Dang Airport , also known as Tarigaun Airport, is a
domestic airport located in
Tulsipur
Tulsipur is a town and tehsil in the Balrampur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Geography
Tulsipur is located near the India-Nepal border on the banks of the River Nakti (also known as River Siria) and is 23 km from Koilabas and ...
serving
Dang District, a district in
Lumbini Province
Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...
in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
.
Facilities
The airport resides at an
elevation
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of above
mean sea level
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. It has one
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
which is in length.
Airlines and destinations
Access
The airport is located at
Rapti Highway. It is able to serve the whole district, as it lies west of
Ghorahi
''Ghorahi'' (Nepali: घोराही उपमहानगरपालिका) is the seventh largest city and largest sub-metropolitan city of Nepal. The city (formerly ''Tribhuvannagar'') lies in Lumbini Province in the Mid-Western part ...
.
References
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Airports in Nepal
Buildings and structures in Dang District, Nepal