Pokhara Airport


Pokhara Airport, is a domestic airport serving Pokhara in Nepal. Following a new agreement on air travel between India and Nepal, Pokhara Airport will be replaced by Nepal's second international airport, Pokhara International Airport in 2021.

History

The airport was established on 4 July 1958 by the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. It offers regular connections to Kathmandu and Jomsom; and seasonal connections to Manang. In 2011 Buddha Air, a Nepali private airline, began international flights from Pokhara to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow, India, and has announced plans to fly to New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in the future.

Facilities

The apron of the airport is relatively small and can only handle eight propeller planes at a time. Pokhara Airport is a diversion airport for the country's main airport in Kathmandu in times of problems such as fog. Due to a short runway and crowded apron, flights must often be re-diverted to third airports with even shorter runways.

Airlines and destinations

and Yeti Airlines provide mountain sightseeing flights or Annapurna sightseeing flights out of Pokhara Airport. They usually depart in the early morning hours and return to the airport one hour later.
Several Ultralight aviation companies offer recreational and sightseeing flights from Pokhara Airport.

Incidents and accidents