Ramechhap Airport

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Ramechhap Airport
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Government of Nepal
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Serves Manthali and Ramechhap, Nepal
Elevation  AMSL 1,555 ft / 474 m
Coordinates 27°23′38″N86°03′41″E / 27.39389°N 86.06139°E / 27.39389; 86.06139
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Ramechhap Airport
Location of airport in Nepal
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03/215301,739Concrete
Source: [1] [2]

Ramechhap Airport( IATA : RHP, ICAO : VNRC) is a domestic airport serving the municipality of Manthali, [1] the district headquarters of Ramechhap District located in the Tamakoshi River valley in Bagmati Province in Nepal. As of October 2022, most flights to Lukla Airport are operated from Ramechhap Airport.

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History

Nepalese service members offload supplies from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Joint Task Force 505 humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at Manthali, the 2015 earthquake. Nepalese service members offload supplies from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey.jpg
Nepalese service members offload supplies from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Joint Task Force 505 humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at Manthali, the 2015 earthquake.

The airport was opened in October 1979. [2] In 2015, the runway was renovated and upgraded from a grass/clay surface to concrete. [3]

In 2019, as the sole runway of Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu was being renovated and the airport was closed over night, all flights to Lukla were operated from Ramechhap Airport, the closest airport to Kathmandu, as these flights need to take off early in the morning to not get caught in dangerous winds in Lukla. [4] [5] [6] During peak, the airport served 24 flights per day, [7] However, the airport had serious problems handling the mass of tourists traveling to Lukla. [8] Following this, plans were developed to upgrade the airport. [9] By 2020[ when? ], flights to Lukla were operated from Kathmandu again,[ citation needed ] and with Tara Air's discontinuation of the flight to Kathmandu, the airport was left without scheduled operations. [10]

In 2022, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal decided that flight to Lukla were to be operated from Ramechhap Airport instead of Kathmandu again. [11] Despite this being the second instance, critics argued that the airport and its surrounding infrastructure was still not sufficiently developed. [12]

Facilities

The airport is at an elevation of 1,555 feet (474 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 518 metres (1,699 ft) in length. [1]

Crowded entrance of Manthali airport. Ramechhap Airport Nepal.jpg
Crowded entrance of Manthali airport.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Sita Air Lukla [13]
Charter: Kathmandu, [14] [4] Phaplu [15]
Summit Air Lukla [13]
Charter: Phaplu [15]
Tara Air Lukla [13]
Charter: Phaplu [15]

Access

The airport is located near Feeder Road 32. It is connected to Kathmandu via BP Highway.

Incidents and accidents

See also

List of airports in Nepal

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Ramechhap Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Shrestha, Sumesh (9 August 2016). "Test Flight conducted after reopening of Ramechhap Airport". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 Rai, Pinkey. "Lukla flight operation from Ramechhap initiates today". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
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  6. ↑ Walters, Rikki (4 January 2019). "More than luck in Lukla". Nepali Times. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Rai, Pinkey (4 December 2018). "Manthali Airport witnesses increase in passengers: operates up-to 24 flights daily". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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  12. ↑ Lama, Kiran (11 October 2022). "Hundreds stuck in Ramechhap due to bad weather". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
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