Manang Airport | |
Nativename: | Nepali: मनाङ्ग विमानस्थल |
Iata: | NGX |
Icao: | VNMA |
Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Nepal |
Pushpin Label: | Manang Airport |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Government of Nepal |
Operator: | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal |
City-Served: | Manang, Nepal |
Elevation-F: | 11,000 |
Elevation-M: | 3,353 |
Coordinates: | 28.6411°N 84.088°W |
Metric-Rwy: | y |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length-M: | 650 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Footnotes: | Source:[1] |
Manang Airport (ne|मनाङ्ग विमानस्थल,) is a domestic airport located in Manang serving Manang District, a district in Gandaki Province in Nepal. Situated at an elevation of 11000feet above mean sea level, it is one of the highest airports in the world and the highest one in Nepal.[1]
The airport started operations on 28 February 1981.[1] In 2015, the airport was renovated and the runway was blacktopped.[2]
The airport has one runway which is 650m (2,130feet) in length.
Since 2012, there are no scheduled services to and from Manang Airport.[3] Previously Nepal Airlines and Tara Air operated routes to Pokhara.[4] [5]