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Meghauli Airport
Airport in Bagmati Province, Nepal
Airport in Bagmati Province, Nepal
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Meghauli Airport |
| IATA | MEY |
| ICAO | VNMG |
| pushpin_map | Nepal |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of airport in Nepal |
| pushpin_label | Meghauli Airport |
| pushpin_label_position | left |
| type | Public |
| owner | Government of Nepal |
| operator | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal |
| city-served | Bharatpur, Nepal |
| Chitwan National Park | |
| location | |
| elevation-f | 600 |
| elevation-m | 183 |
| coordinates | |
| metric-rwy | y |
| r1-number | 08/26 |
| r1-length-m | 1,085 |
| r1-length-f | 3,560 |
| r1-surface | Grass |
| footnotes | Source: |
| city-served = Bharatpur, Nepal Chitwan National Park | elevation-f = 600 | elevation-m = 183 | metric-rwy = y | r1-number = 08/26 | r1-length-m = 1,085 | r1-length-f = 3,560 | r1-surface = Grass
Meghauli Airport is a domestic airport located in Meghauli, Bharatpur serving Chitwan National Park in Bagmati Province in Nepal. The airport is the older of two airports in Bharatpur, the other one being Bharatpur Airport.
History
The airfield was built in 1961, when Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited Chitwan. In 1982, the first Elephant polo world cup was played on the airfield. After being closed for several years, the airport reopened in 2016 for charter operations and from 2017 to 2020, Nepal Airlines carried out scheduled operations again. In 2024, upgradation works started turning the grass runway into an asphalt one.
Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 600 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 1085 m in length.
Airlines and destinations
As of 2022, there are no scheduled services to and from Meghauli Airport. Previously Nepal Airlines operated routes to Kathmandu.
Incidents and accidents
- On 25 April 1996, a Royal Nepal Airlines BAe 748 Series 2B overran the runway at Meghauli Airport, after a flight from Kathmandu, when landing in rain on the grass airstrip. The aircraft ran across some ditches, causing the nose gear to collapse. None of the four crew and 27 passengers were injured.
References
References
- {{GCM. VNMG. Meghauli, Nepal (VNMG / MEY)
- "Meghauli Airport". Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal.
- (11 March 2020). "Locals take initiative to reopen Meghauli Airport". República.
- (29 September 2017). "Meghauli Airport resumes operation". The Kathmandu Post.
- (3 December 2017). "Responsible Tourism: Curtain comes down on elephant polo after 35 years". The Kathmandu Post.
- Anurup, Pathak. (9 November 2016). "Flight operation resumes in Meghauli Airport after 5 years". Aviation Nepal.
- (23 November 2017). "NAC to fly 3 times weekly to Meghauli". The Kathmandu Post.
- (7 February 2024). "Runway of Meghauli Airport to be upgraded". República.
- Shrestha, Biju. (23 November 2017). "NAC to commence Regular Flights to Meghauli and Taplejung from Nov 29". Aviation Nepal.
- "Accident description". ASN.
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