Phaplu Airport

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Phaplu Airport
AMSL
7,918 ft / 2,413 m
Coordinates27°31′05″N 086°35′04″E / 27.51806°N 86.58444°E / 27.51806; 86.58444
Map
PPL is located in Nepal
PPL
PPL
Location of airport in Nepal
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
02/20 680 2,231 Asphalt Concrete
Source:[1][2]

Phaplu Airport (

Solududhkunda[1] serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Koshi Province in Nepal.[3]

History

The airport was opened in October 1976

DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.[4] The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal shut down the airport in 2013 in order to pave the runway.[5] The airport reopened one year later with a full blacktopped runway.[3]

Facilities

The airport resides at an

mean sea level. It has one runway which is 671 metres (2,201 ft) in length.[1]

As the airport lies within the approach of

Lukla Airport, flights en route to Lukla often get diverted to Phaplu Airport.[6]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Nepal Airlines Kathmandu[7]
Sita Air Charter: Kathmandu[8]
Summit Air Kathmandu[9]
Lukla

Gallery

  • Aerial view of Phaplu Airport
    Aerial view of Phaplu Airport
  • Check-in at Phaplu Airport
    Check-in at Phaplu Airport
  • De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 9N-ABT landing at Phaplu Airport
    De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 9N-ABT landing at Phaplu Airport

References

  1. ^ a b c Airport information for Phaplu, Nepal (VNPL / PPL) at Great Circle Mapper.
  2. ^ a b "Phaplu Airport" (PDF). Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Airports of Nepal: Phaplu Airport with Photo Feature". Aviation Nepal. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ISBN 0-7434-0067-4
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  5. ^ "CAAN to shut down Phaplu airport for a year". Nepal Dispatch. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Plane with 12 foreigners makes emergency landing at Phaplu". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Domestic Schedule". Nepal Airlines. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Flight Schedule". Sita Air. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Flight Schedule". Summit Air. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  10. ^ "Flight Schedule". Tara Air. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

External links

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