Tribhuvan International Airport

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Tribhuvan International Airport
IATA: KTM - ICAO: VNKT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Government of Nepal
Serves		Kathmandu
Elevation AMSL		4,390 ft (1,338 m)
Coordinates		27°41′47.3″N, 85°21′33.09″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
02/20	10,007	3,050	Asphalt

Tribhuvan International Airport (IATA: KTM, ICAO: VNKT) is an International airport situated in Kathmandu, Nepal.

It is the sole international airport in Nepal. Austrian Airlines and Martinair are the only European airlines to serve the airport, though Austrian will end its Vienna service in March 2007 due to unprofitability.

The airport is about 6 kilometers from the city center in the Kathmandu valley.

1 Airlines and destinations
2 Incidents and accidents
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Air China (Beijing, Lhasa)
Air Sahara (Delhi)
Austrian Airlines (Vienna) (ends March 25, 2007)
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (Dhaka)
China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou)
Cosmic Air (Bhairawa, Bharatpur, Biratnagar, Delhi, Dhaka, Kolkata, Mountain, Nepalganj, Pokhara, Simara, Tumlingtar, Varanasi)
Druk Air (Delhi, Paro)
GMG Airlines (Dhaka)
Gulf Air (Baharain, Muscat) - Some sectors operated by Gulf Traveler
Indian Airlines (Delhi, Kolkata, Varanasi)
Jet Airways (Delhi)
Korean Air (Incheon)
Pakistan International Airlines (Karachi)
Qatar Airways (Doha)
Royal Nepal Airlines (Bangkok, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Lukla, Osaka-Kansai, Pokhara, Shanghai-Pudong)
Thai Airways International (Bangkok)
Yeti Airlines (Bhadrapur, Bhairawa, Bharatpur, Birantnagar, Lamidanda, Lukla, Meghauli, Nepalganj, Phaplu, Pokhara, Rumjatar, Simara)

Charter flights are available from Yeti Airlines.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

Thai Airways International Flight 311 July 31, 1992)
PIA Flight 268 (September 28, 1992)
17 January 1995 - Royal Nepal Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABI), flight RA133 from Kathmandu to Rumjatar, had problems getting airborne at Tribhuvan International Airport, struck the airfield perimeter fence and plunged into fields. Of three crew and 21 passengers, one crew member and one passenger were killed. ^[1]
5 September 1999 - Necon Air Flight 128 from Pokhara to Kathmandu, an BAe 748-501 Super 2B (9N-AEG), collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area 25km west of Kathmandu, while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport. All 10 passengers and 5 crew were killed. ^[2]