Rukum Chaurjahari Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Nepal | ||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,460 ft / 762 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°37′38″N082°11′39″E / 28.62722°N 82.19417°E | ||||||||||
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Rukum Chaurjahari Airport( IATA : RUK, ICAO : VNCJ) is a domestic airport located in Chaurjahari serving Western Rukum District, a district in Karnali Province in Nepal. [1]
The airport started operations on 24 September 1973. [2] The airport was renovated and the runway blacktopped in 2014 after previously only having a grass/clay runway. [3] After not having scheduled services for several years, Nepal Airlines resumed services from the airport in 2018. [4]
The airport is at an elevation of 2,460 feet (750 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 600 metres (1,969 ft) in length. [1]
Since the early 2020s,[ when? ] there are no scheduled services to and from Chaurjahari Airport. Previously Nepal Airlines operated routes to Kathmandu and Nepalgunj. [5]
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