Doti Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Government of Nepal | ||||||||||
| Operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal | ||||||||||
| Serves | Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,893 ft / 577 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 29°15′47″N80°56′10″E / 29.26306°N 80.93611°E | ||||||||||
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  Doti Airport Location of airport in Nepal | |||||||||||
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Doti Airport( IATA : SIH, ICAO : VNDT), also known as Silgadhi Airport, is a domestic airport located in Dipayal Silgadhi [1] serving Doti District, a district in Sudurpashchim Province in Nepal. [2]
The airport started operations on 24 September 1973, [2] but the runway was only blacktopped and upgraded in 2020 [3] for Nepalese Rupees 50 million. [4] It was reinaugurated on 3 October 2020. [5] Scheduled flights to Dhangadhi started in 2022. [6]
The airport resides at an elevation of 1,893 feet (577 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 490 metres (1,608 ft) in length. [1]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Nepal Airlines | Dhangadhi [6] |
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