Baglung Airport | |
Nativename: | बाग्लुङ विमानस्थल |
Iata: | BGL |
Icao: | VNBL |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 220 |
Pushpin Mark: | Airplane_silhouette.svg |
Pushpin Label: | BGL |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Nepal |
Type: | Public |
City-Served: | Baglung, Nepal |
Elevation-F: | 3320 |
Coordinates: | 28.2128°N 83.6664°W |
Metric-Rwy: | m |
R1-Number: | 01/19 |
R1-Length-M: | 608 |
R1-Surface: | Black top pitch |
Footnotes: | Source:[1] |
Baglung Airport, also known as Balewa Airport, is a domestic airport serving Baglung, a municipality located in the western region of Gandaki Province of Nepal.[2]
Baglung Airport was originally opened in 1973 but ceased to operate after road access to Pokhara was established in 1992.[3] On 14 January 2018, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, airline companies and the Baglung municipality signed an agreement to reopen the airport.[4] On 14 March 2018, Tara Air conducted its test flight to the airport, officially reopening it 26 years after its closure.[5]
The airport resides at an elevation of 3320feet above mean sea level. It has one grass/clay runway which is 608m (1,995feet) in length.
Since the early 2020s, there are no scheduled services to and from Baglung Airport. Previously Nepal Airlines operated routes to Kathmandu.[6]