Surkhet Airport

Surkhet Airport is an airport in Surkhet, Nepal (IATA: SKH, ICAO: VNSK). This airport is one of the hub airports in Mid-Western Nepal. Surkhet Airport is 2 km from the city of Birendranagar and is sometimes referred to as Birendranagar Airport. From April 2018 Domestic airlines resumed flights to Surkhet. Surkhet has become the capital for province 6 so ministry of tourism Mr. Rabindra adhikari initiated the meetings with airlines to start flights. Previously this airport was only used by Nepalese Army Air Service. From 12 April 2018 Buddha Air Pvt. Ltd. resumed a daily flight from Kathmandu[3] With 42 seater ATR aircraft..

Surkhet Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorGovernment
ServesBirendranagar, Nepal
Elevation AMSL2,400 ft / 732 m
Coordinates28°35′09″N 081°38′09″E
Map
Surkhet
Location of airport in Nepal
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Buddha Air Kathmandu[4]
Nepal Airlines Kathmandu[5]
Summit Air Bajura, Chhayanath Rara, Jumla, Simikot[6]

Accidents and incidents
  • 17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. Some 18 minutes after take-off and 10 km north of Surkhet, at an altitude of about 6500 feet, the aircraft crashed into trees on the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather. All two crew and two passengers were killed.[7][8]
  • On 26 May 2010 a Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter had taken off from Surkhet Airport heading for Talcha Airport in Rara National Park, with 18 passengers and 3 crew on board. At 10 am, the aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Surkhet after its cabin door suddenly opened five minutes after take-off. Tara Airlines officials said that the cabin attendant managed to lock the door immediately after it opened.[9]

References
  1. Airport information for VNSK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for SKH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. "Flights from Kathmandu to Surkhet KTM - SKH Flights".
  4. "Buddha Air to resume Surkhet flights". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. "Nepal Airlines to begin Ktm-Surkhet-Ktm flights from new year". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  6. "Network-of-Summit-Air". Summit Air. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
  8. Spotlight Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine 8 August 2002

https://www.aviationnepal.com/buddha-air-increasing-flight-to-surkhet/

See also

List of airports in Nepal

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