Tribhuvan International Airport
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Coordinates: 27°41′47″N 085°21′32″E / 27.69639°N 85.35889°E
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| IATA: KTM – ICAO: VNKT | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) | ||
| Serves | Kathmandu, Nepal | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 4,390 ft / 1,338 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 02/20 | 3,050 | 10,007 | Asphalt |
| Sources: CAAN [1] and DAFIF [2][3] | |||
Tribhuvan International Airport (IATA: KTM, ICAO: VNKT) is an international airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Tribhuvan is the sole international airport in Nepal. There are two terminals, one domestic and one international. Facilities include a few shops and cafes. In the international terminal there are several duty free shops. Radisson Hotel Kathmandu operates an executive lounge for First and Business class passengers for different airlines and Thai Airways International operates a business lounge for its Business class passengers as well as Star Alliance Gold card holders. A recent extension to the international terminal has made the distance to the airplanes shorter. At the present, about 22 international airlines connect Nepal to various other destinations in Asia and the Middle East. The airport is about six kilometres from the city center in the Kathmandu valley.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Domestic airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Agni Air | Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Jumla, Nepalgunj |
| Buddha Air | Bhadrapur, Biratnagar, Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Pokhara, Simara |
| Cosmic Air | Biratnagar |
| Gorkha Airlines | Bhairahawa, Bharatpur, Janakpur, Jumla, Tumlingtar |
| Nepal Airlines | Bhadrapur, Bharatpur, Bhojpur, Lukla, Phaplu, Ramechhap, Rumjatar, Simara, Surkhet, Tumlingtar |
| Yeti Airlines | Bhadrapur, Bhairawa, Bharatpur, Birantnagar, Lamidanda, Lukla, Meghauli, Nepalganj, Phaplu, Pokhara, Rumjatar, Simara |
Charter flights are available from Yeti Airlines; Buddha Air and Yeti Airline fly mountain flights.
[edit] International airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air China | Chengdu, Lhasa |
| Arkefly | Amsterdam [4] |
| Bahrain Air | Bahrain |
| Biman Bangladesh Airlines | Dhaka |
| China Southern Airlines | Guangzhou |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Dragonair | Dhaka, Hong Kong |
| Drukair | Paro |
| Flydubai | Dubai [begins 15 December] |
| GMG Airlines | Dhaka |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain |
| Indian Airlines | Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi |
| Jet Airways | Delhi, Mumbai |
| Korean Air | Seoul-Incheon |
| Nepal Airlines | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur |
| Pakistan International Airlines | Islamabad, Karachi |
| Qatar Airways | Doha |
| SilkAir | Singapore |
| Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
[edit] Incidents and accidents
- 31 July 1992 - An Airbus 310-304, operating as Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain while approaching Kathmandu killing all 113 on board.
- 28 September 1992 - 59 days later, an Airbus A300 operating as PIA Flight 268 crashesm killing all 167 on board.
- 17 January 1995 - Royal Nepal Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABI), flight RA133 from Kathmandu to Rumjatar, had problems getting airborne at Tribhuvan International Airport, struck the airfield perimeter fence and plunged into fields. Of three crew and 21 passengers, one crew member and one passenger were killed. [5]
- 5 September 1999 - Necon Air Flight 128 from Pokhara to Kathmandu, an BAe 748-501 Super 2B (9N-AEG), collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area 25km west of Kathmandu, while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport. All 10 passengers and 5 crew were killed. [6]
- 26 December 1999 - An Indian Airlines plane was hijacked to Kandahar.
- 24 December 2008 - A Nepal Airlines DHC6 went off runway during takeoff [7]
[edit] External links
- Tribhuvan International Airport, official site
- Current weather for VNKT at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for KTM at Aviation Safety Network
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E00E7D91138F931A35752C0A9669C8B63
[edit] References
- ^ Tribhuvan International Airport at Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
- ^ Airport information for VNKT at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.. Source: DAFIF.
- ^ Airport information for KTM at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
- ^ http://www.anna.aero/2009/10/16/new-routes-launched-during-the-last-week-10-16-october/
- ^ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
- ^ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
- ^ The Aviation Herald retrieved 26 December 2008
