Bajura Airport is a
domestic airport located in
Budhinanda serving
Bajura District
Bajura District ( ne, बाजुरा जिल्ला ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Martadi (today part of Badimalika municipality) as its district headquarters, c ...
,
a district in
Sudurpashchim Province in
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
.
Facilities
The airport resides at an
elevation
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of above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
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which is in length.
Airlines and destinations
Incidents and accidents
* On 30 May 2017, a
Nepalese Army Air Service
The Nepalese Army Air Service ( ne, नेपाली सैनिक विमान सेवा, Nēpālī sainika vimāna sēvā) is the army aviation branch of the Nepali Army, also known as the Nepal Army Air Wing (formerly Royal Nepalese ...
PZL M28 Skytruck
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crashed at Bajura Airport while its pilot was trying to land the aircraft. The cargo airplane was supposed to land at
Simikot Airport
Simikot is the administrative headquarters of Humla District of Karnali Zone in the mountain region of northwestern Nepal.
Significance
Lying at an altitude of just over 2,900m on a gentle slope high above the Humla Karnali River, Simikot lies ...
in
Humla district
Humla District ( ne, हुम्ला जिल्ला), a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Simikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has population of 50,858 a ...
. However, bad weather condition forced the pilot to divert towards Bajura. The pilot of the aircraft died while two others were injured.
See also
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List of airports in Nepal
This is a list of airports in Nepal, sorted by location.
The country's three international airports and the hub of air services in the country are Tribhuvan International Airport, which serves the nation's capital and the country's largest metr ...
References
External links
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Airports in Nepal
Buildings and structures in Bajura District