Sanphebagar Airport Explained

Coordinates:29.2333°N 81.2167°W
Sanphebagar Airport
Iata:FEB
Icao:VNSR
Pushpin Map:Nepal
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Nepal
Pushpin Label:Sanphebagar Airport
Pushpin Label Position:right
Type:Public
Owner:Government of Nepal
Operator:Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal
City-Served:Sanphebagar, Nepal
Elevation-F:1955
R1-Number:2/20
R1-Length-M:530
R1-Surface:Asphalt[1]
Metric-Rwy:y
Footnotes:Source:[2] [3] [4]

Sanphebagar Airport is a domestic airport located in Sanphebagar serving Achham District, a district in Sudurpashchim Province in Nepal.

History

In 1967, the Airport was first constructed only having a Grass/Clay runway. It came into operation in 1975.

In February 2002, the terminal building and the airport's Control tower[5] was destroyed in a Maoist attack. It was restored and upgraded and reopened for operations in 2018.[6] [7]

Facilities

The airport resides at an elevation of 1955feet above mean sea level. Since the renovation of the airport in 2018, the airport has one asphalt runway which is 530m (1,740feet) in length.[4]

Airlines and destinations

Currently, there are no scheduled services to and from Sanphebagar Airport. In 2019, Nepal Airlines briefly operated routes to Nepalgunj.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Achham-Dhangadi flight initiated . Aviation Nepal . 22 March 2019 . 22 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Sanfebagar Airport (FEB) Details - Nepal . World-airport-codes.com . 2013-06-08.
  3. Web site: VNSR — Sanfebagar Airport. SkyVector.com . 3 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Sanfebagar Airport. Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal. 1 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Test flight successful at Sanfebagar airport . The Himalayan Times . 22 March 2019 . 25 May 2018.
  6. Web site: Sanfebagar airfield to reopen. Nepali Times. 1 May 2018. 27 February 2018.
  7. Web site: Summit Air successfully conducts test flight at Sanfebagar Airport. Aviation Nepal. 25 May 2018. 25 May 2018.
  8. Web site: Domestic Schedule. Nepal Airlines. 20 March 2019.