Resunga Airport

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Gulmi Resunga Airport

रेसुङ्गा विमानस्थल
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerGovernment Of Nepal
Operator Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN)
Elevation  AMSL 5,015 ft / 1,529.267 m
Coordinates 28°01′17.58″N083°15′20.4″E / 28.0215500°N 83.255667°E / 28.0215500; 83.255667
Map
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Gulmi Resunga Airport
Location within Nepal
Resunga Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
15/33520Earthen [1]

Gulmi Resunga Airport is a domestic airport in Resunga in Gulmi District in Lumbini Province in Nepal. [1]

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History

Construction of the Airport first started in 2006. [2] [3] The foundation stone was laid by then tourism minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. [4]

In June 2018, the first test flight was conducted by Tara Air despite the airport not having blacktopped the runway. [5]

In January 2023, a certification flight was conducted by Tara Air. [6] [7]

In May 2023, Nepal Airlines launched regular flights from the airport. [8]

Location and Access

Airport is lies in Simichaur in the District Headquarters of Resunga [9] The airport is spread over 78 Ropanis (39,681 sq m) of land. [10]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 5,015 ft (1,529 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 560m in length and 20m in width.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Nepal Airlines Kathmandu [8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gulmi Resunga Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ↑ Rai, Pinkey (19 April 2018). "Reshunga Airport project takes 12 years for completion; will conduct test flight soon". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Resunga Airport: Only 30 percent work in 14 years" . Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  4. ↑ "This happened at Resunga Airport in Gulmi". Himal Sanchar. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Karki, S. (8 June 2018). "Tara Air conducts successful test flight at Resunga Airport". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Tara Air successfully completes its test flight in Gulmi". 2023-01-08. Archived from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  7. ↑ "Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal on Twitter: "A proving flight has been successfully conducted at Gulmi (Resunga) Airport." / Twitter". 2023-01-09. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  8. 1 2 "NAC starts commercial flight at Resunga Airport from today". República. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "रेसुंगा विमानस्थलमा २४ पुसमा हुने भयो 'डेमो' उडान – Online Khabar". 2023-01-09. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  10. ↑ "Resunga Airport: Only 30 percent work in 14 years". 2023-01-09. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.

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