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Bharatpur Airport

Airport in Bagmati Province, Nepal

Field	Value
nativename	भरतपुर विमानस्थल
elevation-m	183
r1-length-f	3,799
r1-surface	Asphalt
metric-rwy	y
name	Bharatpur Airport
image	Bharatpur_Airport.jpg
IATA	BHR
ICAO	VNBP
pushpin_map	Nepal
pushpin_map_caption	Location of airport in Nepal
pushpin_label	Bharatpur Airport
pushpin_label_position	left
type	Public
owner	Government of Nepal
operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
city-served	Bharatpur, Nepal
elevation-f	600
coordinates
r1-number	15/33
r1-length-m	1,158
footnotes	Sources:
url	http://caanepal.org.np/bharat_airport.htm
title	Bharatpur Airport
publisher	Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
archiveurl	https://web.archive.org/web/20070928132648/http://www.caanepal.org.np/bharat_airport.htm
archivedate	28 September 2007
</ref><ref name	"GCM"

Bharatpur Airport () is a domestic airport located in Bharatpur serving Chitwan District, a district in Bagmati Province in Nepal. The airport is one of two airports in the vicinity of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, the other being Meghauli Airport. It serves as the main tourist gateway to Chitwan National Park.

History

This airport was built in 1958 as part of the resettlement and malaria control program in the Chitwan Valley, with the assistance of the Government of the United States of America. The first passenger flight landed at the airport on 5 March 1965. From 1981 to 1985, the airport was shut down due political instabilities in Southern Nepal. In 2005, a new terminal was built and the 1158-metre runway was paved to enable medium-sized aircraft.

A proposal for further expansion to provide additional services and expand land coverage was passed in 2019. In 2023, the foundation stone for a new terminal building was laid by Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 600 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway, which measures 1158 x.

Airlines and destinations

|Buddha Air|Kathmandu, Pokhara–International, Siddharthanagar|accessdate= |Guna Airlines|Kathmandu, Pokhara ||}}

Incidents and accidents

31 July 1993 – An Everest Air flight operated on a Dornier 228-101, on a flight from Kathmandu to Bharatpur, struck a mountain and crashed while approaching Bharatpur. All 3 crew and 16 passengers were killed.

References

{{GCM. VNBP. Bharatpur, Nepal (VNBP / BHR)
"Bharatpur Airport". Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.
Shrestha, Sumesh. (15 December 2016). "Barriers on the way of improvement of Bharatpur Airport". Aviation Nepal.
(28 January 2020). "Government to expedite expansion and upgradation of Bharatpur Airport".
(30 March 2023). "PM Dahal lays foundation stone of new terminal building at Bharatpur airport". República.
"Buddha Air Flight Routes". Buddha Air.
"Bharatpur". Guna Airlines.
diwakar. (2021-11-24). "Guna Airlines starts flights to Bharatpur, Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj from Pokhara - OnlineKhabar English News".
[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930731-1 Aviation Safety Network]. Retrieved 19 November 2006

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