Jumla Airport

Jumla Airport जुम्ला विमानस्थल
IATA: JUM ICAO: VNJL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government of Nepal
Operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Serves	Jumla, Nepal
Elevation  AMSL	7,700 ft / 2,347 m
Coordinates	29°16′27″N82°11′36″E / 29.27417°N 82.19333°E / 29.27417; 82.19333
Map
Jumla Airport Location of airport in Nepal
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 670 1,742 Asphalt
Sources: [1] [2]

Jumla Airport( IATA : JUM, ICAO : VNJL) is a domestic airport located in Jumla serving Jumla District, a district in Karnali Province in Nepal. ^[1]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 7,700 feet (2,347 m) above mean sea level. ^[1] It has one asphalt paved runway designated 09/27 which measures 670 by 25 metres (2,198 ft × 82 ft). ^[2]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Nepal Airlines	Nepalgunj [3]
Sita Air	Nepalgunj
Summit Air	Birendranagar, Nepalgunj [4]
Tara Air	Nepalgunj [5]

Accidents and incidents

• 5 July 1992 - RNA De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABB), lost directional control on takeoff from Jumla Airport on a flight to Surkhet. The aircraft ran off the runway and struck the airport perimeter fence. None of the three crew were injured and there were no passengers on board. ^[6]
• 18 January 1999 - Necon Air Cessna 208 Caravan I (9N-ADA) climbed steeply to 450 feet (140 m) after takeoff from Jumla Airport, but stalled and crashed and caught fire. The fire could not be extinguished because fire fighting equipment was not available at the airport. Of 10 passengers and 2 crew, 4 passengers and 1 crew member were killed. The probable cause of the accident was the pilot's failure to put the aircraft in take off configuration. ^[7]
• 21 June 2006 - A Yeti Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (9N-AEQ), on a flight from Surkhet approaching Jumla Airport, the pilot apparently decided to go around. The aircraft crashed into a mountainside on the eastern side of the airport, killing all three crew and six passengers. ^[8]
• 9 June 2018 - A Tara Air De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (9N-AEV), on a flight from Nepalgunj, the plane bounced several times at landing before departing the left side of the runway. The nose landing gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded until coming to rest against a fence abeam the runway 09 threshold. The airplane sustained substantial damage upon impact with airport fencing but there were no reported injuries on board. ^[9]

See also

List of airports in Nepal

References

1. Airport information for Jumla, Nepal (VNJL / JUM) at Great Circle Mapper.
2. Jumla Airport (VNJL / JUM) Archived 2013-01-16 at archive.today at AirportGuide.com
3. "Schedule Effective from 15 May, 2010 to 30 October, 2010". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
4. "Network-of-Summit-Air". Summit Air. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
5. "Tara Air – Biggest Airline in Nepalese Mountains - Helping Develop the Rural Nepal" . Retrieved 5 January 2015.
6. Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
7. Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
8. Aviation Safety Network retrieved on 18 November 2006
9. Aviation Safety Network retrieved on 16 June 2018

External links

• Accident history for JUM / VNJL at Aviation Safety Network