Airport in Nepal

Phaplu Airport

* IATA: PPL
* ICAO: VNPL

Summary
Airport type| Public
Owner| Government of Nepal
Operator| Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
Serves| Solu Dudhkunda and Solukhumbu District, Nepal
Elevation AMSL| 7,918 ft / 2,413 m
Coordinates| 27°31′05″N 086°35′04″E / 27.51806°N 86.58444°E / 27.51806; 86.58444
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Pokhara Airport

Location of airport in Nepal

Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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m  | ft
02/20  | 680  | 2,231  | Asphalt Concrete

Source:[1][2]

Phaplu Airport (IATA: PPL, ICAO: VNPL) is a domestic airport located in Phaplu, Solududhkunda[1] serving Solukhumbu District, a district in Province No. 1 in Nepal.[3]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Facilities
* 3 Airlines and destinations
* 4 Gallery
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History[edit]

The airport was opened in October 1976[2] and later[when?] broadened by Sir Edmund Hillary to accommodate 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[edit]

The airport resides at an elevation of 7,918 feet (2,413 m) above 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[edit]

Airlines| Destinations

|

Nepal Airlines | Kathmandu[7]
Sita Air |  Charter: Kathmandu[8]
Summit Air |  Kathmandu[9]
Tara Air |  Kathmandu[10]
Charter: Lukla

## Gallery[edit]

* Phaplu Airport

* Check-in at Phaplu Airport

* De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 9N-ABT landing at Phaplu Airport

## References[edit]

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. ^ Hillary, Edmund (1999). "14: Disaster". View From The Summit. Pocket. ISBN 0-7434-0067-4.
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[edit]

* Accident history for PPL / VNPL at Aviation Safety Network
* Landing in Phaphlu - Nepal at YouTube
* Phaplu Landing at YouTube
* Airplane takeoff from Phaplu, Nepal at YouTube

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Airports in Nepal

International|

* Kathmandu (KTM)
* Siddharthanagar (BWA)

Domestic|

| Scheduled|

* Bajhang (BJH)
* Bajura (BJU)
* Bhadrapur (BDP)
* Bharatpur (BHR)
* Bhojpur (BHP)
* Biratnagar (BIR)
* Birendranagar (SKH)
* Chhayanath Rara (VNRR)
* Dhangadhi (DHI)
* Dipayal Silgadhi (SIH)
* Ilam
* Janakpur (JKR)
* Jomsom (JMO)
* Jumla (JUM)
* Khanidanda (VNKD)
* Khotehang (VNTH)
* Lamidanda (LDN)
* Lukla (LUA)
* Manthali (RHP)
* Musikot (RUK)
* Nepalgunj (KEP)
* Phaplu (PPL)
* Pokhara (PKR)
* Rajbiraj (RJB)
* Rumjatar (RUM)
* Sanphebagar (FEB)
* Simara (SIF)
* Simikot (IMK)
* Taplejung (TPJ)
* Thuli Bheri (DOP)
* Tulsipur (DNP)
* Tumlingtar (TMI)

|

Unscheduled|

* Baglung (BGL)
* Baitadi (BIT)
* Bowang (VNDR)
* Chaurjahari (HRJ)
* Jiri (JIR)
* Kamal Bazar
* Kangeldanda (VNKL)
* Khalanga (VNDL)
* Langtang (LTG)
* Mahendranagar (XMG)
* Manang (NGX)
* Meghauli (MEY)
* Pahada (VNMC)
* Rolpa (RPA)
* Shailyashikhar (DAP)
* Syangboche (SYH)
* Tikapur (TPU)

Under construction|

* Arghakhanchi
* Khiji Chandeshwari
* Nijgadh
* Pokhara–International
* Resunga
* Triyuga

Defunct|

* Palungtar (GKH)

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