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Simikot Airport

Airport in Nepal

Field	Value
name	Simikot Airport
image	Humla airport.JPG
caption	Tara Air Twin Otter at Simikot
IATA	IMK
ICAO	VNST
pushpin_map	Nepal
pushpin_map_caption	Location of airport in Nepal
pushpin_label	Simikot Airport
pushpin_label_position	right
type	Public
owner	Government of Nepal
operator	Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
city-served	Simikot, Nepal
location
elevation-f	9,246
coordinates
metric-rwy	y
r1-number	10/28
r1-length-m	650
r1-surface	Asphalt Concrete
footnotes	Source: Great Circle Mapper

Simikot Airport is a domestic airport located in Simikot serving Humla District, a district in Karnali Province in Nepal. It is the main tourist gateway on the Nepalese side to the Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. As road access in this area of Nepal is weak, the airport facilitates travel in the whole district of Humla.

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 9246 ft above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 549 m in length. The runway has recently been improved and extended with more infrastructure being built.

As a result of this construction the parking facilities and terminals also have seen some improvement. Pilgrims and Trekkers bound for Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash in China's Tibet Autonomous Region fly into Simikot and proceed to the international border at Hilsa on foot{{cite book |last=Thubron |first=Colin |year=2011 |title=To a Mountain in Tibet

Airlines and destinations

Accidents and incidents

On 23 June 2011, Tara Air Dornier 228 9N-AGQ was substantially damaged in a heavy landing and runway excursion. The aircraft was operating a cargo flight from Nepalgunj Airport.

References

{{GCM. VNST. Simikot, Nepal (VNST / IMK)
"Simikot Airport". Civil Aviation authority of Nepal.
(7 August 2017). "Simikot airport packed with Kailash travelers". Aviation Nepal.
"Nepal Airlines NS25 Domestic Network Additions".
"Domestic Schedule". Nepal Airlines.
"Flight Schedule". Sita Air.
"Network-of-Summit-Air". Summit Air.
"Flight Schedule". Tara Air.
Hradecky, Simon. "Accident: Tara D228 at Simikot on Jun 23rd 2011, hard landing results in runway excursion and gear collapse". Aviation Herald.

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