Surkhet Airport

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28°35′N 081°38′E / 28.583, 81.633 (Surkhet Airport)

Surkhet Airport
IATA: SKH – ICAO: VNSK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Government
Serves		Birendranagar, Nepal
Elevation AMSL		236 ft / 72 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
09/27	1,200		Asphalt
Source: DAFIF^[1]^[2]

Surkhet Airport is an airport in Surkhet, Nepal (IATA: SKH, ICAO: VNSK). This airport is one of the hub airports in Mid-Western Nepal. Surkhet Airport is 5 km from the city of Birendranagar.

1 Airlines
2 Airport contact
3 Destinations
4 Incidents and accidents
5 References

[edit] Airlines

[edit] Airport contact

0097783520202

[edit] Destinations

Kathmandu

Jumla

Tlacha (Mugu)

Kolti (Bahjang)

Tribhuvannagar Airport

Nepalgunj

[edit] Incidents and accidents

5 July 1992 - RNA De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-ABB), lost directional control on takeoff from Jumla Airport on a flight to Surkhet. The aircraft ran off the runway and struck the airport perimeter fence. None of the three crew were injured and there were no passengers on board. ^[3]
18 January 1999 - Necon Air Cessna 208 Caravan I (9N-ADA) climbed steeply to 450 feet (140 m) after takeoff from Jumla Airport, but stalled and crashed and caught fire. The fire could not be extinguished because fire fighting equipment was not available at the airport. Of 10 passengers and 2 crew, 4 passengers and 1 crew member were killed. The probable cause of the accident was the pilot's failure to put the aircraft in take off configuration. ^[4]
17 July 2002 - A Skyline Airways De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (9N-AGF) left Jumla on a flight to Surkhet. Some 18 minutes after take-off and 10km north of Surkhet, at an altitude of about 6500 feet, the aircraft crashed into trees on the Gargare Danda hill in bad weather. All two crew and two passengers were killed.^[5] ^[6]
21 June 2006 - A Yeti Airlines De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (9N-AEQ), on a flight from Surkhet approaching Jumla Airport, the pilot apparently decided to go around. The aircraft crashed into a mountainside on the eastern side of the airport killing all three crew and six passengers. ^[7]