Lamidanda Airport

Lamidanda Airport
Lamidanda Airport; लामिडाँडा बिमानस्थल
	IATA: LDN; ICAO: VNLD;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government Of Nepal
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Serves	Lamidanda, Nepal
Location	Khotang District,Province No.1,East Nepal
Focus city for	Nepal Airlines; Tara Air;
Time zone	NST (UTC+05:45)
Elevation AMSL	4,100 ft / 1,250 m
Coordinates	27°15′11″N 086°40′12″E
Map
	LDN Location of airport in Nepal
Runways
	Source:[1]

Lamidanda Airport (IATA: LDN, ICAO: VNLD) is an airport serving Lamidanda,[1] a village in the Khotang District of Province No. 1 in Nepal.

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 4,100 feet (1,250 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 518 metres (1,699 ft) in length.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Nepal Airlines	Kathmandu[2]
Tara Air	Kathmandu[3]

Accidents and incidents

On 15 December 2010, a Tara Air flight operated by DHC-6 Twin Otter 9N-AFX crashed into a mountain shortly after departure. The aircraft was operating a chartered passenger flight to Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. All 19 passengers and crew were killed.[4]

References

Airport information for Lamidanda, Nepal (VNLD / LDN) at Great Circle Mapper.
"DOMESTIC SUMMER SCHEDULE". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
http://www.taraair.com/
Hradecky, Simon (15 December 2010). "Crash: Tara Air DHC6 near Okhaldhunga on Dec 15th 2010, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2010.

External links

Accident history for LDN / VNLD at Aviation Safety Network

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[GCM-1] Airport information for Lamidanda, Nepal (VNLD / LDN) at Great Circle Mapper.

[2] "DOMESTIC SUMMER SCHEDULE". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

[3] ttp://www.taraair.com/

[AH434abc9a-4] Hradecky, Simon (15 December 2010). "Crash: Tara Air DHC6 near Okhaldhunga on Dec 15th 2010, aircraft impacted mountain". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 December 2010.