Doti Airport Explained

Doti Airport
Iata:SIH
Icao:VNDT
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Nepal
Pushpin Label:Doti Airport
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
Owner:Government of Nepal
Operator:Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
City-Served:Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal
Elevation-F:1,893
Elevation-M:577
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-M:490
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Footnotes:Source:[1]

Doti Airport, also known as Silgadhi Airport, is a domestic airport located in Dipayal Silgadhi serving Doti District, a district in Sudurpashchim Province in Nepal.[1]

History

The airport started operations on 24 September 1973,[1] but the runway was only blacktopped and upgraded in 2020[2] for Nepalese Rupees 50 million.[3] It was reinaugurated on 3 October 2020.[4] Scheduled flights to Dhangadhi started in 2022.[5]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1893feet above mean sea level. It has one runway which is 490m (1,610feet) in length.

See also

List of airports in Nepal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doti Airport . Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal . 4 October 2020.
  2. Web site: 4 October 2020 . Shrestha . Biju . Dipayal Airport unsure to come into operation . Aviation Nepal . 21 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Rai . Pinkey . Construction of Dipayal Airport still in doubt . Aviation Nepal . 4 October 2020 . 5 October 2018.
  4. Web site: Tourism Minister Bhattarai inaugurates three airports in Sudurpaschim . Khabarhub . 4 October 2020.
  5. Web site: NAC resumes flights to Bajhang, Achham and Doti . Online Khabar . 1 July 2022 . 11 March 2022.