Surkhet Airport

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Surkhet Airport
IATA: SKH – ICAO: VNSK
Surkhet Airport
Location of airport in Nepal
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Government
Serves Birendranagar, Nepal
Elevation AMSL 236 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 28°35′09″N 081°38′09″E / 28.58583°N 81.63583°E / 28.58583; 81.63583
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 1,200 3,937 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Surkhet Airport is an airport in Surkhet, Nepal (IATA: SKH, ICAO: VNSK). This airport is one of the hub airports in Mid-Western Nepal. Surkhet Airport is 5 km from the city of Birendranagar and is sometimes referred to as Birendranagar Airport.

Airlines & Destinations

Airlines Destinations
Tara Air Simikot, Dolpa, Jumla [3]
Flying Dragon Airlines Nepalgunj

Incidents and accidents

  • 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.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. Some 18 minutes after take-off and 10 km north of Surkhet, at an altitude of about 6500 feet, the aircraft crashed into trees on the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather. All two crew and two passengers were killed.[6][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]
  • On the 26th May 2010 a Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter had taken off from Birendranagar Airport In Surkhet heading for Talcha airport in Rara with 18 passengers and 3 crew on board. At 10 am the aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Birendranagar Airport after its cabin door suddenly opened five minutes after take-off. Tara Airlines officials said that the cabin attendant managed to lock the door immediately after it opened to avert any possible mishaps.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Airport information for VNSK at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. ↑ Airport information for SKH at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  3. ↑ http://www.taraair.com/
  4. ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
  5. ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
  6. ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 18 November 2006
  7. ↑ Spotlight 8 August 2002
  8. ↑ Aviation Safety Network retrieved on 18 November 2006
  9. ↑

See Also

List of airports in Nepal

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