5] |
Tara Air | Charter: Kathmandu[6] |
Gallery
- Suketar tower
- Suketar village
References
- 1 2 Airport information for Taplejung, Nepal (VNTJ / TPJ) at Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ "Landowners pacified with compensation for Suketar airport". The Himalayan Times. 11 April 2010.
- ↑ "Suketar Airport, Taplejung, closed since 45 days". Repúblice. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ↑ "NAC to commence Regular Flights to Meghauli and Taplejung from Nov 29". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ↑ "Flight Schedule". Summit Air. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ↑ "Flight Schedule". Tara Air. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
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