Jumla Airport

Jumla Airport (IATA: JUM, ICAO: VNJL) is an airport serving Jumla,[1] the capital of the Jumla District in Karnali Pradesh in Nepal. The airport is able to handle aircraft from the Nepalese Army Air Service.

Jumla Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
ServesJumla, Nepal
Elevation AMSL7,700 ft / 2,347 m
Coordinates29°16′27″N 82°11′36″E
Map
JUM
Location of airport in Nepal
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 670 1,742 Asphalt
Sources:[1][2]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 7,700 feet (2,347 m) above mean sea level.[1] It has one asphalt paved runway designated 09/27 which measures 670 by 25 metres (2,198 ft × 82 ft).[2]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Nepal Airlines Nepalgunj[3]
Tara Air Nepalgunj[4]
Sita Air Nepalgunj
Summit Air Birendranagar, Nepalgunj[5]

Rarely flights with these destinations also takes place from Jumla : Surkhet, Dolpa, Simikot, Humla and Mugu.

Accidents and incidents
  • 5 July 1992 - RNA De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABB), lost directional control on takeoff from Jumla Airport on a flight to Surkhet. The aircraft ran off the runway and struck the airport perimeter fence. None of the three crew were injured and there were no passengers on board.[6]
  • 18 January 1999 - Necon Air Cessna 208 Caravan I (9N-ADA) climbed steeply to 450 feet (140 m) after takeoff from Jumla Airport, but stalled and crashed and caught fire. The fire could not be extinguished because fire fighting equipment was not available at the airport. Of 10 passengers and 2 crew, 4 passengers and 1 crew member were killed. The probable cause of the accident was the pilot's failure to put the aircraft in take off configuration.[7]
  • 21 June 2006 - A Yeti Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (9N-AEQ), on a flight from Surkhet approaching Jumla Airport, the pilot apparently decided to go around. The aircraft crashed into a mountainside on the eastern side of the airport killing all three crew and six passengers.[8]
  • 9 June 2018 - A Tara Air De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (9N-AEV), on a flight from Nepalgunj, the plane bounced several times at landing before departing the left side of the runway. The nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded until coming to rest against a fence abeam the runway 09 threshold. The airplane sustained substantial damage upon impact with airport fencing but there were no reported injuries on board.[9]

See also

List of airports in Nepal

References
  1. Airport information for Jumla, Nepal (VNJL / JUM) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. Jumla Airport (VNJL / JUM) Archived 2013-01-16 at Archive.today at AirportGuide.com
  3. "Schedule Effective from 15 May, 2010 to 30 October, 2010". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  4. "Tara Air – Biggest Airline in Nepalese Mountains - Helping Develop the Rural Nepal". Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. "Network-of-Summit-Air". Summit Air. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
  7. Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
  8. Aviation Safety Network retrieved on 18 November 2006
  9. Aviation Safety Network retrieved on 16 June 2018
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