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The airport was originally named Gauchaur Airport, after the area of Kathmandu where it was situated. In Nepali , "Gauchaur" refers to a place where cows graze. [ 6 ] The formal beginning of aviation in Nepal is generally placed at Gauchaur in 1949 with the landing of a Beechcraft Bonanza carrying the Indian ambassador, although there are ...
The nation’s main airport, Kathmandu (KTM), has just started to close each night from 10pm to 8am until the end of March 2025. The aim is to improve the layout of taxiways and add much-needed ...
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, the aircraft being operated on the route, stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
On 24 July 2024, a Bombardier CRJ200LR operated by Saurya Airlines, as a repositioning flight, crashed shortly after take-off from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, killing 18 out of 19 people on board. [2] [3] The aircraft was being ferried to Pokhara with mainly airline technical staff for a base maintenance check. [4] [5]
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This is a list of airports in Nepal, sorted by location.. The oldest of the country's three international airports, and the hub of air services in the country, is Tribhuvan International Airport, which serves the nation's capital and the country's largest metropolitan city of Kathmandu.
Kathmandu, Bagmati: 31 [1] 1973 May 10: Douglas DC-8-33: Thai: Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu, Bagmati: 1 [1] 1973 October 15: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter: Royal Nepal Airlines: Lukla, Sagarmatha: 0 [1] 1975 March 31: Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter: Royal Nepal Airlines: Kathmandu, Bagmati: 5: 1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 ...
Flight 311 departed Bangkok at 10:30 local time (03:30 UTC). It was scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu at 12:55 Nepal Standard Time (07:10 UTC). [4] After crossing into Nepalese airspace, the pilots contacted air traffic control (ATC) and were cleared for an instrument approach from the south called the "Sierra VOR circling approach" for Runway 20.